Fashion?

The news this morning had a feature about podiatrists treating people with foot pain - and specifically, heel pain. Overwhelmingly, these people were women who were suffering from chronic foot and heel pain because of their choices in footwear. High, narrow heels with teeny weeny toe-boxes ending in pointy-toed shoes are the culprit, one said.
One woman confessed she had endured years of daily pain - many days so bad she could hardly walk - and still kept right on buying and wearing those idiotic shoes. And now she's got to have special custom orthotics just to walk - in ANY shoe.

This....this is incomprehensible to me. Willingly putting yourself through that much pain just for some stupid fashion? There are perfectly nice-looking flats and low-heeled pumps available! It boggles my mind that people deliberately cripple themselves for fashion. It's not like they need to wear THOSE shoes or else they die - no, it's just to "look good". I don't get it.

Maybe I'd "get it" if my mom had given in to my begging and pleading when I was in my early teens. Oh, I wanted those fashionable shoes too, but she said, "No, your feet are still growing and developing. I'm not going to allow you to permanently deform your feet by buying you those shoes." I got the sensible flats, with lots of room in the toes, and that did not create malformed feet.
Thanks, mom. <3 I get it now. And boy, am I ever glad you didn't let me get those shoes.

Weekly Webness - Mythbusters

This week I'm starting a 2-parter of "free advertising for shows I like." Today's is MythBusters, a TV show on the Discovery channel, where they tackle Urban Legends, Myths, and sometimes just weird stories to see if they're even possible. And they usually wind up blowing something up.

Information, entertainment, and explosions. What's not to like?

Behind-the-scene videos, extra footage, interviews, and cast bios are just some of the features on their website.

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Okay, just saw this and HAD TO post it here.


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A Tribute to Veterans

I can't really say it any better than this. Thank you to all of those people everywhere, who have given at least a portion of their lives to serve their country.



Warning, Video is around 11.5 minutes long and has the potential to make you all sniffly.

Weekly Webness

Following up on last weeks' site, this weeks' feature is the National Geodetic Survey site. Here you can find any benchmark that's listed in the National Geodetic Survey database, and find out all about it, by clicking on the "Datasheets" link.
You can also obtain software from them - and there's a lot of it available.

Check out their Products, Projects & Services, and the Hurricane Images, too!
Neat site. Don't get lost!

Weekly Webness

What's the weather? Just ask your friends at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration! You can check out the forecast for your city, check out weather alerts for anywhere in the country, get tropical weather updates, and much more at their site.

BuzzyBlog

Buzzy Multimedia, the people that brought you the absolutely incredible set of Dresden Files Audiobooks, now has a blog! You can check it out here:
http://blog.buzzymultimedia.com

They have separate categories linked, so if you want to only read specific topics, such as Dresden Files posts, you can pick your category and read only the stuff you want. (Warning, they do have spoilers in some of those posts - and in some of the post headers - so if you haven't read ALL the Dresden Files material, you might wind up finding out more than you wanted to know).

They review shows, post "general musings" (including a post advocating KIDS NEED TO READ. I agree completely!), and advertise their products - and product information. I'm really happy to note, for example, that James Marsters, the guy who has done such a stellar job on the first 4 Dresden Files Audiobooks, has been signed to do all the Dresden Files on audio! Hooray!

He's done a fabulous job so far, and I'm very much looking forward to hearing more from him in the future.