A couple days ago I found out about 29 Gifts and signed up. It was Day 12 of my 40 days, so having Day 1 of the 29 Days meant they’d both end at the same time and I wouldn’t have to give any extra! That’s the spirit, right? Signing up required me to answer [...]
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Yesterday I learned of another blogger, Cami Walker, who’s created an internet movement out of giving something away every day for 29 days. I am just not original here, people. Oprah’s NEVER going to call. Sigh. Both Cami and Andrew feel strongly that because of their giving, they’ve been rewarded in turn, sometimes multiple-times over. [...]
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On days when I’m feeling ornery, which is most days, I like to find something to blame for things that are Entirely My Responsibility. It’s a refreshing activity in how ridiculously far I can stretch the Logic of Insanity. For example: I almost got into a car accident because that other blithering driver cut me [...]
Big day today! First gift! I need trumpets! I need fanfare! I need twelve drummers drumming!
Remember the number pi from geometry? I love pi. It has that cute little shape, horizontal squiggle on two legs. And it reminds me of pie. Which in turn reminds me of cake. And cookies. And ice cream. What isn’t to love? The clever thing about this number is there are two very different answers [...]
You’d think that giving would be pretty straightforward. I’ve got the cash + you’ve got the need + I give it to you = Problem Solved! Yay! Alas, for an effort that is already difficult enough to Actually Do (for me, anyway), giving can be extraordinarily messy. This disappoints the analytical side of my brain, [...]
A couple years ago, I read Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save, in which he described step by step how we have a moral and ethical obligation to give just 5% of our money away to the desperately poor around the world. To which I thought: Bingo. Of course. Absolutely. And here’s what I [...]
