Entries from June 2008

book sale @ the midwest pages to prisoners project. 10a-5p.

June 28th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

book sale @ the midwest pages to prisoners project. 10a-5p.

the midwest pages to prisoners project is moving to a smaller space!  as a result we need to downsize our collection by selling duplicate copies or books that are rarely requested by the incarcerated people that we serve.  prices will be $1/hardcover, $0.50/paperback, and  after 2pm, $2 for whatever you can fit in a bag.  [...]


Art Opening feat. work by Swampdonkey @ Sweet Hickory. 7-10p.

June 26th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | 1 Comment

Art Opening feat. work by Swampdonkey @ Sweet Hickory. 7-10p.

ART OPENING.
FRIDAY JUNE 27th!
7-10 PM:
WORKS BY SWAMPDONKEY (SAN DIEGO/SANTA CRUZ)
at sweet hickory!
(317 east 3rd in bloomington)
drawings and mixed media work by california based graffiti artist “swampdonkey”
for more information call 812 369 5284


More on healthcare

June 26th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

More on healthcare

I just wanted to post a link to an old post about the Healthy Indiana Plan because it’s got some recent comment activity that might be of use to some.  You can find that post here.  I believe that the point of contact for the HIP is the FSSA, so many of the issues discussed [...]


my notes from Today’s FSSA forum

June 25th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

my notes from Today’s FSSA forum

I went to a forum today about FSSA’s recent privitization of the administration of Indiana’s food stamp, medicade, and other benefits. Here are my notes from the forum. I tried to be as accurate as I could, but in many cases, couldn’t keep up with names, positions, or people’s entire stories/statements.
Before I offer [...]


I am testing, posting…

June 19th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

I am testing, posting…

I am testing, posting to a blog using jott. listen
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graduation day

June 9th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

graduation day

The graduation speaker at my brother’s college graduation at Ohio State University, gave a pandering and vacantly patriotic speech, while J.K. Rowling’s speech at Harvard, about failure and imagination was quite an inspiring read.
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and [...]