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hi sis!

wow, we were idle for a few days...  i guess because twinpopbro was in town.  he just left this morning (SNIFF!!!!!!!)

the idleness also left me with a slue of emails this morning...  more than a hundred!!!

a few tidbits from the interesting ones...

(1) from paul:  "the secret of slow" -- a men's health article that explains how slow is apparently better.  

"The Secret of Slow

So, you want to drive the golf ball farther, be a better father, trim that gut, blow 'em away in your next presentation, and make your wife moan with delight? Take a lesson from the tortoise..."

read the whole article here. 

(2) from yale:  "more reasons for you to dislike palin"

"Ms. Palin owes voters an explanation. What was the thinking behind cutting the measly few thousand dollars needed to cover the yearly cost of swabs, specimen containers and medical tests? Whose dumb idea was it to make assault victims and their insurance companies pay instead? Unfortunately, her campaign is shielding the candidate from the press, so Americans may still be waiting for answers on Election Day.

The rape-kit controversy is a troubling matter. The insult to rape victims is obvious. So is the sexism inherent in singling them out to foot the bill for investigating their own case. And the main result of billing rape victims is to protect their attackers by discouraging women from reporting sexual assaults."

read the whole article here.

(3) from a multiply contact:  "a more environment-friendly and cheaper courier:  PEDALA"

"Ebay members and online sellers like me have been patronizing couriers like Air21, 2Go, LBC, Xend, etc. But there's a new courier in time and I really, really hope that it will be very big.

PEDALA is a company of bike messengers joined together to fulfill your personalized delivery needs without the fumes. In short, it is an earth-friendly way to send your packages. It was a brainchild of UP Mountaineers.

Several Ebay members have already tried the service and looks like it's great. Apparently, PEDALA can deliver the package to your buyer on the same day that you requested for pick-up especially if it's just in the vicinity. No need for you to run to 2Go or Air21 to catch the 4 PM cut-off!

The intercity delivery rates are also very cheap: PhP50 for one-way delivery/pick-up and P70 for round-trip/wait and return. Okay din, no?

Kudos to the UP Mountaineers for thinking of this concept. UP Mountaineer has also spearheaded the bike rental for UP students"

what a clever idea!!!!!  (hihihihihi)