Earth Hour at Five Husbands

We just finished observing Earth Hour here at Five Husbands - the house, without the incessant electric hum, was much quieter.
Candlelight for Earth Hour 2008.

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Blog by candlelight - Join Earth Hour March 29th;

Earth Hour goes global in 2008 - last year Sydney Australia joined with the World Wildlife Federation to raise awareness about climate change by turning out the lights for one hour. This year Earth Hour goes global.

Small gestures make a difference. Please turn out your lights tonight, March 29th, from 8:00 to 9:00 [...]

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Stuff White People Like Thanks Five Husbands

One of the stars in the wordpress constellation, Stuff White People Like, thanked Five Husbands for her contribution to his success:
white people like having their dreams come true when they least expected it. Thank you to every single person who has read the blog, written in, or shared it with their friends via email, [...]

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Hillary’s 3 A.M. Call - Reject the Politics of Fear

The little girl in the stock footage used by Hillary Clinton in her 3 A.M. phone call ad is all grown up and she supports Obama.

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Politics as ususal - Shame on Bill Clinton and His Little Wife Too

Bill and Hillary Clinton are no strangers to the power of innuendo. Last week when she was asked whether she thought Obama was Muslim she said no, “I take him on the basis of what he says. And, you know, there isn’t any reason to doubt that.”
Hmm, she didn’t firmly reject or denounce [...]

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Virtual Travel

I have never been to Europe, but visiting Paris is my dream. Tonight, unwinding after a long day of doing resumes, I bumbled about the blogosphere, a virtual trip, looking for pictures of things in green and purple. It is snowing here; I needed inspiration. I found Paris Parfait, the creation of [...]

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What Ohio School Boards Should Be Watching

Tip of the hat to EAC for passing this on:

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An(Almost)Instanteous Rejection - What a Rush!

I spend my mornings following up on my RSS feeds from various job sites, trolling links to find mention of any jobs not listed on the big guys, tweaking my cover letters and resume to “fit” the need.  If I am so lucky to find one, after the time intensive process of joining yet another [...]

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Have You Ever Been So Sad That …

Your body hurt from the work of holding the sad in? My shoulders ache and tears sting behind my eyelids as I struggle to sort out life choices and make rational decisions about the future. A long time ago when Five Husbands was just Two Husbands and life was less complicated I [...]

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Bang the Drum for Earth Hour and Shape + Colour

Regular visitors know I am a fan of the blog known as Shape + Colour created by Jeremy, an advertising copywriter from the cold north. Jeremy never disappoints - never ever.
My daily peruse this Sunday morning yielded green gold. Turns out that Jeremy wrote the copy for Sir Richard Branson’s [...]

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