Free care at Walgreens

I'm thankful that while I am unemployed I still have my husband's insurance. But for those of you that are jobless and now uninsured, Walgreens is offering a solution for the remainder of 2009. That's right, "The drugstore operator will be providing FREE tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics — though patients will still pay for precriptions." Usually the cost of that type of visit without insurance will set you back around $60. I think this is awesome that a company is stepping up and providing this service during a time of need. I know that when I've gone through this before, not having healthcare has been a big concern for me. Click here to read more details.

No more Sir or Madam...

The EU has decided to get more political correct. They announced today that several titles are now offensive such as referring to women as 'Mrs.' or 'Miss.' And to make things equal men can't be referred to as 'Sir.' This is quite a big step for England, right? Officials have also ordered that 'sportsmen' be called 'athletes' and 'statesmen' be referred to as 'political leaders.' The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress, cinema usherette and male nurse. One thing that hasn't changed is that MEPs are still allowed to refer to 'midwives' as there is no accepted male version of the job.

To read more about this, click here.

Twitterview Tuesday

If you use Twitter, this might be interesting to you. Tomorrow, John McCain and George Stephanopoulos will 'tweet' in a Twitterview tomorrow at noon EDT. If you want to check it out, it will be made available to the public by signing up at the Twitter site to follow both Stephanopoulos and McCain. If you want to send in questions, do so to Stephanopoulos, but remember there is a 140 character limit.

Click here to follow McCain, and here to follow Stephanopoulos

Brite Revolution Site Launched

This site was launched recently for Brite Revolution. "At Brite we made a choice early on: Any success we have will be shared with others. We donate 10% of all our revenue to our listed causes. That's 10% right off the top. 5% is determined by you, our listeners and the other 5% is chosen by each of our artists." I just love that during this economy crisis, people are still putting things out there for the greater good. Kudos to Cabedge for the web design.

Soap Opera Lullabies

My husband is sitting beside me reading his "Expectant Father" book. He's come across a section which talks about a scientific study that happened amongst pregnant women that watch soap operas during their pregnancy. Apparently, for those babies that were exposed to daytime drama, they stop crying later on when they hear the show's theme song. Does that mean that my babies natural lullaby will be the Young and Restless theme? Oh no!