A Barbie with Cancer?

If I told you there was a mass-produced Barbie with cancer, what would you imagine it looks like?

There are campaigns online to encourage Barbie manufacturer Mattel to make this happen. I'm picturing a regular Barbie wearing a pink gown, not a bald Barbie with one breast. I'm picturing a Barbie "not letting cancer defeat me" by wearing lots of make up and high heels.

Celebrating Steve Jobs

Tonight, I think of Steve Jobs as I use my Apple computer. I'll think of him when I use my iPod. And I'll think of him the next time I watch Toy Story, one of my favourite movies.

His innovations have touched so many lives and his loss will be felt deeply as he leaves his legacy to Apple.

Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Courtesy of Matthew Yohe

An Ecologist's Struggle with Cancer

In university I read a book called "Living Downstream," told by an ecologist and cancer survivor about the connections between environmental toxins and health. In beautiful prose, author Sandra Steingraber blends two narratives: the personal Sandra, dealing with the cancer and the scientist Sandra, putting the pieces together
and discussing how carcinogens (cancer causing agents) work.