October 2007 Archives

I had to say "Whaaaattttt?" when I saw the new Monopoly game. The little girl is so excited about winning faster because she doesn't need money. The game uses debit cards instead. There we go! Let's raise our grand kids to know nothing about money and only about sliding that little plastic card through the machine. True, plastic does represent the energy of money, but it takes it out of context. Just look at the bankruptcy courts today and see how that works!


Wheel and deal your way to a fortune even faster using debit cards instead of cash! All it takes is a card swipe for money to change hands. Now you can collect rent, buy properties and pay fines - with the touch of a button! It’s a new way to play the family classic that’s been brought up-to-date with modernized tokens (including a Segway personal transporter, an Altoids tin, space shuttle, flat-screen TV, baseball cap and a dog in handbag!), higher property values and locations based on your favorite landmarks!

Gameboard comes with title deed cards, chance and community chest cards, 6 debit cards, 2 dice, 6 tokens, 32 houses, 12 hotels and instructions. 2-6 Players

The danger is just as great for our children and grandchildren to get hooked on credit as it is getting diabetes from eating poorly. Really, grandmothers unite! Take your grandkids for walks in the woods. Teach them the secrets of the forest! Raise them in love and not debt.

Check out this site for a world-view: Debt Week.org

P.S.: Dollars to donuts my adwords are a monopoly board game!

Shift Happens 2.0

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This YouTube piece was originally put together by Littleton, Colorado's Arapahoe High School teachers entitled "Shift Happens 2.0." It brings home the dramatic changes that are occurring and questions how we are preparing our children to live in this new world. You can join the educator's conversation here if you are interested in the educational implications.


Sometimes, life gets complicated. Sometimes, we just have to trust ourselves, our strength and our courage and do what we think is best. One day we look up to find the love and the life we thought we were building has somehow lost its bones. The structure is just not there. My friend is experiencing that now. She's on a tour of her life ... trusting in herself. She's left the safety of her beautiful home to heal, to love and be loved, to figure out the "now". To build her own structure by leaping into the unknown. I admire the hell out of her.

When I came upon this Christine Kane video, I thought how perfect it fit my friend. Goddess bless you. I love you and admire your strength and courage to make life better.

Tired of getting those $1-$2 charges on your phone bill every time you call information? Google has just launched a free 411 telephone directory service. Call 1-800-GOOG-411 or, 1-800-6446-411, to check it out. Absolutely brilliant. It really works!

I love the way that Google is using a YouTube video to blast the message out that this new service is available. Talk about doing a product launch in the new Web 2.0 world. Google puts a link to a fun, non-stuffy, non-overworked video on its site. It instantly gets thousands of viewers, and people like me with blogs to repost their video.