With all this talk about healthcare floating around, I thought showing the numbers behind our current healthcare system would make more of an impression than my opinion ever could. Read 'em and weep.
Even as gas prices fluctuate, there are still plenty of people whose driving habits haven’t changed. But, in what may be a sign of things to come, the sale of bicycles outpaced the sale of automobiles (2.6 vs. 2.5 million) in the U.S. for the first quarter of 2009.
Often, we rely on pharmaceuticals to ensure physical or emotional well-being.
When it comes to something as important as our health, we rely upon professionals to guide us toward making the right decisions.
How, then, are we to react when we learn that some doctors are looking out for their own interests more than ours?
Back to school.
The phrase conjures up images of freshly waxed hallways, starched jeans, and plastic shopping bags full of supplies.
Most people can agree that holidays are awesome, and Labor Day is no exception. It's a long weekend; you get to hang out with friends and family, savor the last barbeque of the summer, and play in the sun.
Ever had a really bad day? A really bad week? I had a really bad month, and it started when my car was stolen the night of July 31st. My theory is that it was taken just at midnight, technically August 1st, which messed up my mojo for the whole month. It's an experience I don't ever want to repeat.
Well brassers, it's time for me to ride off into the sunset on an awesome horse (with authentic western tunes playing in the background, naturally). I have reached the end of my editorial internship, and must leave my friends (and all of you faithful followers). This is the part where I blab about all that I've learned and leave some helpful life advice, so get ready for an earful.
In case you didn't catch it last week, my car was recently stolen. It sucked, no question. But it was definitely an interesting experience in terms of seeing how everything worked in that situation, from the beginning (calling the cops) to the end (getting my baby back).
Swine Flu--the less official and more awesome name for 2009 H1N1 Flu--has been thrusting it's snout all over the place lately.
Today's financial term is: ankle biters. Ankle biters are stocks with market capitalizations of less than $500 million, making ankle biters the small fry of small-cap stocks.
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Whenever possible, I do it myself. I try to improvise or build what I need to accomplish a goal.
When it comes to naming things with letters and numbers (see also: Nissan 370Z, Xbox 360 etc.) the G-20 might just take the cake: it sounds ominous and wields a lot of influence.
