Global Spin

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 | Comments Off

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!” [...]

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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Plain foolishness on August 7th, 2007 | Comments Off

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 of Senator [...]

Posted by Deb in Government, Holiday! Celebrate!, Politics on July 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »