this is my song

Mixmas 2008 is brewing and almost ready to send. I'm a little early this year but I nearly had this year's entire mix done last year, and I threw it out and did a different one. Now I just have to lick the stamps and write some cards. This may be my last mix for a while; I'm trying to focus on real writing (as opposed to blogging) in the new year.

I know I've been a little quiet lately, but it's United Way Month in Denver so my marketing team and I are at maximum capacity until Thanksgiving's over. Our CEO has been on the local news channels nearly every other day for the past couple weeks. Matter of fact the photo I took at right (Speer Blvd) is our Christmas card this year.

If you or your families have decided not to make donations to charities this Christmas while cutting back on spending, just keep in mind the people living in poverty or who just lost their jobs need help more now than EVER. The shelters, churches and motels are going to be packed not just with the homeless, but with the new homeless -- middle class folks whose homes were foreclosed this year. If you can't give anything this season, at least consider giving a portion of your stimulus check when it comes next year. Or just buy 100 cans for 10 cents a piece to give to the Food Bank collections. One farmer in Colorado made an inspiring choice that I hope will be contagious.

Thanks for thinking about it.
Merry November!

talkin 'bout a revolution

talk about hallelujah. not only hallelujah that Obama won, but that it was all decided before 10pm my time. now i just have to wait up to hear about Al Franken. but what a relief that the senate is looking very blueish.

we had two really scary republicans in Colorado, Bob Schaeffer and Marilyn Musgrave (who was featured in Rolling Stone article "death of a red state" just last week!) who should be conceeding any second now. p.s. hallelujah if Rolling Stone stops putting Obama on their cover now and starts featuring relevant musicians again, not the washed up "classic rock" like AC/Dshit.

and hallelujah, normal commercials are back. never thought i'd miss them so much, especially when i usually zip through them with my tivo, but now i find myself watching them with glee. there's a new Scene It! Seinfeld edition?? sweet!