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I was watching that episode of Community that utter_scoundrel recommended on hulu.com and saw a commercial for vittana.org. It said that a young woman in Peru could pursue her dream with a college education if she had the $700 for tuition. I looked it… Continue Reading “Student Microloans”
This widget doesn’t fit into my sidebar, but if I can manage to get it to look right here, I might throw it in as a post once in awhile: http://fpm.petfinder.com/petlist/petlist.cgi?shelter=IL39&status=A&age=&limit=25&offset=0&animal=&title=&style=4&ref=Dp_ppGAne5yR7ac
I brought Sigmund the African Grey back to the rescue for the duration of my road trip. I may have mentioned that we have done a lot of talking over there about how long a time is appropriate for a foster and the reasons… Continue Reading “Fostering Parrots: Sigmund Revisited”
After dinner with my brother’s family Friday night, I headed over to the Library’s Used Book Store. Glad I did, since I had more sales in 90 minutes than on my average Thursday night shift. I happened to see in the notes that the… Continue Reading “Putting in Some Time”
And I guess I feel the need to start babbling. First, the conspiracy against my ever trying to eat better and get some damn exercise: I have long noted that there are a minimal number of places one can walk to for lunch from… Continue Reading “A Quiet Night at the Library”
It seems I haven’t told you about Sigmund yet. New foster bird. He came in with another grey and I brought him home because no one had really been able to handle him yet. For the whole three weeks I have had him, he… Continue Reading “Sigmund”
(reprinted from Friends of the Glenview Library’s Used Book Store site of Facebook) The Director at the Library’s Used Book Store pointed me to this article in the TribLocal – the community section of the Chicago Tribune. In summary, it seems that the Illinois… Continue Reading “Save Illinois Libraries”
I ran over to the library today to donate my text book to the cause. My old textbooks have been earning decent returns on the Used Book Store’s Amazon site. The regular (termporary/construction) parking lot was completely full so I parked over in the… Continue Reading “Saturday Trip to the Library”
The steering committee for the Used Book Store met today for some review and planning. We talked a lot about the new building and how we will use the space. Then we came to how we will continue to promote it. I don’t know… Continue Reading “Pushing Facebook”
The Next Dark Age 