Last week the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (a mouthful I know), wrote a letter to CEO Steve Jobs condemning the tagline for Apple’s newly released iMac. Apple and Steve quickly buckled under the pressure, changing the tag line from “The new iMac. You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful.” to “The all new, all-in-one, iMac.”

As a card carrying member of the LTLC (the Larger than Life Consortium), I applaud Apple in their quick response. Words are powerful and those of us with a girth greater and smaller than Lindsey Lohan can suffer tremendous setbacks when such language is used. Words trigger emotions. Words trigger memories. Unpleasant ones. Sometimes it is difficult to simply get through the day, as we are constantly bombarded by language and images of what the media and middle Americas perceive as ideal.

As many of you know I am huge Apple supporter, some might even call me a zealot, but always in the kindest and most humane of terms. Our home is just just brimming with the fruit with a small bite taken out for good measure. From laptops to iPods, and iMacs to AppleTVs. And if there is one thing they all share in common, other than just being fabulous hardware and software, it’s that practically each and everyone of them…
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Miss South Carolina at this past weekend’s Teen USA pagent answers a tricky question about the sad state of our educational system.

I don’t want this blog to turn into video of the week but I have been a fan of Annie Lennox and Eurythmics for a long time and couldn’t resist.

Annie’s new video “Dark Road” from her upcoming album Songs of Mass Destruction appeared on YouTube and Amazon recently. It’s vintage Annie and wanted to share the video with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Welcome to the all new Inside, Looking Out!

I started this site in early 2004 mostly as a writing exercise, but now, three long years it has turned into something more. I’d like to thank everyone for taking the time to visit, it means a lot to me. If you find the site at least a little bit interesting, entertaining or informative, then I will continue on with my little “writing exercise.”

You may have noticed that the site has a new home at http://inlookout.com/site. After almost 4 years, I decided the site finally deserved its own domain. Be sure to update your bookmarks!

It also has a completely new look. The old design was starting to feel a bit dated and was in desperate need of a makeover. I’ve added new features and content, and have organized the layout a bit. New items include…

• A Latest Gallery area in the upper right showcasing the newest gallery
• An Oldies But Goodies section in the middle column featuring posts from the past
• A new Library page that will (soon) feature some of my fiction writing
• A Share It! link at the bottom of each story, letting you share this link with other sites

I’ve also moved the Recent Posts and Comment to the bottom of the page.

One of the features I am really excited about is Share It! Clicking on the link will let you share that story with other websites, bringing more people to Inside, Looking Out. So if you like the story, Share It!

As usual, all feedback and comments are welcome., Just click on the comments link in the upper right of each story. I am always interested in what you have to say.