Heard about this from my mom. Sort of a follow-up to Deb’s last post
Posted by Deana in Animals, Anthropology, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Environment, Holiday! Celebrate!, Oddly Enough, Science on March 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok, this makes my pagan heart happy: my friend Raven has opened a new store in Madison, WI called Ravenworks. It features lots of pretty, pretty, shiny and happy one-of-a-kind, hand made things for everyday use, ritual, whatever. Also, books and music — including Legacy!.
Posted by Deb in Books, Holiday! Celebrate!, Making Stuff, Religion, Shameless Promotion, Shopping on December 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Interested in giving something different, something meaningful this year? Well, check out some of these charitable giving options, such as using African pouched rats to find landmines in Africa or lending money to a developing world entrepreneur.
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Holiday! Celebrate!, Shopping on December 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just read the most awesome thing over at the Geekdad blog: tomorrow is Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day! Of course it totally should have been on my birthday, but I’m willing to share it with Deb. ;)
Expect to see me walking in crazy moon clothes around shouting, “You’re not thinking four-dimensionally!”
More than [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Plain foolishness on December 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
March 10th, 2008 is the first NationalInternational Day of Awesomeness. I’ll let the awesome official site speak for itself:
What is The International Day of Awesomeness?
The International Day of Awesomeness is a celebration of awesomeness. People are awesome every day, frequently don’t realize it, and their feats of awesomeness are rarely recognized. We aim to fix [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Plain foolishness on August 7th, 2007 | No Comments »
My aunt and uncle have recently had several opportunities to go to DC to speak with Senators and Congresspeople about the issue of asbestos. As a result, they’ve gotten a chance to meet many of the personalities we see in the news, including Barack Obama. Thus, I’ll let my uncle describe this video [...]
Posted by Deb in Government, Holiday! Celebrate!, Politics on July 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yes, it’s that’s time of year again, Flag Day (aka Karen’s little section of the solar system). We are once again in that little section of earth’s orbit where Karen was born. And to celebrate, I found This page, all about women who are always “Karen.” It’s sort of lame, but oddly appropriate…
Posted by Deana in Holiday! Celebrate! on June 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As you all know, Kerrigan is having her book Legacy published on May 18, 2007. Yesterday, our ten copies arrived and I thought y’all might want to get a first look:
This would be the front cover in the vineyard outside my office at about 6:00 am this morning (isn’t it beautiful?!?).
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Posted by Deb in Books, Holiday! Celebrate!, Literature, Science fiction on May 10th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the spirit of peace, love, and general awesomeness, I high-five you!
National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April each year, which falls this year on April 19, 2007. The holiday originated at the University of Virginia in 2002, and has since spread across the nation, and around the globe.
Imagine that while [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Oddly Enough on April 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Forty-six years ago today, a human being first went into space. And it was this guy:
Вы хлынулись, Comrade Gagarin!
Posted by Deana in Events, History, Holiday! Celebrate!, Space on April 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
