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My Tweet-A-Thon Competing for a Classy Award

By Lan Bui, from flickr, under Creative Commons

Remember my Tweet-A-Thon? Well, excitingly enough, is competing for the Stay Classy award in Most Innovative Use of Social Media.

It is currently in 3d place, 1st is $10,000, competing with some great other organizations–voting ends tomorrow! I know it’s cliche, but it’s actually an honor to [...]

90 Second Favor!

I made this quick video showing how to vote for Polaris Project in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge:

You can vote once a day, in two ways:

Text 102318 to 73774 Vote here: refresheverything.com/polarisproject

Polaris is competing for $50,000 ($40,000 for personnel, $7,000 for travel–like for fellows like me, $3,000 for supplies), to:

Create future leaders to combat human [...]

3 Issues We Need Tea-Partiers For

While my Twitter account probably reflected my displeasure at being smooshed in Union Station this weekend by legions of un-city aware (read: in-my-way) tea party protesters, it got me thinking about issues where they could do good. Here are the 3 I came up with:

Reforming airport security. Not only does the current system not work, [...]

Back in a bit!

As is my pattern, I am off to DC this weekend to see a certain someone. Next week, I will be back with lots of say about economic language in copyright, some Buffyverse IP drama, and the meaning of the mini-dress I’ve been wearing to class. I will also do a 3-in-1-day to make up [...]

I Am What I Wear, and How I Dress?

I’m trying to think of something to sing for tomorrow’s fellow talent-show, and Amneris’s upbeat piece from Aida keeps on creeping in. It is not just that I’ve been talking about Aida in my series on musical theater and human trafficking; it’s that I fear I’m developing an appreciation for style.

When I look [...]