On the morning of April 12th a team from our community have put together a car show - great cars, great food and great conversation - come and join if you’re in the central fl area. Contact me for details here.
cheers, mark
Well, it was a good day to go and help with the “Displace Me” event . . . 5000 showed up to sleep and our team really enjoyed the opportunity to help during the day. Over 67,000 showed up in total nationally to raise awareness of the 1.5 Million Northern Ugandans displaced by […]
 A small team from our community of us will be going to help with Displace Me this weekend - Let me know if any would like to join and we’ll give you the meet up info . . .
If you live in one of the “Displace Me” Cities see if you can attend . . […]
I am here AND there. . . At the same time.
The technology map (as the maven said) has been folded, bringing together life in voxtropolis (the cybercity) and the world I can touch. I am here, surrounded by Voxtropolitans in cyberspace at the SAME TIME as being in a physical room surrounded by Voxtropolitans hearing […]
One of the books on my coffee table at the moment is “The Paradox of Choiceâ€? by sociologist Barry Schwartz. Schwartz (Professor of Social Theory at Swarthmore College) here examines the social phenomenon of choice: How we are having to alter our modes of choosing and decision-making to incorporate the incredible range of choices, […]
So today we get to vote . . . Anyone interested in the fight to stop global poverty can sign ONE more ballot by putting your name on the ONE voter pledge at www.one.org.
Here’s the email from Josh Peck for those who are interested . . .
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Tomorrow, as American citizens, we will vote. But […]
We rolled a snowball recently.ÂÂ
Not a literal one, but a metaphorical one. Because I grew up near the coastal towns of England we rarely had any snow accumulation, so when we did it was absolutely brilliant! Sledding, snowmen, and snowballs - we loved it all.ÂÂ
Then I got to attend a college in MA. For the first […]
Tonight TLC begins its’ series of “The Messenger” (10/9c) by asking “10 speakers from a variety of perspectives . . . to explore their ability to communicate the many complexities of life’s toughest lessons. Along the way, the speakers address issues viewers face in their everyday lives and communities.”
They have to experience it before they […]
This is so cool :
“Billionaire Warren Buffett giving his fortune away
“Brace yourself,” billionaire Warren Buffett warned with a grin during an interview with Fortune magazine. He then described a momentous change in his thinking. Within months, he said, he would begin to give away his Berkshire Hathaway fortune, worth well over $40 billion.”
This is brilliant. Buffet […]
I’m coordinating a showing of “Invisible Children” next week - This is the reality film three college guys made on the child soldiers in Uganda - Has anyone seen/shown it? Any good discussion questions/ideas?ÂÂ
I appreciate any thoughts from anyone who has seen it . ..
