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.
John Spencer dead at 58
John Spencer, 58, who plays Vice-Presidential candidate Leo McGarry on the West Wing died today of an apparent heart attack.
I will miss him on the West Wing for sure.
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.
Mapping my childhood
Microsoft has updated their Live Local site.
It’s super cool.
Depending on the area you can get good arial photos of areas.
I’ve mapped out some of the memories of my childhood if you click the link. I’ll have to do numerous more to get everything, but this is a fun start.
Lots of fun.
What would you map out? Give it a try.
UPDATE: local.live.com must not have been that great — it’s gone — that or merged into Bing.com Maps.