I just downloaded the coolest screensaver known to man! I love it so much…I just have to share it with you guys.

It’s called Word Clock…the name says it all. That’s exactly what it is.

Word Clock is a typographic screensaver for Mac OS X and Windows. It displays a fixed list of all numbers and words sufficient to express any possible date and time as a sentence. Word Clock displays time by highlighting appropriate words as each second passes.

There are two display modes; Linear and Rotary which has a nice relationship with traditional analogue clocks.

Fine typographic control is provided so you can change the typeface, leading, kerning and alignment. Position and resize the display however you like. Font size is determined automatically for the best fit.

I’m not exactly sure why, but I’ve always been fascinated with weight issues. Whether it be a person who is anorexic and is very underweight or the opposite - a person who is obese.  I’m guessing that the fact that I’ve dealt with eating disorders throughout my life makes me much more curious about other people with the same issues.

I was watching a segment on Discovery Health last night. It was about a woman named Connie Jackson, and the title of the show was “The Shrinking Woman.” It’s a pretty fascinating story, really. In 2001, Connie’s weight was over 600 lbs. and she was home-bound. She suffered from sleep apnea, congestive heart failure, degenerative joint disease, uncontrolled hypertension, depression, hypothyroidism, and multiple female issues. She basically couldn’t take it anymore (mentally or physically), so she had Gastric Bypass surgery. Well, she lost over 400 lbs….which was great, but because she had been so big for so long, her skin was totally stretched to the max. The more weight she lost, the more her skin just kinda hung from her body. There was no elasticity left.

Connie decided to have a body lift. Basically like a face lift, but for the entire body. Pretty scary…a very, very risky procedure. Here is an excerpt from Connie’s site:

Post-surgically, my weight began to drop leaving me with buckets of sagging skin. My legs, arms, and stomach violently bounced every time I moved. I was so uncomfortable in my old skin, that doctors performed a “body lift” to remove a 23 pound sheet of skin -five feet long, ten inches thick.

That was the first of three or four surgeries she had in order to remove excess skin. I won’t go into further detail because I don’t want to spoil the story in case anyone out there wants to watch it. It really is a very interesting show…but just in case you’ve got a weak stomach, you should be prepared to see some very graphic video of surgeries.

HERE are the TV listings for the show in case anyone wants to watch it.  

I will be participating in Blog Action Day this year.  I thought I’d post something about it now so that people who’ve not heard of it yet will have time to really think things out and decide how they are going to participate. I think it would be awesome if we all pulled together on October 15th and do our best to make a difference. This year’s topic is Poverty.

“Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters, and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.”

“First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a single day out of their schedule and focus it on an important issue.

By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.

Out of this discussion naturally flow actions, advice, ideas, plans, and empowerment. In 2007 on the theme of the Environment, we saw bloggers running environmental experiments, detailing innovative ideas on creating sustainable practices and focusing audience’s attentions on organizations and companies promoting green agendas. In 2008 we aim to again focus the blogging community’s energies and passions, this time on the mammoth issue of global poverty.”

If you would like to register your blog, simply go HERE and fill out the form.

I did it…I launched my online shop!    So far I’ve only got three different designs for items, but I guarantee you I’ll be adding more very soon!

This is very exciting for me. Even if I don’t end up selling anything, it’s still a really awesome feeling to know that I’ve done this. I’m not sure why, but it is.     I must say, though, that some of the products I’ve got for sale are really cool!!  There are items for everyone…women, men, children, babies, animals…even stuff for the home and the office!

Like I said, I’ve only got three designs right now, but I will be adding more as soon as I create them. If you have any special requests for colors, designs, or anything else, let me know! I will do my very best to oblige. After all, you guys are the reason I even keep going. A blog is nothing without readers…and for that I’m very thankful.

Anyway, if you get a chance, you should head over to my shop and browse around. You never know - you might see something you just can’t live without!