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Kiva.org allows individuals to make $25 loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world (microfinance). By doing so, individuals provide affordable working capital for the poor (money to buy a sewing machine, livestock, etc.), empowering them to earn their way out of poverty. Neat no? So I’m thinking I may get involved…somehow. For now I [...]

at the Intercontinental Hotel. Beautiful place, and the room is awesome! Too bad we’re here for work, although we haven’t been crazy busy yet. Tonight we get to pack all these people into shuttles and get them to South Beach so they can have a little fun…17:00-23:00. It’s gonna suck being down these in the [...]

Been working on the Global Shop booth design and the new website. I think the one I reworked last night may be the final one…hopefully. Sending off to Joe as I write. Leo and family came over on Friday around 14:00, stayed til around 22:00. J&J actually came by and hung out a while as [...]

I never got to clean the house, or anything else I meant to do, since we vegged all day. But J&J came by and we took the TV and record boxes over to their house. Made a Mexican stew for dinner, with plantains and rice. Turned out yummy. Used the black bean-ancho sauce recipe for [...]

wished him a happy birthday. Dunno what’s going on with their answering machine but dad’s had it too. Going back to an analog one i think. Tio Carlos se alegró tanto de que lo haya llamado para su cumple que no dejó de hablar acerca de toda la noche. Ademas l’encantó haber estado celebrando su [...]

Went to M&Gs last night, which wasn’t too terribly exciting since Meg can’t drink and Jess was driving us home. So we watched some football, drank some wine, played with Roxy (crazy little Pug!) and left a little while after midnight. We got home and started watching my Incubus DVD, which is really good. Paul [...]