the reality tunnel

After becoming a more avid Twitter user, I’ve noticed that many people tweet things they’ve bookmarked or links to their blog entries.  I love to be able to follow this kind of thing, but to do it personally seems like a lot of work.  I like to share bookmarks and my friends are twitter (but [...]

I found this useful tool and realized that my state rep was Matt Pierce and that my state Senator was Vi Simpson.
Update: Vi Simpson has a web form specifically addressing issues that people in her district have with the Family and Social Services (FSSA), that is food stamps, medicare, Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP).  Report a [...]

A college student who is working with Pages as part of one of their classes asked me what I thought the organization’s long term vision was.  It was a good question, and this is what I responded with, though I feel like it’s just a starting point

> What is Pages long term vision?
> What type [...]

From Asian Americans Reluctant to Stand Up for Immigration Issues:
NEW YORK – The Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston recently released a study showing that many Asian Americans pay close attention to immigration issues but few of them are willing to stand up and do advocacy work. According to The [...]

Sometimes people move into your neighborhood, and sometimes it’s the whole house.  I think the house moved from N. Walnut St. to a block from my house.

Doing some web design and making stuff work for IE is making me crazy.  This is largely in part to the hasLayout property in IE.  On having layout gives a super-helpful rundown. 
I’ve been using the IE Developer Toolbar to help me hunt down some of these problems, and this forum post provided a good clarification:
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I just read the end of the final Harry Potter book for the second time.  Well, listened to really, as it was read as a bedtime story floating through the house as the evening wound down.  I still think the epilogue is pretty feeble with the principle characters marrying their high school sweethearts and having [...]

Some youth in Bloomington, working with the Middleway House, have started a blog about their perspectives on equality in sexual relationships. The blog is at knowyourbasics.blogspot.com

I’m thinking about being a public school math teacher through a teaching fellows program such as New York City Teaching Fellows.  I’m hoping that teaching could be a convergence of my technical knowledge, desire for social change, and belief in transformation and experience with teachers being important to me.  Still, I’m not 100% sure this [...]

The United States has 2.4 million people behind bars. Thousand Kites wants you to lend your voice to a powerful grassroots radio broadcast that reaches into our nation’s prison and lets those inside know they are not forgotten.
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We are asking you to call our toll-free line 877-518-0606 and speak directly to those behind bars this [...]