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Help send Debo Band to Africa
Debo Band is an Ethiopian pop band based in Boston. Many of the members are friends of mine, and they play some really great music. They have the opportunity to play east Africa's largest music festival in February, but they need to raise $10,000 by Jan 14 in order to go. Tax deductible donations will get you music: donate hereListen to their music ( Read more... ) -
Last chance: Bike-a-Thon!
Last chance to support me in BNB's Bike-a-Thon: http://tinyurl.com/estherBAT09
I'm riding 62 miles for a great cause this Sunday. -
There's still time sponsor me in the Bike-a-Thon!
Just a little over a week until the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-a-Thon, and I am embarrassingly far from my fundraising goal of $5,000.
If you haven't already given ($5, $50, $500--it all makes a difference), please make your donation here before June 7 ( Read more... ) -
I love this neighborhood sometimes.
On Thursday, my ratty glasses case fell to the bottom of my saddlebag with my sunglasses inside. Since the case wouldn't really close, and the stars apparently were aligned, my bike lock bounced on the bridge of the sunglasses, and snap! Suddenly I had two-piece sunglasses.
I went to Eye-Q today to see if they could recommend a glue, and the clerk ( Read more... ) -
I am a superhero!
Boston Phoenix readers voted Bikes Not Bombs Boston's Best Local Cause. Check out the article, and the pic.
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more Cervantes-Ferguson household food
Soup tonight: Brown part of a linguica for fat, then set it aside (for later use or for snacking). Cook onion, celery, garlic, and two dried red chilis in the fat. Add water and chopped potatoes and turnip. Add salt, pepper, cumin, allspice, and red wine vinegar. Chop all the leftover olives and some kale, and brown the rest of the linguica. Once ( Read more... ) -
Bike-a-Thon time!
It's Bike-a-Thon time again! On June 7, I'll be riding in Bikes Not Bombs' 22nd Annual Bike-a-Thon. the_macnab and I are already busy organizing and working the training rides, and now it's time to start raising the money. The Bike-a-Thon is Bikes Not Bombs' biggest fundraiser of the year, and your pledges to support me in the ride are very important to ( Read more... ) -
news from my car on the economic rollercoaster
In the past week:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt froze trade acquisitions, and the publisher, executive editor, and others in the division have resigned. The NYT quotes HMCo delicately, as "not allocating as much capital to the consumer book business ( Read more... ) -
I was going to go back to work tomorrow, probably only for a half day.
But one of my co-workers just called to say they outvoted me, 4 to 1. They even arranged to send one of their number to my house to play Scrabble with me and keep me occupied.
In actual recovery news, the cold snap the last couple of days has been really hard. Makes the muscles try to shiver, which hurts. Not as bad as it once did, though. -
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Look at me, I am typing with both hands!!!!!