Linking the Week

You may recall a year ago I mentioned the Brain Tumor Walk in San Francisco, and this year I will once again mention the event as the Linking the Week site.  On Saturday May 2nd the event will take place at Golden Gate Park this year.  I bring up this event as I know more people than I should who have been impacted from brain tumors.  From college friends, spouses of friends and neighbors the number of people is greater than zero.

For the San Francisco walk, my friend Venu who was diagnosed with a brain tumor over eight years ago, will be walking and is also featured on the main picture on the right hand side.  You can support his efforts to raise money for brain tumor research at his fundraising page.

You may also find more information about the National Brain Tumor Foundation and the work they do and how you can support their efforts by visiting their website.

The linking the week site for this week consists of a couple of distractions for your work week.  The first site donates 10 grains of rice for every correct answer you get through the United Nations World Food Program.  After sharing this site with a friend over the weekend I was informed it made his head hurt and was a reminder of the vocabulary section of the SAT.  The second site may not hurt your head but it will help you remember those Chicago Bears quarterbacks since they won the Super Bowl and have you shaking your head with some of those names.  In addition Sporcle will test you on pretty much anything from fast food restaurants to common chat acronyms.

Hopefully these sites will give you a little break, but of course you don’t want to spend too much time on the sites.

Running from February 21 through the 27th, Denver Restaurant Week is the linking the week site for this week.  During the week over 200 restaurants will offer a multi-course meal for $52.80 (plus tax and tip) or $26.40 for one.  Additionally some restaurants have extended this offer for an additional week, giving you the chance to check out some of the great establishments in the Denver metro.  Check out the website for all of the details and remember to act quickly on this deal, as the mile high price will quickly be gone.  Have you taken advantage of this offer yet, let us know where you have been and how it has worked for you.

In the past I have done photography for the local Denver franchise of College Hunks Hauling Junk.  Earlier this month the Denver franchise CHHJ announced a new blog which is the linking the week site for this week.  In talking to Nathaniel the owner of the local franchise, he informed me that a large amount of the items they remove are either recycled or donated to local non-profit organizations thus reducing the amount of materials making it to the landfills.  The management of waste in the upcoming years will become a huge part of our lives as more and more items are disposed due to quickly changing technology.  Check out the College Hunks Hauling Junk blog, where you can even see their new mascot and learn more about what they offer.