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Jane Goodall: "You've got to get into somebody's heart"

[image error]I heard primatologist Jane Goodall, Champion of the Chimps, on the Diane Rehm show today.  She's been fighting for our closest primate cousins for decades.  She said something that really resonated with me.

"You've got to find a way to get into somebody's heart. And just shouting at them and telling them they're doing bad things and blinding them with numbers and statistics…you'll never get anyone to change."

She was referring to environmentalists who take more aggressive and political...

Happy (craptastic) Labor Day!

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What a craptastic day to be a worker. The rest of the world celebrates Labor Day May 1st, but like football and our refusal of the metric system, we like to do things different (If you're curious why, here's last year's Labor Day post).

Unemployment is pushing double digits in the U.S. And here are a few more depressing stats from the wounded U.S. economy (via the Economic Institute ):

• New jobs needed per month to keep up with population growth: 127,000

• Jobs lost in August 2009: 216,000

•...

Fair Fashion

My in-laws match.

Their shorts are different patterns of the same four colors. Their leather sandals are the same shade of brown. Their shirts are His and Her polos.

No one wants to think about their in-laws underwear, but if I was a betting man, I'd bet on theirs matching.

Gloria, my mother-in-law, deserves most of the credit (or blame; it depends on your perspective) for this. Jim, my father-in-law, could care less. Jim and I have this in common and it's why I have a purple shirt.

I also have

The Secret to Marathon Training

To learn about why I'm running the NYC marathon and how you can help visit http://whereamiwearing.com/…

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Another reason I wish I had HBO

I heard about the documentary "Which way is home?" on NPR this morning. It follows kids leaving their homes in Central America and sneaking across borders on their way to the United States. Just another reminder of the desperation that exists in our world and the risks people will take to overcome it.

Harper's Lollipop Tree Dress

If it weren't for China, my baby daughter, Harper, would be naked and wouldn't have anything to play with.

When you have a baby girl, everyone wants to buy her clothes (especially when she is the cutest baby ever!).  Somewhere between thanking the gifter and keeping the giftee from chewing on the wrapping paper, I sneak a peak at the made in label of the onesie or sleeper, the plastic ball or the toy puppy, the teenie dress or tiny skirt.  The tag almost always reads "Made in China."

Other than sh

Shoot Me: What good is humiliation if you can't share it?

I am sick of looking at me.

I just scrolled through 600+ photos of me to select a few for my new Press Kit page. It was my first photo shoot since my high school senior pictures.  Maybe I'll print out these photos and on the back I'll write you a personal note about how much fun we've had these last four years and how I know we'll keep in touch because we are totally BFFs.  Or maybe I'll just select the goofiest photos and post them  below.

Brian MacDonald of MacDonald Photography shot the 600 pho

Me and Optimus Prime

Would you pay $4,995 for Optimus Prime?

That's how much he's going for on ebay. This makes me happy because I own this action figure already. Sure, he isn't in the box and he has swapped a little paint with the Deceptagons. But still, it's about time the world realized the value of Transformers. Although, I think we've over-valued them a bit.

Even if my Optimus Prime were in mint condition, I would not sell him. Not because I have some sentimental attachment to him (I do), but because I woul

How many people does it take to make a pair of jeans?

Readers of  "Where Am I Wearing?" will no doubt recognize this story about my visit to a blue jean factory in Cambodia.  Of course, the book wasn't accompanied with an over abundance of hand gestures. Enjoy!

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A thousand words: School is in

And I complained about the hard plastic seats at my school that would stick to my legs in the summer time.

School is in on the island village of Kokata, Honduras (2005)

While there I taught the kids to play baseball.