+Catherine Morgan is amazing!! She is not only donating her long hair to Locks of Love but then shaving her head on a live Google+ Hangout to raise money for childhood cancer research. I just threw in $25!

From her blog:

On the (May) 28th at 2:30pm EDT, I will be holding a live Hangout on Air through Google+ and recording the vid to post on YouTube.

My goal is to raise $5000 USD by that date. What I'm asking from you guys is that you share my St Baldricks profile with everyone you know and donate what you can. Even if it is only a dollar, it will make a difference…

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$720!!

That's where we are right now, thanks to the generosity of this community. I never dreamed that we could get this far, but we have. So now we have to push it farther!

Lets get to $1000 before the end of the day Wednesday… you up for the challenge?

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Catherine Morgan – A St. Baldrick's Participant
I don't have much in my life, but what little I have is so much more than others that I feel like I have to make the effort to do good in the world where ever I can… this is my current good deed.

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Hey look! +American Apparel are hypocritical a$$holes! Rules are rules – if this woman won your contest because she got the most votes (as you stipulated in the contest) who are you to not honor your word? She won by a landslide, and now you won't grant her the prize because you think what… she's fat? News flash for you AA, she's the average size of an American woman. You know, the very same country you manufacture and market your clothes in. YOU were looking for a plus-size model, she looks to fit the part. Unless of course you view a size 8 as plus-size compared to your usual size 2 models.

Let's be honest here, I'm not really a fan of American Apparel. The largest size they carry is XL which, based on personal experience as an American woman, fits roughly a size 10. Granted, I'm not the 'demo' for AA because I'm over 22 years old and over a size 8. Here's a tip, just because you make all your clothes in this country doesn't zero out all the other assine things you do or say.

(Article is from late last year, but it still pisses me off.)

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Woman Who Made Fun Of American Apparel Contest Wins, American Apparel Act Like A Bunch Of Babies
Nancy Upton, the gorgeous prankster who satirized American Apparel's condescending search for a plus-sized model with smutty and silly overindulgence photos , actually won the online contest! T…

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not so much. I would have had a much better experience in high school had just one of my teachers been this cool.

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Teachers At Massachusetts High School Pull Spectacular Stealth Disco Prank on Unsuspecting Students
It's that time of the year again, when students and teachers come together in harmony to delight in the pleasure of not giving a fuck anymore because it's practically summer already anyway.

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I swore this was an Onion story at first. I thought posting about your company, products and services on your own business page was common sense? No? Oh.

Maybe if companies hired a proper strategist and tactical team brands both big and small wouldn’t look like kids trying to make friends at summer camp.

We are seeing more and more reports that advertising in general on the web doesn’t work, so why is it a huge shock that it is dipping in Facebook? Two words people – content marketing. Write informative, entertaining, and relevant content about what you sell to pay the bills and you’ll do better than most of the others out there. It takes work. And time. Don’t be lazy.

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Facebook's Advice to Marketers: Post Stuff About Your Brand
Facebook did a study of how brands perform on the platform and concluded that posting updates specific to your brand is your best bet.

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Ever wonder what happens to you Gmail message once you hit send? Being that I've worked in data centers I know the process, but I think it's important for non-geek-engineer-types to know. I plan on sending this to all the ZOMG I don't know what happens in the magic box when I use the email interwebs friends family.

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Anyone that has been baited into a 'mommy war' should redirect their anger and fears about themselves and try to redirect it to mom/parenting issues that really matter. No more arguing over Cry It Out vs. Attachment Parenting, breast vs. bottle, cloth vs. disposable. YOU ARE DONE BITCHING. You know what matters? Kids that don't have a mom or parent at all. This HuffPo article points out that there are 18 year old 'kids' that put themselves up for adoption because they want parental figures in their lives as adults. OMG I cried.

From the +The Huffington Post article:

All of these petty wars about the choices of capable, loving mothers is just a lot of white noise to me, Quite honestly, I'm often astonished at the non-essential parenting issues I see moms getting upset about. Particularly when there are so many kids in this world not being parented at all.

Love to +Cecily Kellogg for the original share.

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The Only Mommy War Worth Waging
Let's stop quibbling about what competent mothers are choosing for their kids, and step it up for the kids that don't have one

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Just picked up "The Pumpkin Plan" (Kindle) by +Mike Michalowicz (author of "Toilet Paper Entrepreneur" & a friend of a friend. You have to love Kindle, I saw that it was published, purchased it, downloaded it, and started to read it in under 3 minutes. ♪♫ I love technology ♪♫ Dangit, pre-order! So I downloaded his first book Toilet Paper Entrepreneur even though I have it in print. For $4 it was a steal to be able to read it on my iPad.

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Amazon.com: The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field eBook: Mike Michalowicz: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field eBook: Mike Michalowicz: Kindle Store

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+Lifehacker hits it out of the park today with two posts I feel compelled to share. I was actually hoping to make it to this Ignite & I've chatted with the speaker +Pam Selle from time to time (we are both Philly / Philly metro women).

NSFW – you have been warned.

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Go the F**k Home
We've talked a lot about finding a good work/life balance, and a lot of us find it pretty difficult. Developer/designer Pam Selle disagrees, saying that as long as you remember a few key things, it sh…

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I find that in general, women apologize much more than men do. And it's usually for the strangest things. I started noticing the "I'm sorry" tendency at the last few conferences I attended. Women will apologize for having to step out to take an important call or for running out of business cards. It is what it is, no need to apologize!

…then I notice the author is none other than +Amber Mac!!!

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3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing For

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3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing For
Every time the word "sorry" is about to fly out of your mouth, think: Have I actually done something wrong, or has this just become a verbal tic? Here are three things that women often apologize for a…

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