I bought a hairdryer today. As I was reading the instructions, one stuck out to me as especially prescient:

“7. Never use while sleeping.”

Kind of makes me wonder if this nugget of wisdom was more of a place holder or an actual response to a customer question or issue.

Folks really, I know that some of you are daredevils who like to live on the edge, but really do try to use your hairdryer when you are actually awake.

Most of you probably already know that before I sold out to the man in September, I was the regional Public Affairs Director at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. Although I was only in this role for a little over a year, it was and continues to be a very challenging time for the pro-choice movement. Conservative politicians with ties to Christian fundamentalists held power in the executive branch and both houses of Congress. The Supreme Court was at a critical balance with 5 justices roughly in t... read more