Ever wonder if those hideous, clunky shoes are doing anything for your legs, waistline or fashion dignity? Two studies from the American Council on Exercise, a nonprofit group, compared the benefits of toning shoes from Skechers, Reebok and MBT with ordinary running shoes and shockingly both studies found that there was no significant difference between any of the toning shoes and the standard running shoe. Read more here.

Read this article from the Huffington Post!

Now when you spend the extra to have something healthier you'll know it's worth it!

Note: Ceeeeelllllllllllllllllll phoooooooooooooone was supposed to be long and drawn out. LOL.

Being a lawyer I find this debate of whether we are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy on our cell phones extremely interesting. (I know, I can be Elle Woods smart once in a while) Being someone who does no wrong, an angel of course, I don’t really see a problem in having the police, if need be, being able to track our cellies.In fact if it’s going to help catch criminals I’m usually all for it.

Check out this article, I found it interesting.

The real debate of course is when is it going to stop?

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Such a talented designer. Such a tragedy. We hope wherever you are now you’re resting peacefully with your mum. McQueen was apparently distraught after his mother passed away recently.

Now, is it just me or is twittering about someone’s death, saying RIP, etc. it seems to me in bad taste? You may ask what’s the diff b/n that and a blog? Well, I don’t know but when Kim Kardashian and Tyra are twittering up a storm about it, it just seems wrong. Like everyone is trying to get a piece of the drama. It goes hand in hand with announcing death via Facebook status updates. Gross.

What are your thoughts?

So, hopefully none of us will be faced with the emergency situation where we’d have to administer CPR but if we are, experts are saying it may not be necessary to do the “Mouth to Mouth” part.  Watch this video for a refresher on what you know and how you can help save a life!

This article from NBC is freaking awesome. I think it gives you several (28 actually) easy-breezy ways to get healthier! Did you know that heart disease (not cancer) is the leading cause of death among women? Yep! That’s right! Get to stepping to a healthier new you!!

Credit: Andreas Tellefsen , Via Ecouterre

Twenty-ten has not been so kind to H&M thus far. They were first accused of destroying clothing and now it’s come out that their new “Organic” line is anything but.

Click here to read the article on one of our fave blogs, Treehugger!

H&M, Dude! Get it together!!