Microfinance and Baby-Naming

I enjoy Joel Stein's work but I adamantly deny being a yuppie, or a hipster, or a yuppie, hipster. Chris "Call me a Hipster as long as You're a lis'ner" Wiens is the hipster in "the Basement."

Regardless, read these two articles from Joel Stein.

Global Cupcake Kings.

Please Help Joel Stein Name His Baby!

CCIL on ABC 7

When the Governor starts speaking there is a young blond gentleman to the extreme left of the screen. You can only see the back of his head - but that's me! I made the background of the news!

Click here for the video and story!

Straight up out of movie scene...

I was quoted in the Medill Reports this week. Excuse the misspelling of my name.

The volunteer coordinator at the league, Chris Wienes, said the volunteers will not only serve the poor but will sit down and eat with them.

“I think it’s important for people to identify with others,” Wienes said. “It goes a long way for both sides to share a common meal together and both be celebrating the things they are thankful for -- whether it’s for the food being served to them, or being fortunate enough for the time to serve the food.”

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Sir, Goodbye for Now

Chris and I would like to say goodbye and good luck to Mr. Patrick Reynolds. A great friend who will be heading to Nicaragua with the JVI program for the next two years. If you are interested in following Patrick's story, a link to his blog is on the right, Vista Del Camino. Good luck and make some poor decisions.

"Not a Good Week for the Great State of Michigan" continued, though, It May Never End.

Read and form your own opinion. You know that I am biased.

Big Three Bankruptcy: For and Against.

Not a Good Week for the Great State of Michigan

Dingell vs. Waxman

Reading up on the Right

From the Atlantic. Enjoy.

Modernity, Faith, and Marriage.