Ledbrow » Sweating for, er, money. http://www.ledbrow.com It's not highbrow, it's ledbrow Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 © nick@whoisnick.com () nick@whoisnick.com() stories fifty feet deep nick@whoisnick.com No no http://www.ledbrow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ledbrow http://www.ledbrow.com 144 144 The lulls in learning or 8 km shy http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/06/the-lulls-in-learning-or-8-km-shy/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/06/the-lulls-in-learning-or-8-km-shy/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:57:36 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1987 Jordan and I are running farther than we have ever thought possible. But holy crap, it feels like we’re running on sand in a jogging-sized hour glass; we just can’t keep up.

Although we did run 13 km on Sunday.

To the “us” that existed just a few months ago –eating discount-priced boxes of Will o’ Crisps on the couch– 13km would have been a running miracle. To the “us” that exists right now (still…

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]]> http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/06/rock-out-with-your-socks-out-part-1/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Remember that movie with Frankie Avalon and original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello? Beach Party?nbsp;Frankie got to surf (and was known as) the Big Kahuna. Whether my ... Remember that movie with Frankie Avalon and original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello? Beach Party?nbsp;Frankie got to surf (and was known as) the Big Kahuna. Whether my memory is making a mess out of the 1963 flick or not, I seem to remember the surfers were always on the look out for a huge wave; certain that this wave would be the one to make them a local legend and get their girlfriends' wandering eyes back to adoring only them. Not to mention make'm kings at the local beach bonfire where everyone wiggles their bikini bottoms. The Rock Out With Your Socks Out Sock Hop + Art Auction is Jordan and I's Big Kahuna. We are hoping this soiree will make fundraising legend within our own smaller sized blanket weave of the year We Raised $13 000 for The Arthritis Society. It is no longer the Year We Will Run a Marathon or the Year We Eloped in a Foreign Country or The Year We Danced to Queen and The Doobie Brothers for Cheap Entertainment. Nope. nbsp;It won't even be The Year We Took a Ferry Ride to Turkey, or The Year we Adopted a Forever-Friend. No, this will be the year We Raised $13 000. It's a feat. And we've been slapping our boards on waves big and small, so far raising a couple of hundred dollars at a time bringing us to 43% of $13 000. (Which is pretty darn-tootin amazing when we look at where we started from -0%!). But the glitch and there's always at least one, is we need to raise 75% of our goal by July 1st so we can stay a bit longer overseas after the marathon and take that boat ride to Turkey and make that wedding ceremony on November 4th. If we raise the 75% we don't get penalized for lengthening our plane ticket (for free!) to squeeze in an extra week or two after the race. That's $4056 bucks we need to raise in just a few weeks. So this is the time for the miracle worker, the bikini bottom shaking extravaganza, or the Big Kahuna. And we're hoping that Rock Out With Your Socks Out will be just the bonfire we're looking for. (We're also having a bake sale and bottle drive this month too). If you're in Vancouver and want to come the sock hop + art auction, we'd love to have ya! (And if you would just like to donate to the cause, you can do so online here). And oh gosh, ignoramus confession time: The term 'Big Kahuna' is sort of like Coca Cola saying you can open happiness. "Kahuna" nbsp;is actually a word meaning "priest, magician, minister, wizard, expert in any field",nbsp;(not a huge wave you can surf). Also according to wikipedia pro surfers such as Duke Kahanamoku, have resisted the word's pop culture lure out of respect for its original meaning. Hmm. So, in our next big wave of fundraising, Jordan and I are looking for our "humpback". (According to Wiktionary under Glossary of Surfing this is a big wave that is more like two waves. It's also called "double-up". And we sure hope this fundraiser does exactly that.nbsp;Cowabunga! Big Wave Surfing Sweating,for,,er,,money.,,Vancouver,,causes,and,people,doing,cool,things,about,them,,quirky,arts,and,misc,culture nick@whoisnick.com no No Baking our way up one percentage point at a time http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/baking-our-way-up-one-percentage-point-at-a-time/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/baking-our-way-up-one-percentage-point-at-a-time/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 05:12:48 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1990 In a surprise turn of fund-raising events, bake sales have been out-cashing bowling parties, community dance troop shenanigans and letters to potential corporate sponsors.

Our latest bake sale at 2025 West Broadway sold out! We raised $188.44 that day. Bumping us up to $5594 for The Arthritis Society so far!

So we’re coming back. With even more goodies. June 23rd at 2025 West Broadway, 8:30am-2pm. Sinful treats alongside ones that’ll make your colon…

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We had never run farther than 55 minutes and during our last regular run, I barely coughed up 45 minutes of running. I was begging Jordan to tell me the…

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Well, not exactly to us, but Jordan and I will be the safe-keepers of them until our next *big* Arthritis Society Fundraiser – Rock Out With Your Socks Out!

At this event we will divide all art sales between The Arthritis Society and

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]]> http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/meat-legs/feed/ 0 Vegan cupcakes really can take over the world http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/vegan-cupcakes-really-can-take-over-the-world/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/vegan-cupcakes-really-can-take-over-the-world/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 22:11:14 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1794 I was thrilled Jordan and I could join Compassion for Animal’s worldwide project: The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale as a part of our Arthritis Society fundraising.

Now, I’m not going to lie, ok, I’ll lie a little, I didn’t think I’d be able to bake anything that could even remotely be considered delicious without eggs or butter or Betty Crocker. And even if some talented vegan bakers could, I…

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(This is one of the reasons I love running, if I run long enough,…

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]]> http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/freedom-55/feed/ 0 The Wild Side Snuggie is gonna save us http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/the-wild-side-snuggie-is-gonna-save-us/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/the-wild-side-snuggie-is-gonna-save-us/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 05:34:52 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1732 It’s T-minus 21 hours until our next Arthritis Society fundraiser and this one is even sketchier turn-out-wise. We don’t  have the White Stripes behind us, but we do have Commodore Lanes & Billiards and while it may not be rock n roll, it’s bowling. Which is really a lot like rocknroll but with bigger balls.

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I have to come clean the above paragraph was a draft of a post written the day…

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]]> http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/05/the-wild-side-snuggie-is-gonna-save-us/feed/ 0 Cupcakes, cookies, brownies-oh my! http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/04/cupcakes-cookies-brownies-oh-my/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/04/cupcakes-cookies-brownies-oh-my/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:18:32 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1746 Three cheers for Sejuiced! Hip-hip-sejuiced! Hip-hip-sejuiced! This veggie-delicious restaurant is letting us set up shop for our next Arthritis Society fundraiser tomorrow.

And between now and then I have a lot of vegan baking to do.

We’ve hitched our little wagon to the tractor that is The 2nd annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. As a part of this worldwide 2-week event, we’re whisking up…

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]]> http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/04/cupcakes-cookies-brownies-oh-my/feed/ 0 25 minutes – twice! http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/04/25-minutes-twice/ http://www.ledbrow.com/2010/04/25-minutes-twice/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:07:12 +0000 Laurie Dawson http://www.ledbrow.com/?p=1697 Jordan and I are at an all-time personal best right now: regularly running 25 minutes, walking 1 minute, running 25 more at least 3x’s a week. Even uphill. Even in the windstorm. Happily in the rain. (Not as happily as when it’s gorgeous and summer outside and we can dog-stare to our heart’s content). (Sorry for the extra parenthesis but when I type “dog-stare”, I really mean it. Looking at dogs lifts our dragging, sweating…

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