31
Jan/2008

by Hege

" Madness Against Malaria is the world's first and only competitive fundraising bracketed tournament in the world.The Madness Against Malaria tournament idea is a riff on March Madness, the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament, to harness the excitement that people feel about their sports team and put it toward rescuing dying children. ("You don't have the same excitement about saving lives," Mr. Laifer, the funder,said).


2007 was the first year the tournament was held and it is already... Read More

15
Jan/2008

by Stella

 
We just got news that my 2 daughters’ paternal grandma died today.  I met Essie in 1964, and the last time I saw her was at her 80th birthday party in October, 2000.  I have been blessed to be with my parents during their 25th wedding anniversary (Dad died before they could have a 50th), my dad’s last birthday in 1969, and for my mom’s 80th birthday party October, 1993.  I was there during my first mother & father-in-law’s 50th wedding anniversary in 1991... Read More

28
Nov/2007

by Da_Vinci

A Lovers Fatality By Da Vinci At one point poetic justices were my strength now it seems pointless and even sublime to burden my heart with these heartfelt rhymes being a decent girl, it seems, will get you nowhere first men say thay want the good girls but I think that's a theory of the past engaged in the baseball inning of life I have struck out thrice the thought of meeting a good man seems nice but I know I have to suspend myself in reality otherwise my fantasies may result in a fatality ... Read More