So, um.. I was making my lunch yesterday at home, on break from work, piddling around my kitchen when I go to grab the ginger ale from the refridgerator. Only I habitually think its Grape juice or Orange Juice or any of the other juices I typically drink and happen to SHAKE by accident and OPEN it finding myself drenched in a torrential Ginger Ale ( Read more... )

In case you didn't know... It's Ribfest this weekend in Ravenswood/Irving Park.

http://www.northcenterchamber.com/site/epage/1050_62.htm

Looks a bit scary as many large-scale festivals do in our fair city,
but some of you may appreciate it for bbq's sake.

Hi LJ community. I put public programming aside for awhile to focus on other things, and low and behold the urge is back! I have about 55 RSVPs for this program tomorrow and I only know like five of those folks personally - how exciting! My mentor/guy I consult for is coming into town from Boston for this program and one at First Unitarian on ( Read more... )

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I usually permit myself to splurge twice a year on the average thrift store binge, but this is out of control. I have purchased more products in the last week than I have in I can't remember when! I think its a subliminal effort to help stimulate the economy, or so I told Broqued. I bought a racing swimsuit that I can wear in very chlorinated pools ( Read more... )

I am up way too late to be writing on LJ but i'm having bouts of "who did i forget to email?" and "who is the fourth person I need to remember to call tomorrow?" I'm heading to CAPE COD tomorrow am for a Popular Education Train-the-Trainer Institute led by United for a Fair Economy. A whole slew of folks are coming from all around the country to ( Read more... )

Oh.. after zoning out, watching Harry Potter on ABC and catching a peek at the 10:00 evening news, I decided to browse Obama's website to see what he has to say about incarceration and violence. Couldn't find any thing, so I sent his campaign a message. It reads ( Read more... )

Version FREE UNIVERSITY Workshop ( Read more... )

said several legislative members I met with while in D.C. referring to their congressperson on the issue of tax reform. Not surprising. All our money is going overseas and we have shrinking funds for social security, education, healthcare, public infrastructure, pell grants for college, but No Body in Congress will dare to Raise Taxes on the RICH ( Read more... )

TONIGHT! at Empty Bottle ( Read more... )