Dopp Juice Archive

First off, I want to thank Whitney Moses for her generous donation to the Workathon. Whitney is a talented massage therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I encourage you to read more about her. She’s also running a fundraiser of her own to benefit COLAGE — an organization that provides support and connections for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parents and families. Please consider donating to this important social cause. I did.Secondly, I also want to thank Zoya Hayuk, my bold and fabulous landlady, for her generous contribution to the Workathon, as well. Zoya is trying to sell a couple of timeshares in Cabo San Lucas, New Mexico, and the location is absolutely gorgeous. She’s selling them at cost to get rid of them quickly, so if you’re looking for a cheap and exotic vacation spot that you can keep going back to, it doesn’t get much better than this. Check out the listing that she and I built together to find out more.Thirdly, I’d like to thank Matt Van Wagner of Find Me Faster, as well as Chris and Mike of MD Landscape for hiring me for technical work during the Workathon. I also want to thank my mother and grandparents for hiring me for home projects while I was in town visiting. All of this contributed to a successful fundraising project.I’m proud to announce that we’re donating $1,645 to Horton Center as a result of this Workathon. Thank you all!

Following up on my laptop-for-travel saga, I feel it is my civic duty to let ya’ll know that my beautiful refurbished laptop from Apple is now dead. Dead as a doornail, as Dickens might put it. Less than a month after purchase.The problem? Ya plug the AC adapter in, and it gives you the pretty glowing orange LED light that tells you electricity is running to it… and then the power source indicator continues to tell you about your battery… and how it is running out… 50%… 30%… 10%… 5%… uh-oh. Computer down. After much poking, prodding, and trying new power adapters, the Apple-authorized mac specialists in town (and I) deemed the machine dead. As a doornail. Fortunately, I have the famed Apple Care plan, and their customer service appears to be top-notch. At the very least, they’ve given me confidence in their abilities to resolve the problem. The machine’s been mailed out to them, and I fully expect to see it again.In the meantime, I embark on the last legs of my East Coast journey laptop-free (*horrible scream*), with my dear Treo in my back pocket (*sigh of relief*). I’ll be back in the Bay Area next Thursday. Until then, I wander the hills…

Thanks so much to Dabetswe Natasha for donating to my Workathon to benefit Horton Center! Dabetswe is also a talented poet, and very active on The Writ. Please check her out HERE, and show your appreciation for her generosity by providing feedback on her work.And special thanks to the friends and family members who have put me to work this week — building websites, documenting and selling valuables, and editing images in exchange for funds that will also be donated to the mountain. What can I do for you?