Rage Against the Machine

We are a fast food society in a diet pill world, waiting for the big payout. 

People pass each other on the street with no regard for the person that they see, no greetings, or even acknowledgement of each other as a fellow human being. 

We have become self consumed, self absorbed, and self indulgent. 

We are distracted and consumed by modern technology and conveniences and it has made this a faceless world where there is little respect and accountability to the way that we treat each other. 

slow down, look around, 

& pay attention - 

you are missing so much. 

Human relationship is the only way to healing. How we relate to, speak to, and treat each other makes the difference between a cruel and hardened world and an engaged and compassionate one. 

Only when we go back to treating each other like humans, will we ever be able to overcome the many societal challenges that plague this modern day culture ~ racism, classism, sexism. 

∞It is your WORLD - make it a wonderful one!∞

To Bee or Not to Bee

That is the question.

Bees have an interesting social dynamic. 

Queen Bee 
There is only one queen per hive. Fertilized eggs become female (worker bees) and unfertilized eggs become male (drone bees). When the queen dies or becomes unproductive, the other bees will "make" a new queen by selecting a young larva and feeding it a diet of "royal jelly". 

Worker Bee 
Worker bees are female bees that are not able to reproduce. Nearly all of the bees in a hive are worker bees. They feed, bath and guard the queen, tend to the nursery, collect food, etc. Worker bees live from 6 weeks to a few months, they actually work themselves to death. 

Drone Bee 

Drones are male bees.They are kept only for mating. Because the drone has a barbed sex organ, mating is followed by death. Drones still alive in the autumn are expelled from the hive.

In Bee culture, the whole hive centers around the Queen Bee, all others are there to serve her and the hive. Unfortunately there seems to be a Trend these days toward the Queen Bee Syndrome.

The problem with this scenario is that we are not bees - we are human beings and we should act humanely and treat others with mutual respect. 

We should not look at what others have to offer us but rather, what do I have to offer this world! 


First blogged 2/19/12

Best Bets

Even though most career fields are wide open to women in this country, many women are still paid proportionately less than their male counterparts.

If you or a young woman in your life are looking for a new career field here are a few that pay more proportionately for women. 


In 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; women working full time earn on average 80 percent that of what men earn in the same positions. According to CNN.com, some of the Best and Equal job fields for Women are:

Computer scientists and systems analysts
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,082
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,240
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 87.3%

Computer software engineers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,351
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,555
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.9%

Registered nurses
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,011
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,168
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.6%

Pharmacists
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,647
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,914
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.1%

Postsecondary teachers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,056
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,245
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 84.8%

Computer and mathematical occupations
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,088
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,320
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 82.4%

Lawyers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,509
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,875
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 80.5%

Human resources managers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,137
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,433
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 79.3%

YOU ARE WORTH IT

9 to 5 by Blue Juice