Blogging Dangerous?

Photo from source, New York Times

Holy schnikies! Blogging is bad for you? OK, I'll admit, I do sometimes spend too much time writing and linking and researching. . .and I don't even get paid for it, by the piece or otherwise. But, I assure you, when I don't want to blog, I just don't blog! Still, I'll try to get up and walk around a little more often. . .

[Excerpt]

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop

They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. . .

Read more at: New York Times

What Would Jesus Do? Chinese Sweatshop Crosses

Photo from source, CNN

Apparently, a bunch of US churches are selling crucifixes that are made in sweatshops in China. No word on if they're coated with lead, or if Jesus turns into a date-rape drug. . .

[Excerpt]

Crucifixes allegedly made in Chinese sweatshops

A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under "horrific" conditions in a Chinese factory with more than 15-hour workdays and inadequate food.

"It's a throwback to the worst of the garment sweatshops 10, 20 years ago," said Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee. . .

Read it at: CNN