Resetting

Ebates

You see these things all the time, Make Money Now!  Click Here!  Well... here's one that actually works. It's called Ebates.

Here's the actual Big Fat Check I received today.

No kidding.  $32.68 for just buying stuff online.  And there are over 1,200 stores to choose from.

So click here for my referral link, I'll get a little bonus, and you'll start to get cash back.  Win-win!

You Can Help, I'll Do The Work

Over 2 million children are currently enslaved around the world, including every one of the 50 United States.

In an effort to play my part in ending this injustice, I have joined the Stop Child Trafficking Now (SCTNow) Campaign. SCTNow has chosen to fund a bold, new approach, one that addresses the demand side of child sex trafficking by targeting buyers/predators for prosecution and conviction.

During the month of September 2011, thousands of individuals in communities across the United States and Canada will participate in SCTNow Walks to raise funds and bring awareness to the issue of child trafficking.

Would you join me as I commit to raise funds to end child slavery? By simply clicking on "Support Me" or writing a check to SCTNow you can make a contribution that will make a difference in the life of a child.

Please make checks payable to SCTNow, write my name in the memo line, and mail to SCTNow, 414 West 51st Street, Lower Level, New York, NY 10019.

If you have any questions about SCTNow please contact me directly or visit www.SCTNow.org.

Thank you for your support.  

Do Something

This Sunday, May 1st, over 500 Abolitionists are hitting their streets, gyms, pools, and yoga mats to get in shape and raise money & awareness about child trafficking. 

Tread on Trafficking is an 8 week virtual event where those working out can ask sponsors to support them for miles or hours they "tread."

My personal goal is to walk 120 miles and raise $100, if you would like to contribute you can do so by clicking here.  You can join the the Cincinnati Metro Team by clicking here, our team goal is $1,000.  

Add your voice (and sweat) to the collective shout for Abolition, Restoration, and Love! Sign up for our Tread on Trafficking Team!

Thanks

Tread on Trafficking

Originating in the Love146 Boston Task Force, Tread on Trafficking is a virtual event that happens across the globe beginning May 1st, 2011.

Those who tread on trafficking put their foot down to raise awareness about child sex slavery and funds to care for survivors and those vulnerable to exploitation. Treaders ask sponsors to support them for the number of miles or hours they spend running, swimming, biking, or working out in some form over the eight week period of May and June.

Becoming a treader is really simple, anyone, anywhere can sign up. All proceeds raised by those treading benefit the work of Love146.

How can you help?

1. Sponsor me!  You can make a donation here
2. Join the Love146 Cincinnati Metro team here
3. Set a goal for the total number of miles or hours you’ll walk, bike, swim, etc... between May 1st and June 30th.  My personal goal is 120 walking miles (not in a row!!)
4. Find sponsors to pledge to support you financially, either for miles/hours completed, or in one time gifts.
5. Get your tee and use it to spread the word about your efforts to end child trafficking, pick up one here.
6. Start treading! By yourself, with friends, or a team - with every step you’ll be contributing to the protection and restoration of children.
7. Encourage others to join you! Even after the 8 weeks have begun it's never too late to start fighting injustice.
8. Join the Love146 Cincinnati Metro Task force.

Thanks for reading this, and thanks for your support.

Love Protects. Love Defends. Love Restores. Love Empowers.

We are Love146.

Price Hill Incline

The Price Hill Incline was a continuation of West Eighth Street up Price Hill

It's a little different today

P-p-p-pokerface

Gabe busting out some Lady GaGa at Refuge Coffee Bar's Family Friendly Karaoke Night.  You should come check it out sometime.

Opening Day

Hola!

Yes, it really has been 2 months since I last updated this blog.  I blame ennui.

Anyway... as anyone in or near Greater Cincinnati knows, yesterday was Opening Day.  I firmly believe Opening Day should be a paid holiday, since everybody and their brother was downtown yesterday.

Yes, that's me, everybody, and their brother. My twitter pal mojojacob snagged that pic while she was marching with the Hoxworth Blood Center.  If you're eligible, you can click here to sign up to donate. 

A few pics from the parade

The legendary #8, Joe Morgan

Freshly retired Cincinnati Chief of Police Tom Streicher

The Budweiser Clydesdales

The Trojan Goat

And finally, the unsung heroes of every parade...

The pooper-scooper guys.

Now, go donate some blood.  Save a life.  And Play Ball!

Go Jump In A Lake

So what did you do to celebrate the first day of the new year?

Nurse a hangover?

Watch some football?

Sit around the house in your jammies?

Or did you get together with some very cool people and do something totally insane?

Guess which one I did...

Video courtesy of Josh Emerson

36° water temp... Shrinkage was a real concern.  But afterward we went back to the Price's castle and had some hot soup and talked about next year's plunge.

Will you be there?

Redonkulous*

An interesting catalog showed up here the other day, and there were some truly insane things contained within.

First up, Disposable Bibs For Adults:

 

 Nothing says "Grandma, you're a slob" quite like a giant paper sheet covering her neck-to-waist. Why not just give her sponge and a bucket...

Next we have these beauties, Avivo Shower Sandal Footscrubber

 

"As seen on TV!"  This little gem stick to your tub with suction cups and has "1,000 gently stimulating bristles to massage and clean your feet all over from heel to toe"  Kinda like walking barefoot on the sidewalk.  At least that's free.

How about a handheld ECG? 

 

"Honey?  Does this look like paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia to you?"

I think Tammy Faye Bakker went through a case of these mascara shields every day.

  

Yeah, this looks like a good idea...  a cordless ear wax cleaner

 

Because sticking a vacuum in your ear is a fantastic idea.

I... what... I have nothing to say about these cosmetic teeth
 

But combine these with this neck traction thingy

And you'll be a lean, mean sex machine in no time.

Have fun shopping!

*redonkulous: re.donk'u.lous adj. Significantly more absurd than ridiculous to an almost impossible extreme; without possibility of serious consideration.