In the hopes of jumpstarting their campaign, One Laptop Per Child will let donors pay $399 to purchase a laptop for a child and get one themselves as well, starting Nov 12. The donated portion is still tax-deductible.
I find myself curiously attracted to this offer. Of course, I’m mostly curious to try out the laptop myself. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Holidays'
Give One, Get One
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Computer · Holidays · In the News
Odd week
July 7th, 2007 · No Comments
What a strange week. Having Wednesday off was nice, but my brain wasn’t sure what day it was on Thursday. It felt like it was still Wednesday, like everything that happened on the 4th was in a fold of the space-time contiuum.
I got the vast majority of my wardrobe shopping (for the new job) [...]
Tags: Day Job · Holidays · Shopping
Fun fun fun
May 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Today is pamper Heidi day.
I went to an eye doctor this morning, only to discover that they don’t take the state vision insurance plan. Oh well. I’m at Panera now, looking up providers covered. Looks like that eye doctor is an anomaly, because there sure are a lot of other doctors listed. So [...]
Tags: Cats · Everything Else · Hair · Holidays · That was Fun
Mental Health Monday
February 19th, 2007 · No Comments
I hereby declare a new holiday: Mental Health Monday. Take a Monday off whenever you need to clear your brain from work.
So today I took the day off. Yay. Nothing much happened. Slept in. Did one work task here because I’m used to it and didn’t want to give it to someone else on [...]
Tags: Holidays · Pleasant Things
