Sometimes it’s the bus drivers of the world.
—Dave Branon
—Dave Branon
Faked Cover Girls
The women in the pictures don’t even look like that.
—Norman Jameson
—Norman Jameson
That quote is preceded by this short paragraph:
Air brush artists create more beautiful cover girls than all the diets, shampoos, make up, hair coloring and gyms in America. Yet, our daughters are emotionally bombarded, bullied and belittled by bold, bare images that bellow, “This is how you must look.”
So what do the cover girls show me? Something less than real. And what do those pictures of women announce? The same thing. Gals (and guys), remember that!
Disclaimer: I haven’t read the book in question. I haven’t read any books by Vicky Courtney. So I am in no way endorsing it or her, nor am I suggesting you buy or even read the book. But if you must purchase it, here’s a link that should generate a bit of profit for me: Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter
On the other hand, maybe this book from Rod & Staff Publishers would interest you: Dear Princess.
HT: Thanks to Chas, prolific commenter at WorldMagBlog, for calling my attention to the above quotes!
Attention, Staples!
Can you detect the error on your Web site?
Or is it an error in your print ad?
I saw it right off. That was easy. 
PS: You’re welcome for the free advertising. I hope the frenzied shopping by my vast audience won’t cause undue difficulties for you. 🙄
Oh, another PS: Are Staples stores bound by their own advertising errors?
Religious Freedom Exemption
If you’re interested in Oregon and/or in religious freedom legal issues and/or public schools, this will interest you.
A bill passed by the Oregon Legislature that broadens religious freedom in the workplace has prompted protests by some faith leaders because it exempts schools.
The bill requires employers to allow workers to wear certain clothing, grow beards and take certain days off to observe their religious practices. But it specifically carves out school districts in Oregon, one of two states that expressly forbid teachers from wearing religious clothing.
[…]
The bill, titled the “Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act” grants workers wide religious leeway as long as the activity, clothing or other practices don’t cause an undue hardship on the employer. Religious organizations typically applaud such measures.
But the school exemption has highlighted what some think is a glaring hole in Oregon’s efforts to expand religious freedoms.
[…]
Oregon has had a law on the books for decades that states: “No teacher in any public school shall wear any religious dress while engaged in the performance of duties as a teacher.” Pennsylvania has a similar law.
Oregon’s law was tested in the 1980s, when a Sikh teacher was suspended from her job as a Eugene special education teacher for wearing a white turban and white clothes to class. The case went before the Oregon Supreme Court, which upheld the suspension. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
I saw this night before last, saved it as a draft to post yesterday, and forgot.
Source: The Oregonian
God Remembers
Here’s something I read this morning in the print edition of the Our Daily Bread devotional:
God remembers us wherever we are. Our concerns are His concerns. Our pain is His pain. Commit your challenges and difficulties to Him. He is the all-seeing God who remembers us as a mother remembers her children, and He waits to meet our needs. — C. P. Hia
But before reading that, I read Genesis 8 and posted my own short devotional over at Panting Hart (where I used to try to write a daily devotional).
Inspiration About the Hood
Oregon’s Mt. Hood, I mean.
No, not inspired by it or about it. Rather, inspiration “round about” (ie around) it. That is, in photos I have taken and turned into wallpaper for my computer and featured at my devotional blog: Panting Hart.
Saudi Beauty Contest
“The winner won’t necessarily be pretty.
We care about the beauty
of the soul and the morals.”
—Khadra al-Mubarak
We care about the beauty
of the soul and the morals.”
—Khadra al-Mubarak