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July 27, 2010
$10 for Tuesday: Samaritan's Purse
It's not always easy giving. First it takes time.
Today I was flying back from 12 days in NYC and really didn't have any idea of who I was going to give $10 to this Tuesday. I got home. I was tired. I was much more interested in playing with Harper and Oreo than staring at my computer. There was a chance that my $10 for Tuesday wouldn't get posted until Wednesday.
And sometimes it takes a kick in the pants. Today that kick came from Michele Shaw:
Hi Kelsey! In the spirit of your Tuesday...
July 26, 2010
Stuck on Train
I'm stuck on a train in Connecticut. You can follow my tale of survival on twitter at #stuckontrain . There's no AC, but there's plenty of gaseous kids.
July 23, 2010
American Flag on NY Stock Exchange Replaced by Credit Card Ad
Wall Street brought to you by America. America brought to you by Wall Street.
An $8 whiskey near Wall Street. Where is Windell when you need him? Glad I brought my credit card.
(60 minutes later) Wait, wasn't there just a flag here? Wall Street brought to you by debt. Debt brought to you by Wall Street?
July 20, 2010
A Popular post written by a boob for boobs…did I mention boobs yet?
If I were paid per page view, I would wake up in the morning and write a headline like the one above.
This is what our world is coming to. Journalist Michael Ayers (@michaeldayers) shared a story with me this morning in the New York Times – In a World of Online News, Burnout Starts Younger.
The piece is about how online journalists are on deadline around the clock and judged by the amount of page views their pieces get. Here's a passage:
…they try to eke out a fresh thought or be first to...
July 15, 2010
In the Huffington Post!
Andrew (my partner on the Nothing Personal project) have a piece in the Huffington Post today – Finance Reform: How Short Memories are Created.
The timing of this piece is more than ironic. Tomorrow we're hopping flights from Indiana to NYC. Goodbye Main Street! Hello Wall Street!
Our goal in NYC is to treat investment bankers and quants with the empathy that we treated the people we met around the world who had been hit by the crisis. It should be fun.
July 13, 2010
$10 for Tuesday: Homeless are Homeless
It's sort of funny when a big butter Jesus burns down – in fact, I drove by the site last week and it's even funnier in person – but there's nothing funny at all about a homeless shelter burning down.
No one wants to live in a homeless shelter.
I remember the scenes in Pursuit of Happyness where Will Smith and son are waiting in line for a bed at a homeless shelter in San Francisco. The father, Will, was looking down at the ground to avoid eye contact while simultaneously scanning out the...
July 11, 2010
Two guys walk into a butcher's
From Flickr's Creative Commons by Northhampton Museum
Many of you know that I've embarked on my latest project – Nothing Personal – with Andrew Newton. We've covered 10s of thousands of miles around the globe, crossed oceans and mountains, suffered nights on trains, planes, and buses, recorded days of interviews, and met some amazing people. Andrew arrived to Muncie last week and when we haven't been getting him tested for malaria (that's another story), we've been working on the Nothing...
June 30, 2010
Christian Porn Stars Wanted
60-minutes was on. Harper, our daughter, was upstairs drifting to sleep to Kenny Loggins. Annie was paying bills at the kitchen table. I was looking for Christian porn.
"Annie (my wife)! Annie!" I was giddy. "You've got to see this! It's a Christian porn site!"
Annie has this immense capacity to put up with me. It's basically her superpower. "What are you doing?" She calmly asked.
I told her that in my efforts to find a funny name for an imaginary Christian Porn magazine for Monday's post, I...
June 29, 2010
$10 for Tuesday: Update
I need to do a master page for the $10 for Tuesday project showing whom I've given to and more information explaining the project.
It's been a pretty amazing experience for me so far. Everyday I get an email or a post from someone asking for $10 or from someone who his giving in their own way. A couple of days ago I received this note from Hannah Ford.
My husband and I do not have a lot of money but every Sunday we pick at least 5 different children in our churches (my husband is the organist...
$10 for Tuesday: Spirit of Soccer
Every Tuesday I give $10 to an individual or group as part of the $10 for Tuesday (#ten4tues) project. If you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments or email me at Kelsey@kelseytimmerman.com.
For a few weeks I actually gave a crap about soccer.
I think every game I watched had a goal that should have been allowed and wasn't or was allowed and shouldn't have been. At times it seemed a little like WWE wrestling. Still, the beauty of soccer is its simplicity.
I once played soccer...
