Comments | traceroo: Be careful, or you may get a stern letter!

traceroo

Be careful, or you may get a stern letter!

Feb 05, 2008 10:24

Session #3 of Early Morning Cardio Death Camp today, and I feel awesome! I mean - tired and achy, but still awesome. We lost two more students, those whom I would have said were respectively the most and least capable. Again, I hope they return. None of the others from the first session did. We're down five ladies since the start already ( Read more... )

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moosea1 February 5 2008, 19:57:13 UTC

I wish that Publix would give us a rebate for using out own bags, because I swapped to that in December.

My favorite charity is Heifer Project (http://www.heifer.org/). I can whole-heartedly get behind their approach (they "teach a man to fish" rather than just "giving him a fish"). They are somewhat frequent solicitors for more donations unfortunately (probably about 4 or 5 times a year plus occasional emails), but I haven't seen any evidence that they've sold my name to other charities, which is about the best I can hope for.

Kudos and Comments nighthob February 5 2008, 20:20:47 UTC

Kudos on returning to Death Camp. I'm not wholly surprised that you've lost a few folks, but the important thing is that you're still going. Woot!

Kudos also on trying to live a bit greener. I'm totally going to see if Harris Teeter gives the discount for using your own bags since they're owned by Whole Foods.

As far as inappropriate comments go, I have to say that while Skippy might not have said anything overtly awful, he's still being inappropriate. His 50 minute diatribe is Not Okay (tm) for a college professor. I would certainly drop the class, and if it were me, I'd go to the Dean and explain in detail why you're dropping the class. I would also say that you've already talked to the department head about Skippy's inappropriate use of your educational time and money, and I would lobby for a withdrawal without penalty. You and I sometimes have different battles that we're willing to fight for, and education is high on my list (especially when I'm paying for it myself). But anyway, that's my 2 cents.

Re: Kudos and Comments traceroo February 5 2008, 20:30:29 UTC

I appreciate that. His diatribe was on topic, however - it was indeed all in the name of world economics and the American economy. It was just stupid, that's all! I neither feel that I can nor will I drop a class just for being boring and stupid, if on-topic somewhere... even if not about filing tax returns, which is what I thought we'd discuss last night.

T.

Re: Kudos and Comments nighthob February 5 2008, 22:23:17 UTC

I'm not trying to argue with ya, but I fail to see how bitching about how we're all going to be speaking Chinese in 15 years or discussing public school and bridges has anything to do with Personal Finance. But I wasn't there.

Re: Kudos and Comments traceroo February 5 2008, 22:35:20 UTC

Well -- the longer rant was about the declining value of the American dollar, and how major investors are pulling out of investments in America (corporations and Treasury bills), and they're not investing in emerging markets instead - like China. Blah blah blah.

At heart, it was fascinating stuff -- but delivered by a complete tool.

T.

charities samiraalthores February 5 2008, 20:21:53 UTC

You might check out kiva.org - they are a self-help organization and you use your money to lend it to others who need a bit of cash for their lives. It's a great recurring feel good experience as you loan, get repaid, and loan again.

silencebreaking February 5 2008, 21:20:06 UTC

One organization that I have donated to in the past (other than the non-profit where I work) is DonorsChoose.com. Teachers can post details on projects they are looking to fund for their classroom, and you can narrow your selection by subject, school district, type of project, amount of funding still needed and average income level of the students, among other things. A few months ago, I helped fund a project for an elementary school in my area, that was looking to set up an in-class reading area with "fun" age appropriate books in an attempt to get more kids reading.

As for making the donation anonymous... What about sending a money order? It will cost a small amount to purchase, but you don't have to put your details on the money order, just sign it and mail it in an envelope that doesn't have your return address on it.

Money Order traceroo February 5 2008, 21:33:41 UTC

Alas, the process of getting a money order is neither convenient nor automatic. It won't happen.

T.

odyssey_spirit February 6 2008, 02:53:29 UTC

Wowwww RE: Finance prof. I read the other things you posted about the prof, too. I don't know what I would do, probably just suffer through it and give a terrible anonymous review in the end and get my cred.

But yeah, wanted to say I've heard read good things about Kiva, and Heifer, too, seems great in method.

Plastic bag thought - have you looked for recycling spots in your grocery stores for your extra plastic bags? (Around here you can actually do that, or stuff a bunch of plastic baggies in a trashbag with home recyclables)

And remember you can throw your full plastic bags together into a trashbag for the time being, although you've probably figured that out. Yay for sturdy, cheap reusables that give discounts!

And... Please Recycle, especially all that cardboard, paper, and plastic! What are the obstacles for you?

Recycling traceroo February 6 2008, 14:32:46 UTC

Recycling: There is no curbside recycling available to me. Recycling any item means identifying where I can take it to be recycled (which shouldn't be difficult -- but not available in like, grocery stores here), stuffing it in the car on a regular basis and actually do so (varying degrees of inconvenience, but I can do this now and then) -- but the biggest hurdle is making space to store these items until I can take them to the recycling area ( ... )