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TrainforHumanity.org Humanitarian Initiative

I would like to take a moment to call to the attention of my readers a very powerful and noble cause.  Train for Humanity combines fitness with social media to help empower people for social good while creating a humanitarian movement.  Please read more about them and help spread the word or get involved.   Over the [...]

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Brightkite, Where Are You?

I recently became aware of a service called Brightkite.  It seems to be relatively similar to Loopt but the interface and mobile options are better planned out.  The other bonus I found was that Verizon is not charging to use it, yet. For those not familiar with Brightkite (and Loopt), they provide location aware community services [...]

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That Neighbor

Most of you are familiar with “that” neighbor.  If you have ever lived in a multi-leveled apartment you are very familiar.  It seems no matter where we move we are forever cursed to have “that” neighbor. Why is it that so many people have such a hard time with basic apartment living etiquette?  There are a [...]

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New Home

We have finally moved to our new home.  Moving day was tougher than we expected.  When you pack your items in boxes they never look as plentiful as they actually are.  We were helped (oh so grateful) by my wife’s family and were able to do it in a day with only two trips.  There [...]

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Green Light Moving

Well, we got the green light to move.  Our loan went through and we are officially looking for a new place in Salem.  The hard part will be finding a big enough place in the south side that we can afford.  I don’t want to live in the same type of dump neighborhood we currently [...]

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