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Each week we spend 30 minutes covering pop culture. We don't get to everything, but we try to be thoughtful about what we do discuss. Except for this week - this week we make some double entendres and giggle. We mix it up.
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Labels: 2007, good stuff, podcast
By: Alyssa | Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Thursday, May 10, 2007 | | 
It's sweeps time - so I've called in some special guests: Salena and Erin! They join me and Derek to talk about the wonders of Heroes, LOST, Grey's Anatomy and speculation about an Addison spin-off, Veronica Mars' return (we debate whether or not it was triumphant) and the horrible majesty of The Office.
Plus we talk about why so many men are shirtless. Off color jokes are made, but no Dereks were harmed in the making of this podcast.
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Labels: 2007, good stuff, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 06, 2007 at Sunday, May 06, 2007 | |
We've kind of slowed down on our progress with the fundraiser. We only have a few days to raise another $850! Don't know what I'm talking about, read about
Mr. Boehm's Wild Ride.
Unfamiliar with Donors Choose? You can
learn more about them and their good work.
Want to donate to our campaign? Click on the big Donors Choose button!
Labels: 2007, good stuff
By: Alyssa | Thursday, May 03, 2007 at Thursday, May 03, 2007 | |
Click on the Donors Choose button and donate for
a very good cause. I just got a big package in the mail yesterday from some teachers we helped in the December campaign - I'll try to post a few photos and letters later.
We helped a lot of kids with very little money. Call me greedy - but I want to help more kids. So if you have a few extra dollars floating around, please consider a small donation. Don't make me bust out a sad story about how I was terrible at math and my father was the only person who was patient enough to teach me.
I guess that was the story.
May 11 is the end of the campaign!
Labels: 2007, good stuff
By: Alyssa | Friday, April 27, 2007 at Friday, April 27, 2007 | |
After nearly 40 years of service - teaching Math to middle and high school kids - my Dad is finally retiring.
In addition to having a party with pony rides and face painting, I thought we could do a little more to help the teachers who might follow in his footsteps. So today I'm happy to announce that we're hosting another Big Red Blog fundraiser for Mr. Boehm's Wild Ride.
Over the next couple of weeks, you can donate to the challenge at
Donors Choose. That means I don't have to deal with any paperwork or messy checks and you get a nice little tax deduction. Plus you score big karma points. (
Learn more about Donors Choose.)
Last year we raised over $400 to help kids by buying dictionaries, notebooks, and chapter books for young readers.
So click early, click often and tell your friends.
Mr. Boehm's Wild Ride is coming to an end....
Labels: 2007, good stuff
By: Alyssa | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | |
I forgot to mention - what with my trip to the ER and my flight home - that I got a big package from Donor's Choose. Inside the package I found about 30 thank you letters from students I'd helped earlier in the year when I spent about $75 to help buy dictionaries for kids at a school in northern Indiana.
Sometimes I'm amazed at what you can do with a little money - $75 to get a full set of dictionaries and thesauruses for a class. I remember the day I did it, I was kind of frustrated with myself and thought I might indulge in some retail therapy. Then I stopped and thought, what if I bought something for someone else? I felt just as good at the time. I had no idea I'd get the extra hit of good vibes a few months later when all these letters came in the mail.
Thanks for saying thanks, seventh graders in Hobart, Indiana. I'm glad I could help you out and you totally deserve it.
I understand not everyone has $75 to spend on someone else. I know for a long time I didn't. But with each year I find I get more settled and stable and I can find a few bucks now and then to help others. It's nice and I've
decided in 2007 I should really do it a little more.
I'm not so ambitious as to declare 107 or even 17 things I might do this year, but if I do - you'll hear about it first.
Happy New Year!
Labels: 2007, good stuff, internet
By: Alyssa | Monday, January 01, 2007 at Monday, January 01, 2007 | |
I
wrote before with thank yous, but I figure I can do it again. Thanks a million, Internets. The Big Red Blog's Decemberstravaganza fund raiser with
Donors Choose was wildly successful. The original goal was to raise $200 for some projects a public schools in Indiana (my home state). Thanks to you, we raised about $450 and helped approximately 300 students.
That's pretty impressive if you ask me - we're talking about relatively small sums of money having a huge impact on kids and their school experience.
I've never done a fund raiser like this with the blog, but given how well it went - we may do something again in the spring. So thanks again for donating, for your support and of course for reading my small corner of the Internet.
Labels: 2006, good stuff, internet
By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 17, 2006 at Sunday, December 17, 2006 | |
Yesterday was my birthday. I mention this because I received some very good news - which to me, is a gift.
We've blown out
my Donors Choose challenge. I originally wanted to raise $200. Thanks to some very generous readers and members of my family (also readers) we're now up to $345! So I moved the target a little and the new goal by Saturday is to raise $400.
We've been able to fund five reading programs in Indiana, which I think is so great. The kids - I hope - will hit the ground running when the second semester starts!
So if you have a few extra bucks and are inclined to donate, there is still time before Saturday. Just click that little thermometer on the right.
And if that's not enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy this morning, I got an email from one of the project sponsors - a fourth grade teacher - thanking us for the donations.
Good for you, Internets. Good for you.
Labels: 2006, good stuff, internet
By: Alyssa | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | |
The site has moved - or rather re-directing to a new domain. Sure, I'm still Alyssa Boehm but the blog has taken on life of its own. So I think it deserves a separate home. So here you are, at the new home of The Big Red Blog.
Looks pretty similar, eh? Act surprised! I fully expect things might be a little wonky for the next couple of weeks. Please bear with me....
I'm also kicking off
the Decemberstravaganza fund raiser at Donors Choose in lieu of some holiday gift giving (ahem, Cuddles).I'm trying to raise a modest $200 for kids at public schools in Indiana (ahem,
Darren).
Nothing says Happy Holidays like helping kids learn to read. Doesn't that warm your heart, Internets?
I'll be back - posting fresh content here at
The Big Red Blog - this weekend when I get back from fabulous business adventures!
Labels: 2006, filler, good stuff
By: Alyssa | Wednesday, December 06, 2006 at Wednesday, December 06, 2006 | |
