Green Wedding

There’s a rumor going around that I might be getting engaged soon. Since I’m hoping the rumor is true, I was happily surprised to run across this blog titled “Eco Bridal: DIY, Upcycle or Handcraft Your Wedding Dress”.
Not only does Leslie Richard list 9 different custom dress designers that are green, she also links to [...]

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Voter Registration – Goths for Obama

It just doesn’t get any better than this. I just found this event posting on my.BarackObama.com:

Goths For Obama @ The Dark Arts Festival (Voter Registration Drive)
I am vISION, singer and co-founder of Tragic Black. I am a big supporter of Barack Obama and hope to inspire new voters at the Dark Arts Festival. We perform [...]

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Utah For Obama at Utah Pride Next Weekend

Janet Hurley, Utah for Obama’s awesome Events Coordinator, is looking for a few more volunteers for next weekend’s Utah Pride event. We’ve got a table for both Saturday and Sunday, and we’re going to be in the Parade on Sunday. Janet Lee, who has an amazing skill with crafting (and made our fabulous Utah for [...]

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xkcd: Blogger Edition

Alt: I always figured the word ‘blog’ would sound *less* silly as the years went by.
I wonder if there’s a list out there dedicated just to the new words that have spawned as a result of the culture of the interwebs? Think one day we’ll start actually saying “LOL” when we’re talking about laughing?

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Hurricane Season Approaches

If you’re not a fan of Bill in Portland Maine, you’re missing out. Today’s episode of Cheers and Jeers started off with this:
Hurricane season starts in five days. If the Grand Committee of Meterological Poobahs hasn’t come up with their list of names yet, may I suggest the following as a way of commemorating the [...]

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Getting Burnt Out?

I’ve been a little burnt out as of late. Then I watched this and remembered what it’s all about, and I’m a little less burnt out than I had been.

I still get goosebumps every time I hear this speech.

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42, or Quit Bitching and Do Something

This post was inspired by the City Weekly Salt Blog. Jerre Wroble bemoans rising gas prices, and the inability to get around it’s side effects, ending with the question “Any suggestions?”
I started to reply, but it wound up being a really long reply, and a little off topic, then became more of a rambling self-evaluation, [...]

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Don’t Let KCPW Go Away!

Last Saturday, I stopped by KCPW after a training session I taught for the Salt Lake County Democrats. I kept meaning to give a donation for their membership drive, but I just hadn’t gotten around to it. So, I stopped in on my way out. The person I spoke with explained that the donations for [...]

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xkcd: Cultural Traditions

Alt: ‘You will have hot, steamy, sweaty sex … IN BED!’
I’m thinking I may have to go for some Chinese tonight.

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XKCD: Programming Edition

Alt: True story: I had to try several times to upload this comic because my ssh key was blacklisted.
This is kind of what work feels like lately.

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