The Snack Monkey on My Back

I've become addicted to Snapea Crisps and now the bodega on the corner stopped stocking them! I've been to Whole Foods, Harris Teeter and the little grocery store on U Street. No luck.

How could they do this to me? I'm going to have to find an underground supplier. If you find a bag, I'll pay any price! (Original only please; beggars can't be choosers, I know but I need the originals bad!)

Morons Galore

Not that you do, but if you needed just one more reason to hate the Republican party, here you go.

The RNC has removed the video from YouTube.

Found it!

Changing Climate

Another link proves that climate change is man-made and that it affects the most vulnerable among us.

"Climate change magnifies the interactions between disaster risk and poverty. On the one hand, it magnifies weather-related and climatic hazards. On the other hand, it will decrease the resilience of many poor households and communities to absorb the impact and recover."

There are solutions. We know what they are. We need the will.

Go Girls

Kuwait has elected its first female members of Parliament, the oldest in the Gulf. A giant leap for women in the region.

Vital Voices, my former employer, trained Kuwaiti women who have lead the way for women's sufferage and the right to run for office, including Rola Dashti.

The arch of justice is long, but it does bend. In small steps it is bending.

The Sweet Smell of News

The New York Times has a Perfume Editor. Do you think he and Alissa Rubin sit around comparing notes (no pun intended)?

Will the Scent Bureau win share a Pulitzer for their ground-breaking expose that the secret ingredient in Chanel No. 5 is woodchuck?