MinneSNOWta

We haven't had snow storms like this since I was a kid.
Which has been a large determining factor as to why I have never invested in a snow blower. The sissy winters we've had for the last decade haven't been enough to justify the garage real estate. That property has be reserved for my motorcycles.

Two weekends in a row of getting a butt whoopin' from Old Man Winter.
My wrists, shoulders, and back will be soar for a week after all the shoveling I've had to do.
We received somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 inches of snow with the two weekend white-outs. The snow was so deep that my last round of shoveling consisted of scooping and throwing chest high. Of course, in true Minnesota fashion, the moment you clear your driveway the snow plow comes by and puts a nice three foot bank at the end of your driveway for you to shovel. D'oh!

I enjoy the illusion that I'm bending the shovel. Not planned.

The other item that goes hand-in-hand with Minnesota snow storms is the road salt.
The images on the right are the normal color of our car. The images on the left are what our car looks like after ONE commute to work and back. Yuck.

Invisible Children • part 3

The videos below highlight some of the campaigns that have happened and are happening through Invisible Children Inc.
The TRI Campaign.

The BRACELET Campaign

The Global Night Commute part 1

The Global Night Commute part 2

There are many more powerful and inspiring videos about the Invisible Children Inc. That can be found on youtube. Including the videos that correspond to each of the different colored bracelets for the Bracelet Campaign. I encourage you to check them out. Just go to www.youtube.com and type in Invisible Children in the search and off you go. There are also some wonderful videos that were made by individuals who were at various events and made their own short documentaries. There are also videos that follow the Invisible Children cross-country tour(s). For more information about Invisible Children Inc. Stop by their website and spent a few minutes. There is a lot of information about how to get involved in campaigns, screening parties, and more. They also have great downloadable .pdf files for information about donations with breakdowns of how monies are spent, where exactly donated dollars are going, and how they are being distributed.
Get educated. Get involved.
www.invisiblechildren.com

Invisible Children • part 2

The video below is a brief snippet of a back story
to the invisible children of Uganda.
It is a very tame CNN piece that help bring you up to speed.

The hard-to-swallow sad truth is that there are invisible children of sorts in every country.
Fortunately, thanks to the Invisible Children film,
some of these invisible children have been seen.
I'm sure the CNN video you saw above would have never been shot, edited, and aired if not for this film. The wonderful and beautiful thing is the stone dropped in the puddle has begun a ripple effect and the ripples are growing.

The movement has begun. Are you going to be apart of it? There are many many levels and degrees in which to get involved. All will help. The smallest of actions to create change is still action. It's a step forward as apposed to no step at all.