Fair Trade
Vanity Fair Goes RED
The July issue of Vanity Fair magazine is hitting the racks soon, and I can’t wait to get my copy (or copies…). There are 20 different cover pictures for this issue which is devoted to topics related to Africa. Bono was the guest co-editor for the issue, which is remarkable as this is the first [...]
LEAN – Maybe, MEAN – ??
Late last Friday afternoon I was IMing with one of my teammates at work, trying to solve a VPN-router issue, and he sent me the following URL; http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070504_002027.html, and told me to check it out. Needless to say, as a current employee of IBM Integrated Technology Delivery (aka Global Services, Strategic Outsourcing), the information in [...]
Bono to Make an Appearance on American Idol
Just received an e-mail with the following news: We are excited to announce that Bono will be making an appearance Wednesday night (April 25, 2007) on behalf of ONE urging the millions of Americans watching the show to join us in the fight against extreme poverty. Bono will meet with the Idol contestants to talk [...]
ONE Representative Bono Meets With Presidential Candidates
ONE is planning to have 4 million (US) members by the 2008 presidential elections. That alone says alot. But it sure is nice to have a ‘front man’ like Bono taking our message directly to the people who can act on it. If he can win over Jessie Helms, he can surely make a strong [...]
Senator Sherrod Brown’s Maiden Speech in the Senate
The new Senator from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, gave his maiden speech on the Senate floor last Thursday. I was working away at my computer, with CSPAN on low in the background, when I heard the following words (which actually turn out to be a quote of John Paul II) “We judge any economic system by [...]
