this time ~ this space

By timethief • November 21st, 2008

shop local

The holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and locally-owned businesses want you to think of them. Local business people make an enormous and positive contribution to the quality of life in our community. The best places to bring your friends from out of town are your local restaurants and local businesses. So  [...]

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
A large number of women (30 to 70 per cent) experience premenstrual symptoms even though they do not have Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder or what most people refer to as PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome). Approximately four to nine per cent experience Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Even though premenstrual women may be [...]

I apologize to all those who have had themes
and features changing before their eyes.
You guessed it.
I’m undertaking a major site reconstruction,
so please bite the bullet and hang in there.
I have installed the commentluv plugin
and I need some people to try it out so
I can be sure that it’s working.

Although it’s true that we all ought to be prepared to expect some negative feedback to any post we make to an online community forum, it’s also true that we ought to be able to cry “foul” and have something done about it when we experience an internet troll.
According to wikipedia, an Internet troll, or [...]

Blogger’s Unite
Bloggers Unite is an attempt to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By asking bloggers to write about a particular subject on 1 day of the month, a single voice can be joined with thousands to help make a difference; from raising awareness for cancer, to [...]

Proposition 8 results
The American Constitution does not deal with the issuance of marriage licenses. Legal marriage is a state CREATED institution. Legal marriage doesn’t EXIST except as state law sets forth.
No couple becomes legally married until after they and their witnesses and the officiating party, who does not have to be a member of the [...]

The last barrier to African Americans actually achieving the American dream has been broken. Barrack Obama has been elected president of the United States of America in a landslide win.
Obama’s decisive political sweep indicates it’s time for citizens to unify, to celebrate their similarities and to look forward to a future marked by changes. Healing [...]

I think Americans are capable of addressing and solving the poverty created by the class structure, self-interest, individual and corporate greed, conquests and wars and, the inappropriate distribution of resources including water, food and medical assistance that lead to poverty, starvation and death.
IMO it’s shameful that earth’s most wealthy nations continue to destroy other cultures [...]