A very good thing.

My friend Randi from Portland, Oregon is running a marathon to raise $$$ for leukemia research and she is a little below her financial goals. If you or someone you know has been affected by this disease, please take a moment to make a donation. You can do it online(go to the link below), it's quick and it's tax deductible. The money raised really goes to fund research which is desperately needed. I know some of you are hesitant to give $$$ to people you don't know but this is legit. She's putting a lot of effort into this and I want to help her out.


randi's site

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St. Drunkard's Day

So I went downtown for St. Patrick's day yesterday. It is amazing (and somewhat frightening) to see so many drunken folks in such high concentration. Most of the people seem to be of early to late college age. In other words, tadpoles. Man, I wouldn't go back to that time of my life for anything...except maybe my 6-pack abs. You know the scene: lots of staggering, over-eating, yelling-for-no-apparent reason, ridiculously dressed 21 year-olds. Anyway, I generally find the scene amusing on some level. It's sort of like standing at the brink of a raging river: you are compelled to jump in but logic tells you that instant death awaits. The most interesting part of the day was the ride downtown on the RAPID. It was heartening (even for just a day) to see so many folks using public transportation. It was almost as if I was living in a real, living and breathing city. Maybe a few of those people will think that the experience was cool (and convenient) and keep using the trains.

Probably not though...