Goodbye CA, Hello East Coast

Farewell w/ Joyce, Judah, Will, and the Lins.

The Last Dim Sum w/ the Fuller Dim Sum Crew.

G’bye Cake!

Me & Stephen.

Randy, Dave, Aaron, me and Judah.

ADM-ers: Judah, Joyce, me, Hyunja, and Suzie.

Families: Matt, me, Andrea, Kyle, Elliott, and Sara.

Me & Amanda.

Matt, me, and Sara.

ADM-ers, part 2: me, Joyce, Marsha, and Jon.

Disneyland farewell: me, Micah, Christie, and Jeff.

Jeff and I hit up Buzz.

Disneyland fireworks.

Benjie and I gchatting with Matt and Jackson.

Goodbye at the airport with the fam.

Adam, Selah, and Katie.

Dinner in Pittsburgh: Jordan, me, Selah, Katie, and Adam.

Home for a year.

How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media (link)

My friend Holly wrote a guest post on her friend Beth’s blog: “How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media.”

Happy birthday, Clem!

Big ups to my big bro on his 39th birthday! Love ya!

Links of the Day, August 31

News

• Space Shuttle Discovery finally headed off into space over the weekend (to refuel the international space station).
• Disney buys Marvel for $4bn.
• The California fires get worse.

Health care

• FactCheck points out 26 lies about H.R. 3200.

Miscellaneous

• Paul Krugman addresses the debt outlook.
• Cathleen Falsani’s tribute to Ted Kennedy, "So Much More Than His Mistakes."
• A molecule is imaged for the first time.
• Liz writes about why she loves LA–I have many of the same reasons.

“A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller

Read the first thirty pages here:
A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Wildfire in CA

Every year, California preps for wildfire season (yes, we have a wildfire season). This year, it’s gotten pretty bad: according to the AP report, by this morning, the Station Fire (as it’s called) is 20 miles long; 134 square miles have been burned; 12,000 homes as well as the communications and astronomy centers atop Mount Wilson, are under threat.

Courtesy of Neville:

Courtesy of Brian, who lived across the street from me:

Courtesy of Franky:

Please be praying for the situation: for rain, for favorable conditions, and for the firefighters who are putting their lives on the line to stop the blazes.

Links of the Day, August 28

Where the Wild Things cupcakes = priceless.

News

• It’s wildfire season in the Southland.
• California puts on a garage sale to try and bulk up its financial situation.

Human trafficking

• UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) releases a new anti-human trafficking manual.

Health care

• 40 Days for Health Care Reform.

Miscellaneous

• Former Ku Klux Klan leader Johnny Lee Clary talks about how one black man disarmed him.