2007 Blogger Boobie-Thon for breast cancer
So, you may remember that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but do you know about the annual Blogger Boobie-Thon for breast cancer? I just learned about it last week. It’s a website organized to gain donations for breast cancer research, through nudity (which, as we all know, is a consistently successful fundraising [...]
Feral kittens on Father’s Day (and LOLcats)
There is a large feral cat population around where we live. Even more specifically, there is a feral cat colony underneath our apartment building. Here you can see the entrance to the kitty lair, full of black plastic and yellow insulation.
Today two male kittens showed up on our doorstep. They are obviously littermates, approximately [...]
Pink bats, Pink Martini, and Pink Floyd
I have three pink-related stories for you at this ridiculously early morning hour:
1. Yesterday, on Mother’s Day, over 200 Major League Baseball players used bright pink bats during their games. And many more wore pink sweatbands and wristbands. This is the second straight Mother’s Day that MLB and the Susan G. Komen foundation [...]
Armchair activism **
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Crisanta, my sponsored child **
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