Graduates of my alma mater must, be far more successful than I am. At least, I assume this is so from the 4 emails I got from my former college yesterday asking for money. These were not messages asking for $5, $10, or even $50 donation. These were bold requests. One message told me that…
The pre-Halloween vampires were out in force today, collecting blood. I was one of their victims. I donated blood for the third time, but it still managed to be a "first". Given my height, weight, and blood type, I am considered a good candidate for apheresis, which I agreed to. I takes longer, but they can get 2 units…
I just got a call from the Obama for America campaign. They were looking for donations for their Get Out the Vote effort. I gave money during the primary, and today, I gave money to the campaign itself. I was happy to do so. However, I’ve got to say that I was rather surprised by how the phone person…
We got off to a productive start to our day. First, we headed over to the bank, hauling a bunch of change that I had collected. We used the change machine and when all was said and done, we got more than $160 for the change. After that, we headed to Goodwill where we dropped…
Each year, my company does it’s annual campaign for giving, where it encourages employees to make donations through a variety of charities. I usually have my own list that I work off of each year, many of which I have previously noted. However, this year, since I am trying to increase the amount in which…
Recall that about a month ago, I donated blood for the first time. The other day, I got my Red Cross Blood Donor card in the mail. I assume, since they gave me a card, that means that all of the various tests performed on my blood were negative, that I have no diseases of…
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I’m so glad it’s Friday. This has been a long week. I’ve put in some extra time at work this week and I’m ready for the weekend. Also, we may even get some rain today. It has been unseasonably warm here the last couple of days and a little rain would be a pleasant change.…
I graduated from University of California, Riverside 13 years ago today. I have only the vaguest memories of my graduation ceremony, but I do remember how hot it was. (In fact, the graduation scene at the opening of my soon-to-be-appearing story “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer” comes from memories of my own graduation.) A…
April’s donation went to the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates. I just put the May donation in the mail: $200 to AOPA’s Air Safety Foundation, an organization dedicated to making flying safer for general aviation pilots. In the past, I’ve given them $100/year, but I decided to double it this year because general aviation has been…
Within the midst of all of this excitement, what with the sale of my story and the science fiction conventions and all, it is probably now the best time to give something back. I mentioned in an earlier post my intention to make a larger than normal donation to the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates. This…
My taxes are all done for 2006 and are being filed electronically as I write this. I predicted owing about $3,000, and as it turns out, the situation was a little better than that. I owe $2,693 in federal taxes (and a $65 penalty for withholding too little throughout the year). That comes to a…