Apr 25 2013
A bright and early good morning from Victor’s 1959 Cafe! Aside from my love of fried plantains, I’m out with two of my best friends, the Hubby and Courtney, for the annual fundraiser, Dining Out for Life. Dining Out for Life: Dine Out, Fight AIDS! I’ve been to several of the Dining Out for Life …
Dec 01 2012
The first game system I played was the Atari 2600. I have memories of playing E.T., Berzerk, Pitfall, Asteroid, Space-Invaders, Frogger and DigDug. I still remember the pain of Atari Thumb. Breakout was my favorite game for a long time. Remember this bad boy? And unlike some of the other games, this one used the …
Nov 03 2012
I went to Skepticon 3 back in 2010 and had a blast. It was one of the first large skepticism conferences that I had attended, and the speaker lineup was intense! BTW, that link will send you to the SK3 media page, where you can watch videos of any or all of the talks from that …
Sep 17 2012
I was hoping to get a lot of writing done this weekend because there is SO MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT! I got exactly zero writing done, but looking back on my weekend, it turns out I did some pretty cool stuff. Friday night was supposed to be a night of relaxing and hanging out with …
Aug 14 2012
Three things this today: Minnesota State Primaries If you live in Minnesota you have an opportunity to participate in the State Primary. The biggies on the ballot are US Representative and US Senator. There were also school board and judicial nominations on my particular ballot. Another Thank You Thank you to a new Kiva lending …
Aug 12 2012
Earlier this week I invited you to join me on the microlending website, Kiva. I asked that if you were willing, able and wanted to join after learning more about the institution, to join through my personal invitation link so that I could receive $25 Kiva bonuses. Two of you took me up on my …
Aug 07 2012
You may know that the Hubby and I support the microlending program, Kiva. Here’s a cartoon from the Kiva website. It draws (literally) a very high-level picture of how Kiva works: So yeah. Pretty cool stuff. The Hubby and I have been re-investing two $25 loans for a couple of years now, but we’d like …
Jun 26 2012
Earlier in June, General Mills announced that they are opposed to the Minnesota marriage amendment that will be on the ballot this November. From the General Mills website: [Ken Powell, General Mills CEO] voiced our company’s opposition to the proposed marriage amendment, an initiative that makes our state less inclusive and reduces our company’s ability to …
Jun 09 2012
Phew – I made it through the phone blogging phase of the morning! I’m glad that’s over. I didn’t like it. Small keypad. I’m getting a little hungry and tired. I need to find food and get my first second wind of the day. I have another donor challenge! Erin donated $10 and is having …
Jun 08 2012
Okay! I’m starting to get a little nervous and super excited about tomorrow’s Blogathon to benefit the Secular Student Alliance’s SSA Week. My first post will be up at 6am CST, and I’ll be posting every 30 minutes after that for a full 24 HOURS! I have a list of topics that I could write …
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