As in George & Weezie. Not a former Head of State. Yes, I’m on another kick, this one has been brewing for a while, but after reading The Idiot Girl and The Flaming Tantrum of Death (I downloaded FREE to my Kindle– and loved it like I love Chelsea Handler) I’m back on my desire [...]
Archive for the ‘Raves’ Category
School Dazed
Posted in Issues, Rants, Raves, careers, tagged classes, college, education, Literature on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, for what feels like the gazillonth time, I’ve decided to pick back up collecting college credit towards the degree I’ll finally have when I’m sixty. (Side note, just a few years ago, that probably would have been Forty, but hey, as we age, so do our perceptions of time!) Partially because of the crappy [...]
Make an Impact, Globally
Posted in Issues, Organizations, Raves, Worthy Causes, women, tagged charity, make a difference, Organizations on January 11, 2009 | Comments Off
In this time of tightening budgets, many people are looking to save money, not spend it– and only on the things that are truly necessary. It should be no surprise that charities and other non-profit organizations are feeling the financial crisis as well. Ironically, these are the times when they need support the most. More [...]
Giving. Its the New Getting.
Posted in Issues, Organizations, Raves, Worthy Causes, tagged charity, clothes, donations, fair trade, gifts, jewlery, philanthropy, recycled, repurposed on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off
(eCo)nscious Market is a self-proclaimed “For-Benefit” online commerce site based in Boulder, Colorado. They tout that their products are the finest ecologically and socially responsible products available, and the company donates a minimum of 10% of every purchase to a non-profit organizations. The even go so far as to let the buyer “hand-pick” the program [...]
From my Soapbox
Posted in Issues, Organizations, Raves, Worthy Causes, tagged endangered species, environment, Organizations, preservation, sierra club, Worthy Causes on January 6, 2009 | Comments Off
In the past, I used to be one of those people that aschewed “Tree-huggers”. I blame it on the era in which I was raised. I would hear the grown ups talking about this group, or that one, and how they were taking away our rights and lively-hoods by their loud campaigning and alarmist reports. [...]









