Archive for February, 2009

Children in America

Posted on February 18 2009 by SmashedLife

Homeless in Aden/NYGUS/Flickr As our economy continues to plunge and unemployment continues to rise, this has led to some troubling times for the many Americans. This has affected our children and has generated a growing number of children who are sleeping in shelters, motels, vans, etc. This is unfortunately no way any child should grow [...]

Who Am I?

Posted on February 16 2009 by SmashedLife

Mosaic That Describes Me/Mastergongfu/Flickr About a month ago, I was asked what makes me, me. This is actually kind of an odd question when I started to think about it. The first question in my head was what defines me. The second question that followed the first question very quickly was how do I answer [...]

Why We Should Care

Posted on February 15 2009 by SmashedLife

Charity:water There is a global crisis going on that many of us do not know about. Over 3.575 million people die each year from this crisis. At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from disease caused from this crisis. Every 15 seconds, a child dies from a [...]

Valentine’s Day Love

Posted on February 14 2009 by SmashedLife

Aaron Nace/Rosie Hardy/Flickr Valentine’s day is one of those days that people either love or hate the day. May it be trying to find the right romantic gift or not having a date at all or having to throw up because of all the sappiness going on, it is hard not to have an opinion [...]

Portland Twestival – help raise awareness for charity:water

Posted on February 4 2009 by SmashedLife

We need your help with Portland Twestival and helping raise $500,000 for charity:water. On February 12th, Twitter users in over 160 cities around the world will come together to meet, greet, raise awareness and help raise funds for charity:water. By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the [...]