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Entries from November 13th, 2007

Russ Shining Stars Penguins and other Friends

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities, Starlight Starbright

If you read the reviews on this stuffed animal from Russ, you’ll see there are irate people complaining about how it’s not a Webkinz. Okay, so it’s not a Webkinz, it’s a Shining Stars Penguin. But even so, isn’t that little guy staring at you to the left the cutest thing that you’ve ever seen? […]

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Flags of Our Fathers by Keni Thomas

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Special Operations Warriors Foundation

Flags of Our Fathers is a CD released by rock and country star Keni Thomas, and is appropriate to mention on this Veteran’s Day. Keni Thomas is a southern rock and country music singer from Columbus, Georgia who served in the Army in Task Force Ranger, and fought during the “Black Hawk Down” incident in […]

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Rules for Happiness Paperweight to Help Art Students

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Arts, New Urban Arts, Uncommon Goods

Most people who know me know that I smile a lot. I’m not exactly sure why this is, but a lot of it has to do with the way my parents brought me up and just being surrounded by the love of family and the love of God all my life. So imagine my surprise […]

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Bake Me a Wish: Delicious Cakes That Help the Make a Wish Foundation

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Bake Me a Wish, Make-A-Wish Foundation

Want a freshly baked cake from a real New York City bakery on your table for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, or to celebrate a birthday or anniversary? You are in for a treat. Literally. Bake Me a Wish is an authentic Manhattan bakery with a difference. 5% of all proceeds from cakes you order from […]

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Red ipod for AIDS research – iPod (Product) RED

November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · AIDS, Apple, Global Fund

Apple Inc. never ceases to amaze me. I’ve been a very fanatical customer of theirs since I owned an Apple //e in the early 1980’s. I was the proud owner of a Mac SE/30 in the early 1990’s, and a Powerbook in the late 1990’s. I remember when everyone left them for dead, and then […]

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JP Lizzy Designer Diaper Bag that Helps the March of Dimes

November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Birth Defects, March of Dimes

In 1938, the March of Dimes was founded to fight the devastating disease of childhood polio. In 1955, the charity achieved what all charities hope to achieve but few charities do: to make itself unnecessary. When Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the vaccine to polio, largely funded by efforts from the March of Dimes, polio in […]

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Win $1 Million or a Dream Home

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Naperville Rotary Charities

Okay, the title of this blog sounds like something you might read in a spam blog, but it’s actually a very legitimate and very neat idea. Naperville Rotary Charities, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that runs an annual raffle. At $100 each, the tickets are a bit pricey, but the grand prize is $1,000,000 […]

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Read Memories from Baseball Greats

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Alzheimer's Disease, Amazon

Now that baseball season is over (actually, for us Yankee fans it ended a couple weeks ago), it’s time to settle in for the long, dark winter before pitchers and catchers report to spring training in February. Here’s some great reading that’ll keep you company all winter. It’s a book by baseball writer Alan Schwarz. In […]

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