January 2011
2 posts
Do Low Income People Care More than High Income...
I spent a lot of time this weekend doing research on nonprofit fundraising and donor motivations (also my excuse for not participating in the MLK Day of Service… a poor excuse but an excuse nonetheless) and came across some interesting study results.
A study looking at donor motivations found that lower-income people ($50K and under, so we are not talking about the poorest of the poor...
A blog post about blogging
I think I should be blogging more, but I think in order to do that I need to have a focus, a topic, something that I should be blogging about.
Right now this blog is stuck between (or perhaps transitioning between) a personal blog about my life and a more public blog that I could point a potential employer toward. I’m leaning toward the public side, because “they” say that...
November 2010
1 post
4 Short Essays
Since I never get around to writing for this blog anymore, I thought I’d post the rough draft of 4 essays I just wrote for the Acumen Fund Fellowship that I’m applying for (which is probably out of my reach but you never know right?).
If you have a chance to read them before next Friday and have any thoughts I’d really appreciate if you let me know. They’re just first...
October 2010
2 posts
Reasons I Will Never Be a Successful Entrepreneur
I hate failure.
Reasons I Will Never Be a Famous CEO
1. I hate mornings
2. I hate running
3. Money is great, but helping people is better
July 2010
2 posts
I write like David Foster Wallace →
“ONE of Ken Rogoff’s favorite economics jokes — yes, there are economics jokes —...”
– NYTimes
June 2010
2 posts
Vuvuzela
Text messages with my old friend Chris.
Sunday:
Chris (6/13 9:50PM): Are u still at 990 north 2nd st
Me (6/13 9:52PM): Yes, apt 1. Is this a movie & you’re standing outside of my door?
Chris (6/13 9:53PM): Nope sorry. Expect a package towards the end of the week. Sender may not be identified. Happy birthday.
Me (6/13 10:02PM): Will the package contain your ear?
...
Not sure why but I thought this was a hilarious...
The Department of Public Safety wants to make students and staff aware that during the week beginning June 21, Amtrak will be conducting federally-mandated testing of locomotive air horns in the rail yard behind 30th Street Station, adjacent to Drexel’s University City Main Campus.
Testing will consist of a 10-second activation of the horn on each of 40 locomotives over the course of the...
May 2010
2 posts
Barrels of Oil
Lyrics:
Barrels of Oil
I’m dreaming with my eyes open imagining a different sort of day I’m dreaming with my eyes open and my dreams make me sad when they fade away, when they fade away when they fade away, when they fade away when they fade away… I wish I could go back in time and find the day when I lost hope in humankind and rectify the possibility of miracles just...
Good ol' Robert Zimmerman
These are two of my favorite old Bob Dylan songs, probably mostly because I love Woody Guthrie too.
First ever online chat with my disabled brother...
me: nudist
probablydave: nudist
me: how are you?
probablydave: good
me: how about those phillies?
probablydave: blah
yes
me: are you watching tv?
probablydave: you
me: youtube or tv?
probablydave: good
me: you should play the Wii with Mom
probablydave: No
yon
me: youtube?
probablydave: you-Tub-music videos
me: very cool!
probablydave: good
me: Click on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he5fpsmH_2g
probablydave: verycool.
me: Click on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XccUMOQ978
probablydave: cool
me: One more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A5WcqSY8VA
probablydave: good
me: funny!
probablydave: yes
me: wow the mets won against the phllies, 9-1!
probablydave: lam a yankees
fan
me: yeah but a mets fan too!
probablydave: a little
probablydave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62hhnrGV6Cs
me: scary!
probablydave: yes
me: are you going to see the movie?
probablydave: wll see yes
me: I'm too scared
probablydave: No
me: you're brave
probablydave: you
me: OK I'll let you go watch tv
probablydave: yes
me: Talk to you again soon?
probablydave: will see
me: OK bye
probablydave: you
me: Bye
probablydave: bye
February 2010
3 posts
On Public Speaking
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about public speaking, mostly since I’ve been doing more of it lately than ever before, but also because I’ve probably been watching other people do it more of it lately than ever before. Which lends to some good thinking.
Yesterday I was at a conference where all of the panelists were students, and a lot of them were really horrendous at public...
This song always gives me the chills
January 2010
4 posts
What one thing would you do if you knew you...
I went to this women leadership blah blah blah facilitated networking blah blah blah event yesterday. It was one of those speed networking things and we were given a list of questions ahead of time that we were supposed to be prepared to answer. One of the questions was “What one thing would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?”
I thought that was a good question and asked it...
In case you were wondering where my blog's name...
“A nonprofit naturally devotes most of its time and energy to people in need,...”
– Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal
Because I'm 'spossed-ta
I suppose the thing you do when you blog about resolutions is to do an update post on how it all worked out. So here goes:
Winter Break Resolutions Update (break ended 1/4 for me, so this is late)
Resolution: Exercise 2-4 times per week (EA Active on the Wii!)
Result: HA! Did zero exercising over break. I have the hardest time prioritizing this, meaning I guess it’s just not that...
December 2009
1 post
Winter Break Resolutions
My resolutions for the time period 12/10/09-01/02/2010
Exercise 2-4 times per week (EA Active on the Wii!)
Spend an hour 2-4 times per week on serious cleaning/organizing of apartment (with Adam)
Get caught up on emails/meetings/organization for my consulting student org
Read (like, for pleasure, sorta)
Think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell that I’ll actually do any of...
August 2009
4 posts
I needed this video this morning
W.B. Yeats
I felt like crying for no reason all day today, so I’m reading some W.B. Yeats and drinking a beer before blessed sleep. Here’s some of my favs of his lesser-known poetry.
Ephemera
‘Your eyes that once were never weary of mine Are bowed in sorrow under pendulous lids, Because our love is waning.’
And then she: ‘Although our love is waning, let us stand By the lone border of the...
More fun with CSA
My phone takes crappy pictures so I’ll spare you the twitpic, but this is delicious. I actually didn’t change a thing*, and usually when a recipe is this simple I’ll do my own spice magic.
Succotash of Fresh Corn, Lima Beans, Tomatoes and Onions from Bon Appetit Magazine
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 1/2 cups chopped onion Coarse kosher salt 1 large...
Since you guys liked the last Thao Nguyen song so...
July 2009
2 posts
My obsession this week
June 2009
2 posts
NYC Sky
I can’t believe I only got one comment after posting these pictures last night via twitpic and facebook mobile upload.
Fun with CSA
Kasey and I signed up to split a full share from the Greensgrow CSA this season, and I’ve spent the past few evenings playing with the food from week 3.
Tonight I decided to go out on a limb and make pizza using dough from this recipe. So, yeah, tonight I made pizza with beets in the dough. I didn’t use either of the “Cooking Photographer”s pizza toppings but just opted...
April 2009
3 posts
The Thing About Twitter
So, as you probably know, I’m a pretty avid twitterer or tweeter or whatever (I guess I’m not that avid cause if I was I’d know what you’re supposed to call it). But I’m having issues with the public/private profile thing.
When I first got started on twitter, my profile was public. I wasn’t on there for too long before I tweeted about being at a Camden...
“Jimmy Carter was a do-it-himself monarch, and his presidency became a painful,...”
– thingy I’m reading for class tomorrow (Monarchs, Lords, and Serfs by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal)
March 2009
8 posts
“Never give up, fight tooth and nail” is my motto. When I was in high school, my...”
– Opening paragraph of an application essay to get a PHD in Mechanical Engineering.
“The lowest the stock market might go down to is 6,500.
It won’t go down...”
– My accounting professor told us this last week, and then repeated it again yesterday after the stock market went below 6,800. It will be interesting to see if he is right.
February 2009
4 posts
Insomnia
I can’t sleep, so here’s some poetry I wrote over the years after/during various romantic relationships……..
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead That Were In It* I wake up energy coursing through me like it never coursed through nobody before and I move faster than motion allows you can’t see me. Baby, you were amazing last night and, baby, without you baby, nothing feels baby...
In Search of Lost Time
When I was in college I did a study abroad in New Zealand the first half of my senior year. The semester there started and ended earlier than ours, so even after traveling to Fiji and Australia after classes were over there, I still ended up back home with a few weeks left before classes would be starting.
So when I moved into my apartment in the college town most of my friends were still with...
January 2009
5 posts
How to Help People Whose Home Values Are... →
I just read this for my economics class and thought it was a pretty interesting idea.
Hilarity →
I already tweeted this, but I think it’s too hilarious to take the risk that you might miss it if you follow my blog but not twitter.
Let Me Take this Moment to Whine
While everyone else is blogging about the dawning of 2009 and what this means in their lives, I would like to use my blog to complain about all the stupid little crap that bothered me yesterday. With bullet points.
Couldn’t convince myself to get out of bed until a full half hour after I am technically supposed to be at work and a less than a half hour before the time I usually arrive at...
December 2008
4 posts
Customer Service
Email I sent to Avis:
“I was charged $17.50 for an extra hour on my rental even though the car was returned only 7 minutes late. Reservation # 07469811-US-6B. As reflected on my receipt, the car was picked up 26NOV08/1318 and returned 28NOV08/1325. I would like a refund of the $17.50.”
...
Really interesting (but dry) article on US foreign... →