Tonights showing: Better Off Dead. Starts in 10 minutes.
Dav's bookshelf: read
This is the review of the story. I'm sorry.
There's a little dive pub (turns out actually not a dive anymore) I'd been meaning to go to for years, and finally stopped by a couple of weeks back. I love checking out the old San Francisco spots that persist through the decades and ha...
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April 2006
first time in 25 years
This was after maybe 30 practice shots, and it was only a ten yard target, but still...not too shabby.
At Pacifica Archery's indoor lanes in Daly City.
16 Steps Away From Poverty
I like the Grameen Foundation a lot. They give no-collateral loans to poor people in developing countries so they can start self sustaining businesses. Their payback rates are phenomenal. I talk more about this sort of microfinancing on my weblog.
They also ask their applicants to make 16 decisions, or pledges, to facilitate the success of the program and their economic endeavors. It's a nice list. I'll put one below, but click through here to see the rest.