I’ll Eat To That
Travel diaries, food porn, random rants, and various musings about stuff that I feel like musing about.
Blog Posts
$50 for 50 by 50 #45: The Livestrong Foundation
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. The Livestrong Foundation believes that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything....
$50 for 50 by 50 #44: Cancer Support Community
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. As the largest professionally led nonprofit network of cancer support worldwide, the Cancer Support...
$50 for 50 by 50 #43: Baton Rouge Area Foundation
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. For days, relentless rains fell and rivers swelled. Communities across South Louisiana flooded. Even people...
$50 for 50 by 50 #42: Cancer Sucks
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. Cancer Sucks was established out of the pain and frustration that comes from losing a loved one to cancer,...
$50 for 50 by 50 #41: Stupid Cancer
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. Four years ago today, I wrote a post called 21 Words, which I still think is the best piece of writing I've...
$50 for 50 by 50 #40: Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. Those of you who may have known me back in junior and senior high should probably know that I was...
$50 for 50 by 50 #39: Stop Handgun Violence
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of gun violence through...
$50 for 50 by 50 #38: States United to Prevent Gun Violence
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. States United to Prevent Gun Violence is a grassroots network of 30 state affiliates working to make our...
$50 for 50 by 50 #37: Horizons Foundation
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. Horizons Foundation is a community foundation rooted in and dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...
$50 for 50 by 50 #36: Safety For All – Vote Yes on Proposition 63
I'm turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I'm trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I'm 50 years old. This is not a charity, per se, but rather to support a California ballot initiative. Normally, I'm dead set...
Deeper Dives
The Year of Living With Cancer
In 2012, I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer. To help myself cope with it, I wrote about it. A lot. And yes, the picture of Angela and Jordan will make sense at some point if you read enough.
The Year of Living Differently
After cancer, I decided to try to mix things up and do something different every single day for a year. Did I make it?
50 for 50 by 50
To celebrate, or perhaps to distract myself from, my impending 50th birthday in 2016, I embarked on a project to give $50 to 50 different charities by the time I turned 50.
Gun Violence
A page full of facts to help you be better informed about the issues surrounding gun violence in the United states.