Monthly Archives: October 2009

(Community Matters) House Pizzeria 5111 Airport getting rave reviews. Gotta check it out soon. Anyone been there already?

(Community Matters) PeopleFund is looking for a new Director of Loan Programs – candidates with strong background in loan origination, underwriting and management should apply directly to Margo Weisz AT PeopleFund DOT org. Job posting here

(Community Matters) Hosted dinner for the Harvey Milk Memorial Literary Society last night – or the members in town anyhow: Robert Torian, Gene Brenek, Jim Amick and Chris Long. Stiff, by Mary Roach received surprisingly high ratings. I didn’t get beyond page 23 because of the subject matter. Our next selection, Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol.

(Community Matters) Nice happy hour at Black’s last night celebrating the new Democratic/progresive staffers in Central Texas.

Enjoyed connecting with everyone including Luke Hayes, Rick Fromberg, Kim Taylor, Crystal Perkins, Kristen Nesbitt, Ken Flippin, Eva Hernandez and Aimee Boone. Where the heck were Amy & Ian? too beat from 3 days at ACL I’d bet 🙂

(Community Matters) This article is concerning. I’ve always heard these companies talk in the context of helping the unbanked. The examples cited here would suggest feeding on the unbanked.

(Community Matters) Glad to see them. New rules coming out requiring bloggers to disclose receipt of gifts or compensation related to reviews and endorsements.

I’d love to see the FEC and TX Secretary of State move forward with similar rules for bloggers paid by campaigns, even if ostensibly for a job other than the blogging.

(Community Matters) According to London’s Daily Telegraph: Experts last night suggested Mr Ahmadinejad’s track record for hate-filled attacks on Jews could be an overcompensation to hide his past. story here

(Community Matters) very exciting that President Obama will keynote the Human Rights Campaign’s national dinner in Washington on Saturday night, during the weekend of the National Equality March. Steven and I are headed up Friday, tour of the West Wing & dinner with friends Friday evening, guests of Andy Tobias at Saturday night’s HRC dinner, breakfast with Governor Tim Kaine & the March on Sunday, and dinner with Juan Sepulveda & Teresa Nino and Sonya & Reid Cramer Sunday night.

(Community Matters) My friend Lynn Meredith is recommending this conference – a one day conference exploring the issues of Body Image, Bullying, & Being a Girl.

November 14, 2009
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Ann Richards School
more information

(Community Matters) I might like this especially because it reminds me of a romantic weekend this summer. And I think it’s very cool and beautiful

(Community Matters) I’ve always loved this song. And, I love that they’ve remixed it to remind us that we don’t really *want* war anywhere.

(Community Matters) from an Andrew Sullivan posting