Robbers Leave Country Behind

I was robbed this morning. And I am furious. But not for the traditional reasons, like the invasion of my privacy, the fact that I’ll be on the phone all morning with insurance claims adjusters and the time I’ll have to spend replacing everything. What I’m really mad about is what they didn’t take. It was my car that some petty thief decided to ransack. And here’s how I made this gruesome discovery: I went out to walk my dog, and noticed some coins on my driveway. My first instinct was to blam

Chicago’s window into open design

I’m in Chicago as a guest lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and loving it. As many of you know, Chicago is an architectural feast, and being able to combine business and architectural sight seeing in such a city is a treat. I am of course biased, as a great number of Chicago’s landmark buildings and urban plans were designed by Daniel Burnham, but namesakes aside, it has been an honour to be part of this city even for a brief period of time. One of the buildings that has

BLOG ACTION DAY: How Poverty Contributes to Obesity

Have you heard?  It’s Blog Action Day!  The day when bloggers all over the world come together to address a common theme dealing with a global issue.  This year, the topic is poverty. I don’t think it’s a big secret how poverty affects our health.  Particularly with the economy in its current state, so many of us are struggling to get the bills paid and have anything left over, and as most of us know, eating healthy is expensive. There are a few truisms that most people who have been on the weig

10 dangerous lies women tell their doctors

When browsing the Don’t Get Married Board I found a link to an msnbc article called 10 dangerous lies women tell to their doctor. I decided I’m going to copy and paste this article for this blog entry.It’s normal to fib about some things. “So sorry we won’t make the potluck â€" can’t find a sitter.” You promise your mother you’ll call. But the one person you should never, ever lie to is your doctor. Yet we do. All the time…A national survey recently revealed that 52 percent of women routinely str