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(Community Matters) Thanks for remembering

(sung to the chipmunks tune) all I want for my birthday are some sweet comments, some sweet comments are some sweet comments . . . . 🙂

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(Community Matters) how the heck are a man & woman beaten on a Saturday night by 4 strangers (severly & apparently long enough) for broken leg, broken ankle and crushed hand and two passerbys who try to help also beaten. Admittedly, I haven’t been downtown late at night in ages but aren’t there police officers around on Saturday nights? Did victims know assailants? This in today’s AAS.

(Community Matters) The Harvey Milk Memorial Last Tuesday Literary Society met last night. We’re starting our 15th year.

Robert Torian, Michael Mitchell, Steve Davis, Greg Chico

Sparse attendance last night – two members have adopted kids, another back in graduate school, another temporarily residing in NYC. In addition to our last selection, one of last night’s topics that even our younger recruits are getting long in the tooth. Thinking we’ll have to recruit a few youthful initiates.

(Community Matters) ah, yeah, right.  As if the sheriff and security guard would have thrown out a straight couple for kissing on the cheeks.  here

(Community Matters) The California Supreme Court agreed to hear lawsuits against Prop 8.  Of course a referendum discriminating against a minority is illegal. It’ll be overturned.    

(Community Matters) Wow, with Sarah Palin & Joe the Plumber as thought leaders in the GOP, I’m really scared.

(Community Matters) Pleased to read Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination.

(Community Matters) Overstated but interesting to ponder. here

(Community Matters) I couldn’t stay long enough but bet they eventually broke out the ukuleles. Fun celebration of Milinda Mitchell’s birthday last night at her cool Brentwood abode.

Guests included Michael Mitchell, Robert Torian, Oliver, Annie & Jason Milshew, Melissa Henderson, Drew Valcourt, Tana & Joe Christie and several other friends (gosh does this happen more and more as we get older) including a woman who makes the best cakes in the galaxy! good gosh, we want another!

(Community Matters) Joe & Andra Liemandt gathered several of us yesterday, introducing us to the Lemonade Day Project.

It’s an entrepreneurial & philanthropy training program for children. Last year, kids in Houston ran over 11,000 lemonade stands in a single day, raising over $1,300,000 and donating over $220,000 to charity. 75% of the kids fully paid back their investors, and lots of other impressive statistics.

Well, how can you say no to that? The guests were equally impressed. So, the Entrepreneurs Foundation will be taking on this project for this year – May 3 – with Joe & Andra as major sponsors, our dear friend Jack McDonald is equally impressed and maybe we’ll be able to engage PeopleFund as well as lots of other Austin sponsors & partners. now, umm, 3 months . . . . Marion?

(Community Matters) don’t we become addicted

(Community Matters) Was afraid my blackberry but hearing a system wide problem.