Bono, Bill and Melinda Gates received Time Magazines top honor this year for their humanitarian efforts.
The magazine said 2005 was a year of extraordinary charity in which people donated record amounts in response to extreme natural disasters, such as the tsunami in South Asia and Hurricane Katrina.
“Natural disasters are terrible things, but there is a different kind of ongoing calamity in poverty, and nobody is doing a better job in addressing it in different ways than Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono,” said Jim Kelly, Time’s managing editor.
The issue hits newstands today.
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Writers block
Not gonna lie, I’ve hit writers block.
I’ve been trying to get phone calls back from folks that I hoped would help me deepen one of my stories, but they haven’t called back and so now I’m at a standstill on a story that I’d really like to get published Sunday.
I have about 20 hours to finish it. We’ll see how it goes.
Mapping Hidden Acres
I spent a lot of time at Hidden Acres Camp Ground in Kaufman, Texas. I could map out another 30 spots, but I’ll just give you an initial 10 for now.
Here’s Mapping my college career
Here’s a quick look at my college career, some of the finer and not-so-finer moments.
iraqi voting
So iraqis went and voted yesterday and its estimated that 70 percent of the country voted.
We can’t get 20 percent to vote if its cloudy — let alone bombs flying everywhere.
We’re a bunch of pansies
(psst – don’t tell)
I may go watch a Disney movie with a Baptist on Friday.
But don’t tell. They could get in trouble. 🙂