Posted on Friday, 9th January 2009 by Maritzia
Renee over at Womanist Musings shared some (not very nice) comments about her blog today. I was rather flabbergasted at what some folks had to say. I journeyed over to the forum where the comments were posted (I won’t link such people here), and of course, the people who posted these comments were very white. [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 12th October 2008 by Maritzia
photo credit: TheTruthAbout… If you buy a used car, not only may the dealer not tell you about a previous accident, they may not have replaced the airbags! In a report on Airbag Fraud, NPR revealed that some repair companies and used car dealerships have replaced used airbags with paper, beer cans, or packing peanuts. [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 28th August 2008 by Maritzia
I saw this post on Wise Bread. Did you even know tires had a shelf life? I sure didn’t. It had never even occurred to me to wonder. I read this and immediately ran out to check my tires. Luckily they were all made within a year or so of my buying them. Seriously, go [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 24th August 2008 by Maritzia
“AIDS in America today is a black disease,” says Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the institute and himself HIV-positive for 20 years. “2006 CDC data tell us that about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIV or AIDS are black.” Report from CNN. So, why are we not seeing this [...]
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Posted on Friday, 9th November 2007 by Maritzia
…and as usual, I’m hopelessly behind. I’m at the 7400 word mark at the moment, but catching up quickly when I actually get time to write. For anyone masochistic enough to be interested, here’s the link to my NaNo profile which includes an exerpt of the novel so far: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/151099 Warning, it is very bad [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 17th August 2006 by Maritzia
I’ve been reading this blog for a few months now and really enjoy it. It’s one of my daily clicks. In actuality, it’s several blogs. One about her homesteading activities, one with recipes, one centering around her spirituality. I recommend them. I’ve learned a fair bit from reading her blogs, not to mention just flat [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 18th June 2006 by Maritzia
The Blogging Chicks blogroll has it’s 2nd carnival up. Be sure to check them out. There’s a nice cross section of women bloggers there, including your’s truly. Another blog I’d like to offer up for your perusal is Joseph’s Left One. He’s an ex-mormon who writes of his disillusionment in such a way that you [...]
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