Daily Archives: 11/01/2009

(Community Matters) Early reports that the Austin Komen Race for the Cure has raised $1.6mm, nearly $500k more than last year – on top of nearly $550k raised for breast cancer services at the Mamma Jamma Ride Against Breast Cancer earlier last month.

(Community Matters) Starts today. Have to average 1,667 words per day. I thought about doing this online and sharing as it comes out, but am told this isn’t how it’s suppose to work. Alas, I’m presuaded to not do so knowing readers will appreciate the walk. Thought about a collection of essays each day (have to write a 600 word one today for submission elsewhere), but that’s not really with keeping in the spirit of NaNoWriMo. As I’m getting started:

How different this club of men from those in history. Today, it’s dominated by men from the West and Southwest, rather than New England. Only a core originated the 1988 dream they’d realized in 2000, and not all members of the cohort were left standing. . . .

(Community Matters) Frank Rich, NYT . . . . whatever Obama’s ups and downs. In the latest Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, only 17 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans (as opposed to 30 percent for the Democrats, and 44 for independents).

(Community Matters) there’s a very tight race underway in upstate new york. The moderate Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, just dropped out under tremendous pressure from the party’s more conservative wing. Though she reportedly reflects the values in her district, being pro-gay rights and supporting Pres. Obama’s stimulus package were unacceptable to the pundits, caribou mom and other arch conservatives, who outspent her and took down her campaign.