So one of the core problems of our times is how to fight third world poverty. There have been lots of different theories and some are more successful than others. One recent development is the concept of "Microfinancing".Anyway a friend of mineis part of a nonprofit trying to raise capital to help poor communities in Honduras. And the thing is $25 ( Read more... )

So I've known about my food allergies for a while. I realized a slight itch in the back of my throat when I ate bananas in college wasn't normal. Up to that point I had always chalked it up to "well that is just a result of the texture of bananas" and never thought it was a food allergy. Since then I've been coming up with a list of foods that ( Read more... )

Ya Comrade!

You are a
Social Liberal
(75% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(20% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

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I have a rather expansive musical pallet. On my iPod now I have music that would count as classic rock, blues, big band, House(Techno sub-genre), and jazz. What I would like to hear is a fusion of two of these genres namely big band (or swing) and house). Both have a desire to facilitate dancing, and I think the mixing of big band tracks into a ( Read more... )

Last night I called my sister, who asked to talk later since she was in the middle of the new 90210. Jessica out of curiosity wanted to see what this was like so we switched to CW for the show. I however had no interest in 90210, just as I had no interest in any of the 90210 shows. so I sat on the couch surfing on the laptop ( Read more... )

Brief history about my television habits to date. My family resisted getting cable until after the 1st gulf war. So until I guess I was a freshman in high school or maybe a sophomore all I had was the big 3, a couple UHF stations, and two PBS stations (we got dallas AND denton!). Then we got basic cable, and wow were their choices. I was a news ( Read more... )

If you live in Austin and have boxes Jess and I can take to move with, let me know!

Thanks in advance!

Zoe has been fussy at bedtime four nights in a row. First we thought it was because it was the pack n play. Then we thought maybe it was theatrics, but last night I got the idea that maybe unlike naps, she needs her room dark dark dark to sleep. So after about an hour last night of crying we took the dark blue sheet and ran it under the curtain rod ( Read more... )

We have been watching 24 on and off. Season one was good, season two was better, Season three is where I started to have a problem with the show, but watched it through the season. Last night we watched episode one of season four. This is where I give up on the show. I just can't watch anymore. It just lost me ( Read more... )

So I've owned my Ford Focus for 7 years now. We've had good times, and bad times. But one thing that has been pretty consistent about the car is the miles per gallon. It was never the best out there, and with hybrids being more affordable it is getting blown out of the water. But for a non hybrid it was always pretty solid. I remember people ( Read more... )