Blogs
Opportunity Rocks
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 01/30/2006 - 14:37Those of you who have been reading my posts know that I am a big fan of Opportunity Rocks. It is an effort to get college students to work together to end poverty.
Today, I received an email from Senator Edwards, a key force behind Opportunity Rocks, encouraging students to spend their spring break in New Orleans helping with Opportunity Rocks and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity.
I hope a lot of college students participate, and I hope that many of the blog, photoblog, podcast, and vlog about their experiences.
Read the letter from Senator Edwards below the fold.
Monday’s Random Stuff
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 01/30/2006 - 11:29Unread emails: 221. Unread blog posts: 5226. If you knock out the 4600 from the Progressive Blog Alliance, it isn’t quite so daunting. Health: Marginal. Fiona has been fighting a cold and I’m run down and a little congested.
Recent webpages that have caught my eye:
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/cray-video.htm Naomi sent an email about this video. Check it out.
http://newshare.typepad.com/greylocknews/2006/01/nandi_plunketts.html Nandi Plunkett is a junior at Mount Greylock, where I went to high school.
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Blogging the Lamont Gathering in New Haven
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 01/28/2006 - 18:20This morning, many of us went to hear Ned Lamont address a group of potential supporters at the New Haven Public Library. Early on, I counted over 70 people and quite a few people showed up after I counted, so my guess is that we really had between 80 and 100 people there.
Quite a few bloggers where there. BranfordBoy from My Left Nutmeg was there. He put up this diary. BranfordBoy also posted about it in a DailyKos diary
Maintaining Social Ties
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/27/2006 - 09:48The other day, Kim pointed out to me a large dent in the hood of the Prius. Based on the location, I believe it is from the branch that bounced off the car about a week ago when I was driving home from dropping Miranda off at school. I had thought that the branch hit the windshield and bounced off. Looking at the dent, it seems that a very big branch hit the hood and then bounced off the windshield as I drove on. I figure if I had of been a few moments earlier, it would have hit, and smashed the windshield.
One of the impatiens that Fiona brought home from school last year has been sitting in a kitchen window ever since. It has now started blooming again.
Campaign Emails
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/26/2006 - 11:15You know, I get a LOT of campaign emails. I gather them, read them , inspect them, and generally spend a lot of time thinking about what makes a good campaign email. Today, I got a what I consider a great campaign email, which I am including below.
