Adopt A Polar Bear! Or wolf, or penguin…

April 17, 2007

Howling Wolf PupI try to leverage as much of my spending as possible towards environmental causes. Gift giving, however, is problematic. Let’s face it, a Sierra Club membership card is just not a satisfying thing to play with. Well, I just found a cool way to help the environment and give someone a pretty cool little something – a cute, fluffy little howling wolf pup! I’ll report back on how it goes over with my 13 yr old nephew (click to hear him howl – the pup, not my nephew). As the first installment of my new Green Gifts category, I’d like to introduce WildlifeAdoption.org.


Too Busy For Beauty?

April 17, 2007

In an astonishing social experiment, thousands of people recently passed right by a free concert offered by the finest classical musician in America. Would YOU be too busy for beauty to catch your eye? I fear that I would be … but not after seeing this! Pearls before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great muscians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let’s find out.