UPDATE: I returned the item, the cashier once I explained to her that the coat was cancerous barely wanted to touch it. She called over an asst. manager who said "We will look into it". Burlington coat factory emailed me back saying they would get in touch with the buying dept. US polo assn. hasn't responded to my complaint via email. I did however hear from PVCfree.org and they are going to help me follow up on this.

I have cross posted this on my blogBirdsword. I know a lot has been written on chemicals in toys these days. I thought I would add my two cents spurred on by an article in my local NY metro Parents paper. I was re-inspired to "go green" (or at least try...) Click here for Responsible Shopper Guide

Planned Parenthood is once again under attack. Not just in Aurora Illinois, but probably your local Planned Parenthood also. There is an organization that is picketing PP called "40 days for Life". They stand outside and hold up signs that say ridiculous things like "Abortion causes Breast Cancer" (unbelievable) Luckily at my local PP the clients don't really care. They are coming in for Pap tests, STI work ups and yes of course abortions. I think PP needs to know that you care, so if interested you can find a great banner on my blog site that states "this blogger supports PP and you can have the link post to your own local PP. Or use this link to get the code from a myspace site and change the html to reflect your own local PP. So all of you out there who are Pro-Choice and Proud-show your support around the blog.

Recently at my job (the company name shall remain anonymous for obvious reasons) a HR policy was issued regarding blogging. The basics are don't blog at work unless you let us know you blog. The less subtle and more "big brother" part was basically "if you blog about us and we find out and it is negative you will be fired, this include chat rooms, IM's etc" This sounds totally crazy to me.