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Saturday extra - Christmas spirit in Austin, Texas
It was easily 80 degrees in Austin today, but I so enjoyed a Christmas performance tonight despite the lack of cold or snow. The Yellow Tape Construction Co. is putting on The Ultimate Christmas Musical - The Musical at the Salvage Vanguard Theater off I-35 near the University of Texas in Austin. I laughed and laughed and I’ll leave it at that since I’m no theater review writer. But you’ll thank me for telling you about it if you go, and you’ll thank me for the laughs you’ll get from their blog (and they twitter too!)
Where else could you see an elf chasing (or being chased by?) a group of people on a Segway tour of Austin but in Austin? I challenge you to come up with a better picture of surprise Christmas spirit than this.
Happy holidays to all and to all a good night.
First work week round up
My employer, ASI, gives employees three hours a month to use to do volunteer work of your choice, and I’m busy thinking up ways to use that time. After Hurricane Katrina, I spent a half day at the Capitol Area Food Bank, using some hours that BMC gave to employees to spend their time helping Katrina evacuees. In a half day, four of us processed 8,400 pounds of food which can make 6,720 meals. So I might try to do that work again. It was interesting and I learned a lot. I’d also like helping out kids or parents, so I may investigate areas where the local school districts use volunteers. I also like that our local NPR station, kut.org, has a Get involved page.
Working at a company that enables non-profits has really made me want to learn about our users and how non-profits work. I found this game online called Karma Tycoon, where you run your own non-profit. It looks like it’s sponsered by Chase. Also interesting reading lately has been about non-profits in Second Life. I haven’t tried Second Life yet, mostly due to lack of time (I’d rather be blogging).
So if you’re knowledgeable about non-profits, membership management, church organizations, and so forth, let me know of websites and books that you find useful. And if you have good ideas for three hours a month of time spent volunteering near Austin, TX, let me know. I’ll keep you posted on my efforts.
