Archive | October, 2009
PunditMom Photo Saturday — Even in a Recession, We Can Be Polite
Mr. PunditMom and I did eat at this establishment on a quick 24 hour getaway to Virginia. And the sandwiches were DEE-licious!…
Continue reading...Does Michelle Obama as Glamour Cover Girl Say ‘Strong Role Model’ or ‘Shy Schoolgirl?’
October 30, 2009
I understand why Glamour magazine would want First Lady Michelle Obama on the cover of its upcoming issue. Anything with Michelle associated with it is bound to increase sales and if the women who buy Glamour magazine can get a …
Continue reading...Dear Citibank, Get Your Greedy Hands Out of My Pockets!
October 28, 2009
Last week, I received a notice about my Citibank Mastercard. It seems that something around 13 percent wasn’t enough interest to charge me for any balances I carried on the card. I wasn’t worried because I don’t carry a balance. …
Continue reading...PunditMom Monday Reading
October 26, 2009
For your morning reading pleasure! This 0p-ed by former Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Joanne Lipman. She has some interesting thoughts on the Shriver Report and it’s relationshipto 9/11. And while I won’t be reading Going Rogue, I …
Continue reading...Do You Blog for “the Man?”
October 24, 2009
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to be on a panel at the Women, Action & the Media conference with my good friend Veronica Arreola from Viva la Feminista and Diane Farsetta from the Center for Media and Democracy…
Continue reading...Michelle Obama on Health Care Reform
October 23, 2009
Last weekend, PunditGirl and I visited my younger stepdaughter out of town. As we were hanging out at her apartment on Sunday morning, she pulled out a few bills to pay. One of them was her health insurance bill. My …
Continue reading...One More Thing to Add to my “Don’t Get Me This for Christmas” List
October 22, 2009
Although, it could be fun if to put her with these other bobbleheads. I’m pretty sure Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams could take her on!…
Continue reading...Maria Shriver Says It’s a Woman’s Nation. Do You?
October 20, 2009
California First Lady Maria Shriver says we’re now living in a Woman’s Nation — women make up half the work force, the majority of mothers are the main breadwinners or co-breadwinners of their families and women are in charge of …
Continue reading...PunditMom One Year Ago — Would the Economy be Different if They Had Listened to “The Girl?”
October 19, 2009
As I ponder stories about Elizabeth Warren, the head of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, as well as the almost simultaneous creation and tearing down of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, I was reminded of this post I …
Continue reading...PunditMom Photo Saturday — Trying the Nikon L100
October 17, 2009
While my Nikon D60 is in the shop getting evaluated from some problems I’ve been having with it, it’s nice to have a loaner camera! I’m trying out the Nikon L100, which is sort of a hybrid — a cross …
Continue reading...Holding Up More Than Half the Sky
October 16, 2009
One of my favorite Chinese proverbs says, “Women hold up half the sky.” Some days I feel like it’s more than half, but the point of the proverb is that women are equal partners with men in navigating through life. …
Continue reading...Aging Backwards
October 15, 2009
It’s my birthday, and I’ll be in denial if I want to. Shall we say 49 then?…
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October 31, 2009
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