Two stories on cancer nonprofits caught my eye this week, Susan B Komen for the Cure decision to defund Planned Parenthood because of a politically-driven investigation by Congress, and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong nonprofit helping Lance more than anyone else with cancer. Let’s start with Lance who is current being investigated for doping and perhaps a [...]
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Nugget needs to pay his way around the Iwashyna home because we don’t do lazy here unless “lazy” translates to “not cooking, cleaning or showering.” And after he fell in the bathtub last week and I didn’t get a photo because I was too busy doing that laughing-consoling thing I’ve perfected over my last five [...]
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Mitt Romney won New Hampshire primary decisively, but I’ll let CNN and NPR go through the numbers. I want to talk about his victory speech or at least one part of it. Today we’re faced with the disappointing record of a failed president. -Mitt Romney And his supporters CHEERED. Who cheers for a failed presidency? [...]
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Each year a few days after Christmas, Scott and I sit down and plan our charitable giving. We donate throughout the seasons as people and groups need support, but we also like to end each year by giving thanks for all we have. And we decided a long time ago that the best way to [...]
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The kids and Scott stop by the toy store on the way home from school. E: We aren’t buying any toys right now? S: No. We’re just wandering. The toys that you were looking at are too expensive, and we can’t buy something every time we go to a store, E. E: That’s it. I’m [...]
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The American Dream. Rags-to-riches. Anyone can “make it” if they just try really hard. But what does it mean to “make it?” Own a home? Have a family? Take a vacation? Perhaps the wealth gap and other inequalities are lost on so many people because when we hear 20% of the country own 80% of [...]
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Guess what? There’s a debt crisis. Or as Jon Stewart says: Armadebtdon 2011 Here’s a little bit of background in case you live in a hole in Montana. (PS. Please don’t bomb me.) We have a debt ceiling, $14.3 trillion, which sounds huge if you think of the fact that if you stacked dollar bills [...]
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I’ve seen a facebook-blog-meme-forum-email floating around called “101 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer” so I’ve decided to add my 10 cents. Or 10 ideas. Because I’ll need that 10 cents to pull some of them off. 10 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer and PROBABLY Not Get Arrested 1. Build [...]
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