Tent Cities Popping Up Across the U.S.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Columbus, Reno, Fresno, Chattanooga. They're all home to homeless encampments, tent cities springing up of people who have lost their homes. It's a startling story, reminiscent of the Hoovervilles of the 1930s (though clearly we're not ...
I’m Going To Be Homeless
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Society | 3 Comments »On Oct. 16, 2008 I'm participating in Cardboard Box City and will be sleeping outside to experience homelessness firsthand. I'll be sleeping out in a tent, tarp or cardboard box at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds with a group from my ...
Abandoned Teens
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »MPR's Bob Collins covers a story of teens being abandoned at Nebraska hospitals, much like unwanted newborns. The new safe haven law in Nebraska allows parents to drop off any child, regardless of age. These unruly teens usually go into ...
The Island at the End of the World Book Cover Design Contest
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Books | 4 Comments »This is a double whammy for me as I'm a sucker for well-designed book covers and post-apocalyptic fiction. Penguin Books and Creativity have partnered to do a cover design contest for Sam Taylor's forthcoming book, The Island at the End of ...
Editing my Novel (Again)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 1 Comment »In the past few weeks I've been working on editing my novel. Yes, the one I said I was starting to edit a year ago. The one I finished writing almost two years ago. It's called Turn Left at the ...
Resources to Fact-Check the Presidential Candidates
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »With a month and a half to go before the election, the campaigns are getting pretty intense (no matter who you're voting for I hope we can disagree well). New accusations, gaffes and bizarre stories seem to surface every day. ...
How to Apply for a Job
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Posted in Employment | 2 Comments »My friend and frequent client Brad Abare has a great blog post offering advice for job seekers. In a nutshell he says to forget about the resume and find a way to show your passion. It's nearly impossible for a ...
More Waiting While Ethiopians Go Hungry
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Adoption | No Comments »It's been a while since I've talked about adoption, and even then I didn't have any news. Well, we have news, but it's not exciting. Last week we got an e-mail from our agency informing us that all the expected wait ...
Protest Photos & Flickr Stats
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »On Tuesday last week I posted 345 photos from the peaceful RNC protest in St. Paul to my Flickr account. My traffic skyrocketed, as you can see. I always think traffic stats are fascinating. My photo views went from an ...
Here’s Where I Stand: Let’s Disagree Well
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 70 Comments »This has been an interesting couple weeks of politics, getting sick of politics and not listening to myself about politics. I've been twittering and spouting off about politics because it riles me up. Because I disagree. Because I hear things ...
