Somebody Has to Say It

Have you looked at a bar of Dial soap lately and felt cheated or ripped off? Recently I purchased two different packages of Dial bar soap in two different scents - Tropical Escape and Aloe Green Tea scent. I was not happy when I opened the packages. The bars are much smaller now. I understand times are tough and companies are cutting back, but it’s an insult to consumers to so blatantly give less product for the same price. We all know it’s being done - that companies are giving us less product for the same amount of money we paid before - but at least most companies aren’t making it as obvious as the makers of Dial soap! 

The Tropical Escape scent now has a big scooped out section on side of the bar and the Aloe & Green Tea scent is scooped out on both sides. It appears consumers are now getting 1/2 less the amount of product as before, but being charged the same amount of money - if not more money. Needless to say, I won’t be buying Dial bath soap any longer.

Let’s start a poll. Leave a comment and let me know if you’ve noticed the same thing with other brands of bar soap, or with other products?

Do you want to make money from home using the internet? Do you have a blog? If not, that’s the first place to start. There are numerous sites available that will host your blog for free. This site here that I use for my blog is a popular site.

So, you’ve got a blog, but how do you make money with it? By writing about the latest hot topics and popular subjects. Things like celebrity gossip, hollywood scandals, movie stars, “how to” self help tips, recipes, where to find freebies, how to make money, latest hairstyle and makeup trends … the list goes on and on. But how do you know what topics are truly hot and popular? How do you find out what words people are typing into search engines? Click here to find the answer!

According to TMZ.com, Nadya Suleman has been offered a million dollars if she will sign up with Vivid Entertainment. Vivid is a porn star movie distributor and said that, along with the money, they will provide family medical and dental coverage is she will become a contract girl and star in multiple videos. There’s no word from Suleman as to whether she will take them up on their offer. Although from what I’ve read she could use the money! But who knew stretch marks and flappy skin could be so sexy?? Give me a break! What are your thoughts on this?

Sheyla Hershey has made her “infamous” by being listed is in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest breasts in the world. Her huge boobs didn’t come to her naturally though. It took nine breast implant surgeries to reach the record breaking 38kkk size! Sheyla is Brazilian and had to return to Brazil for her latest surgery. American doctors in her home state of Texas refused to give her more plastic surgery to enlarge her breasts any further than their previous 34fff size.

Just how large is too large when it comes to the size of a woman’s knockers? I guess American doctors think 34fff is the limit because of a risk of the implants exploding … but but Brazilian doctors didn’t hesitate to keep going.

Sheyla says she will gladly have more surgery and keep going to get bigger and bigger. She’s also had plastic surgery done on her lips, butt, and nose. I say “to each his own” and hope this woman isn’t putting her health at risk by having all these unnecessary cosmetic surgeries.

I am a birthmother and have been reunited with my daughter. We have had our ups and downs on the reunion rollercoaster, and have both learned a lot of things about the entire adoption process. Some of the things we discovered were (and still are) painful. The lies propogated by adoption agencies and child placement services are ugly, unfair, and do not help anyone. The truth DOES come out if the adoptee ever reunites with the birth family.

My daughter grew up knowing she was adopted and had a good life and loves her parents (and yes, her parents are the people who raised her). But I am no less her parent in a biological sense.

I think a lot of adoptive parents have an irrational fear that somehow if their child wants to find their birth family that they will somehow lose their child. To me, that seems like such an illogical way to think. Unless, of course, you have mistreated the child and they have had a miserable life … but I think in a case like that then you would “lose” the child anyway once they got old enough to fend for themselves.

In my daughter’s case, she was put under a tremendous amount of guilt by her adoptive family for even wanting to contact me and the rest of her birth family. That guilt led to a lot of stress for her over the course of our long journey. She still feels pressured by certain family members for wanting to be a part of her biological family. No matter how many times she tries to “prove” to them that she loves them and that they aren’t going to lose her, they still harbor insecurities and fear over her desire to love and share herself with two families.

There is a lot more to this story. Click here to read more! Also, feel free to leave a comment here about your feelings on this subject.

By now the whole world has probably heard of Nadya Suleman, the 33-year-old woman who gave birth to octuplets. She already has 6 kids and now has 8 more - for an insane total of 14 kids. I say it’s insane for multiple reasons.

She’s single, unemployed, living with her parents, and her other kids aren’t healthy. Why would she bring 8 more kids into the world when she can’t care for the ones she already has?

I feel sorry for the kids because they are the ones who will suffer because of their mother’s lack of ____ (you fill in the blank). It would be hard for a couple with good steady jobs to care for this many kids and pay the enormous doctor bills, food, diapers, etc etc etc. There is no possible way Nadya Suleman can do it on her own, even with the best of intentions. So guess who will foot the bill folks? Yep - WE WILL! She seriously needs counseling and evaluation for a possible mental condition.

Does this make me angry? Yes. BUT the people who are posting death threats to her make me just as angry. She needs help - mental help - not death threats.

A virgin spinster woman named Wang Guiying is 107 years old and has decided it’s finally time for her to get married. She was engaged once when she was young but broke it off out of fear. She grew up seeing women being mistreated, abused, and beaten and didn’t want to get married and end up getting the same kind of treatment.

She has now changed her conception of married life and wants to find her former fiance and marry him. She is also willing to consider another man for marriage if she finds her first love has passed away. She hopes to find someone close to her own age but realizes she may have to settle for a “younger man”. She does not want to be a burden to her family.

I hope she finds her man! Good luck Miss Guiying!

Adoption can be a wonderful solution for an infertile couple who wants to have a child but can’t conceive or become pregnant on their own. It can also be a way for an otherwise homeless child to have a family who will love them and raise them as their own. But not all adoption stories are like the fairy tales they appear to be.

No one seems to consider the long term affects adoption can have on the adoptee. That baby or child who has no choice in the matter. They have no voice during the adoption process, and in most states, have only a few rights to know their biological roots as they grow into adulthood. Even after that child is an adult, the court systems still bar them from knowing their heritage. Some judges will give out non-identifying information but that is insignificant dribble.

If nothing else, an adoptee has a right to know their medical history. Imagine going to the doctor and trying to fill out that section on every questionaire about your family history of illness. Not knowing that information could mean the difference between life and death in some cases. Doesn’t a person who is adopted have a right to know if they have a genetic disposition to certain diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental illness, or other such conditions?

I say yes, they do have a right, and think it is inhumane to deny them the information. Are you a birth parent searching for your child? Or an adoptee looking for your birth family? Contact me, maybe I have some tips for you. I am a birthmother who has been reunited with my daughter. We both want to help others who are searching for their biological family. I can’t guarantee we will have the answer, but perhaps our experiences will be of value to you.

Read more of our stories by clicking here.

Are you going to Denny’s for free breakfast on Tuesday, 2/3/09?

If you watched the Super Bowl on 2/1/09 then you probably saw the Denny’s advertisement announcing the free Grand Slam breakfast. There is also a full page ad in today’s edition of USA Today.

According to what I’ve heard and read, everyone who goes to Denny’s from 6am - 2pm on Tuesday - 2/3/09 - will receive 1 free Grand Slam breakfast. Each person will also get a coupon book that has eight coupons in it. The coupons will be (4) buy-one-get-one types, (2) 25% off variety, (1) for a free dessert, and (1) for a free order of pancake puppies.

Rumor has it that each Denny’s in the United States has 1,000 of the coupon books to hand out to patrons who order a free Grand Slam on Tuesday. Each store will supposedly also have 500 rain check coupons good for a free Grand Slam breakfast to give to anyone who comes to Denny’s on Tuesday but doesn’t have time to wait.

Can you imagine how long the lines are going to be? I “might” go and see if I can get a rain check, but will not stand in a long line for a free breakfast. I don’t need the 1000+ calories and don’t have time, patience, or stamina to wait in a line for who knows how long. But this sounds like a good deal for those who like to wait and have the time and patience.

Leave a comment here if you go and give details for how long the lines were, how long the wait was, the service staff, etc.

This is a plea to all the media outlets - please stop reporting on Patrick Swayze’s battle with pancreatic cancer unless you have solid concrete facts! To publish a story that is not true just for the shock value or just to make a buck is inhumane. Cancer patients are fighting for their lives and a HUGE part of that fight is HOPE. It’s hard enough going through chemo that makes you feel like a train-wreck every day. 

So this is a plea, as a cancer survivor myself, I ask that you put your journalistic greed aside and give Patrick a break. Do not print a defeatist story saying he’s stopped his chemotherapy treatment or that he only “x” amount of days to live unless you have checked your facts. Mr. Swayze is in a battle for his life and should not have to spend one minute dispelling rumors about his health. His time is precious and he and his wife Lisa need to hang on to hope. Constantly hearing hopeless news stories about how bad pancreatic cancer is and untruth’s about his condition and/or treatment detracts from that hope. 

So I say shame on you! Shame on the reporters, magazines, and newspapers who print untrue stories about him … you obviously care more about shocking headlines and making money than a man’s life.