Archive for the 'causes' Category

Help Me In My Quest To Help Others

As a partial-continuation of “Do We Have a Purpose In Life?”  I ponder how I can help others. I firmly believe I have a few things that I’m meant to do in life and it’s time to take these “tasks” seriously. I don’t really want to use the term “task” because it has a fairly down connotation like it’s some
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Moving Forward

Ah yes…there you are my fellow Wax Porhetoric readers. I know, I know, I’ve been gone for a while. So so sorry for letting you all down but I’ve got my reasons. Some of them good (dog/cat/house-sitting for a friend and working on getting an old computer to work) and some because I’m just plain human (ie, stressed as hell
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Give Me a Mac: A New Way To Help People

A new website was launched yesterday. Give Me a Mac (www.GiveMeAMac.com) went up with the original intent of “I need a new computer. Let’s put it out there and see which generous person will help my cause so I may continue to develop new computer apps and get back into video work…one of my passions”. You’ve all seen the different
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What Going Green SHOULD Mean

Perhaps you’ve read my ramblings on how I’m glad that “green” is the new trendy movement. I’m glad that it’s gaining exposure, but it takes much more than a label and a few pretty faces to make a difference. As reader spencerlindsay said, the dilution of the green movement by companies claiming this product and that product as “green” can
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Green Is Trendy – And I Like It

I’ve been interested in the environment for years. I’m not a hippie or anything like that…just a regular guy that enjoys spending time outdoors and is concerned about the rapid pace of destruction we’re inflicting on our environment. It’s been interesting to note over the past few years as how “being green” has entered the mainstream and it’s actually trendy
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