Cool. Cool cool cool.

I'm in Charlotte. I just ate a giant pile of eggs, bacon, and home fries.

Certainly there will be liquor in Idaho, where they probably make it from potatoes.

Mmmmm....vodka.

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with potatoes. To the point that, when we were signing up for penpals one year, I asked for one in Idaho! She was not a potato farmer or anything, as it turned out.

I wish I were going somewhere fun for the long weekend! Or even to Idaho. Alas, I have just committed to a Big Trip with my mother next year, so should start thinking about saving up for that.

Excellent. Two prescription refills called in with no trouble. I hate to say this, but god bless Walmart.

Hey, if they are taking care of you...no worries.

The hotel I was at in Salt Lake was hosting a BUNCH of Walmart management trainees who were in town for 2 weeks (TWO WEEKS!) of training. Then they go back to their stores for one week before they return for a 3rd week of training. I can't imagine three weeks of management training but good on Walmart for investing that much in their managers.

Gud: I'm sorry to hear Girls Who Code turned you down. Did they say why? I mean, it's a donation, right?

I wanted to get their non-profit tax id so I can just send proceeds directly to them and not have to deal with the tax situation of earning money and then donating. So, like what Jesse said, it was more complicated. Though I don't think of it as a partnership, I just wanted to give them the profit and say all proceeds are going to them, I'd be happy to include a disclaimer that there is no association. I suppose that still implies a kind of relationship though. I suspect they just don't have the time to vet a tiny fish like me, which is totally reasonable.

Mostly, I don't want to sell merch for profit as it seems kinda crass. When I have time I'll look around for some other charity that seems to fit.

Course, if anyone knows a good charity they can point me too, then that would be awesome. To sort of tie into the theme, I'd like something that helps girls especially with the promotion of STEM skills, but something that helps kids in general would be cool too. Basically something that does legit good. Not that I expect it to be much money ever.

Yeah, basically you naming them in marketing implies their endorsement, and then you get into legal vetting, and questions of what "proceeds" really means and all kinds of technical BS.

How about something more local and smaller

That's a good idea.

Man, I was barely here yesterday. My internal natter pressure is getting high!

Weekly Tai Chi update: Elbow Strike -> Back Fist -> Palm Strike -> Kidney Punch -> Roll Back -> Punch Down -> Double Warrior (I'm not sure about the names of those last two, I may have garbled them). Between how far we are in the form and the repeated bits in what follows I am starting to feel like I know more of it than I don't know.

Before class I went out to the Iron Horse Trail which is helpfully marked in quarter-mile increments so I could calibrate my stride-length. Your move, Fitbit.