Thursday Thirteen - You know you're living in 2008 when...

You Know You're Living in 2008 When... 1.... You gave up your land line phone in favor of a cell phone. 2.... Every member of your family, including your eight year old, has a cell phone. 3.... If you want to speak to two or more members of one household, you have to call each of them separately on their cell phone. 4.... You email the pizza delivery place when you have a pizza craving. 5.... Your kid texts the person sitting next to him. You're not totally surprised when one of your kid's friends parents end up with a $1,000 phone bill because the child went over allotted texts. You're sorry this happened but relieved if wasn't your bill. You update your cell phone plan for unlimited texting just in case your kid also becomes a crazed texter. 6.... You know who David & David are. 7.... You follow at least one reality tv show. 8.... You have a blog. 9.... You talk to your friends more on blogs than in person or in email. 10... You watch tv in your car. 11... Every other person you see is wearing New Balance gym shoes. 12... You use your cell phone as your alarm clock. 13... Everyone fights for the closest parking space at work but then spends breaks power walking.

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Don't forget to read my interview with romance author Sandra Cox and her excerpt if you missed it yesterday. It's just below.

Help! How do I get rid of this annoying music. Also FUN WALK 2008

Somehow, there's music playing on my blog -- and I didn't put it on, at least not intentionally. I don't know how I did it and thus, I don't know how to get rid of it.

I feel like a real ditz admitting it, but I guess it's better to admit it and ask for help so I can get rid of it. The last thing I want to do is to annoy anyone.

So if you know how to get it off, or have any ideas what I need to look for, please let me know.

Is it the LastFM playing by itself? I like the LastFM as I listen to my favorite songs while I'm online and it's easier than popping in a CD or opening my media player. But if it's the culprit...

Now, onto the second area I'm requesting help. As my long-term readers and friends know, I work for a charity that helps the destitute poor in the Caribbean and Latin America. This Saturday April 5th, we're doing a "Fun Walk" to raise funds to feed hungry families. I'm going to walk 3 miles (at least - hopefully more) . If anyone would like to sponsor me - or rather it's to feed hungry people, who cares about me, it's for them - I'd appreciate it.

If you do, let me know and that way I can adjust your mailings from my charity to nil or few if you like.

If you can't or don't want to sponsor us, please pray for our mission. I've been with this ministry 14 years as of May 12th, so I can testify that we honestly help a lot of people. We've changed lives for the better, saved lives, and helped raise and feed a lot of orphans.

Here's more info so you can see for yourself.

www.foodforthepoor.org (for general info)
www.foodforthepoor.org/funwalk (for specific Fun Walk info)

My team is the "Gold Standard Walkers" and I'm going by "Elaine Hopper" for the walk.

This is my team's page:

Ashleys team page FUN WALK

Woo hoo! I see our team's in 4th place. But it's not about my team winning or losing. This is only about helping hungry people, especially the children.