January 2009
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“Not everyone is concerned with the deep future,” Manfred interrupts. “It’s important! If we live or die, that doesn’t matter – that’s not the big picture. The big question is whether information originating in our light cone is preserved, or whether we’re stuck in a lossy medium where our very existence counts for nothing. It’s downright embarrassing to be a member of a species with such a profound lack of curiosity about its own future, especially when it affects us all personally! I mean, if there’s going to come a time when there’s nobody or nothing to remember us then what does –…”
—Accelerando! A novel by Charles Stross
Donate to my Sister's Peace Corp Project!
A quick message from my sister. She is in the home stretch of her 2.5 year peace corp stint in Swaziland, and is raising funds to create “Neighborhood Care Points”, basically hyperlocal centers to feed and educate orphans in “the Swaz”.
Visit her blog Into Africa for more info!
begin message:
Hello everyone!!! Just came to town to check on my Partnership Donation Status, and it looks like things are going well! Thanks so much to those who have already donated! For those who haven’t yet gotten the chance, here is the link to my proposal.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
click on DONATE NOW
click on DONATE TO VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
fill in keyword search - Lindsay S or Project Number 645-068
Reminder - The project is a renovation of 12 Neighborhood Care Points in my community which are used to feed and educate orphans. I’ll try to attach some pictures soon so y’all can get an idea of what we’re working with. If anyone would like to see a draft copy of the actual proposal, my Mom (wanda), Dad (ted), and Grandpa (al) have a PDF copy of the proposal including pictures of all of the NCP’s. You can contact them via this blog.
THANKS!
Peace and Love,
Shannon
