I have a serious problem with people constantly referring to my generation and younger ones as "lazy".  Please allow me to defend my generation from at least my corner of the world.    First off, I grew up in an upper-middle class area, so please understand my opinion is from this aspect.  I acknowledge that there a...more

OK, Show1 - what are you doing to help support that?  Are you buying as many goods as possible that are made in America?  Do you check the sources of your fruits and vegetables at your local markets and pick the one that is ethically sourced?   You can't just sit back and say the President will fix everything for you...more

I think they were trying to make a jibe against the mining industry as a whole, actually, considering the comment "plundering the natural resources".  It's like any labor-intensive industry - some have stellar records, some have shameful working conditions and death rates.  If she thinks working hard is the key to more...more

While I mostly agree with your point - I think both the article and you miss the previous studies performed on many of the artificial sweeteners and other ingredients in diet sodas.  They've changed their formulas over the years due to the clear-cut health problems that can be caused by over-consumption of artificial s...more

Oh come on...if people knew half the things that got into our food you'd probably prefer to lick his foot directly!  At least with wine there's alcohol to kill off the germs.  Guaranteed there are spiders and other bugs that make it into the crushing process (absolutely impossible to get them all out to begin with, des...more

At my last job I kept a little stair stepper machine next to my desk - I picked it up at Target for $40 or $50 a couple years ago and would just hop on whenever I was on the phone.  Maybe you could try that?  Walkstations are not the cheapest things around...

As someone also pointed out - I sell the ones for Steelcase and these have been around for almost a decade.  They're nothing new!

I currently sell the ones for Steelcase - they've been around for a while!

My company actually sells these, so I have the benefit of having access to one throughout the day, and I have become a fan.  If I'm going to be on a general conference call, then I find it extremely easy to walk and talk at the same time.  Typing is also easy to do while walking.  Our models only go up to 2 mph, so tha...more