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Apparently the $29 DVD players advertised at Wal M… November 29, 2003

Apparently the $29 DVD players advertised at Wal Mart this week caused a huge shopper melee at a Wal Mart in Florida. It would be funny except for the fact that one woman, 41 year old Patty Van Lester was trampled in the rush to get to the electronics department, and ended up in the hospital.

From news reports:

“Paramedics called to the store found VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her, said Mark O’Keefe, a spokesman for EVAC Ambulance.”

But don’t worry, Wal Mart feels really bad about it. According to the injured woman’s sister, “Wal-Mart officials called later Friday to ask about her, and the store apologized and offered to put a DVD player on hold for her.”

That’s really big of them, don’t you think?

Here’s a very interesting article from the America… November 18, 2003

Here’s a very interesting article from the American Booksellers Association demonstrating how negative an impact the huge, chain bookstores have on local economies.

As a born-and-bred, card carrying Episcopalian, I … November 14, 2003

As a born-and-bred, card carrying Episcopalian, I saw this and thought, right on!

“The consecration of Gene Robinson as bishop of the New Hampshire Diocese of the Episcopal Church is an affront to Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church’s founder, Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, and his wife Anne Boleyn, and his wife Jane Seymour, and his wife Anne of Cleves, and his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on traditional Christian marriage.”

– Anonymously circulating around the Web this week…

Check out this terrific essay by my friend Adrienn… November 5, 2003

Check out this terrific essay by my friend Adrienne Martini on how knitting helped her to shake her postpartum depression.

My recent essay on 4th wave feminism is live today… November 4, 2003

My recent essay on 4th wave feminism is live today at iFeminists.com.

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