20% Towards the Livestrong Challenge goal!

Just over one month ago I signed up for the Livestrong Challenge 2009 to ride 100 miles on my bicycle to help fight and find a cure for cancer.  I’m happy to report that with the help of friends, family and strangers 20% of the $1,000 goal I’ve set has been reached!  With the event [...]

Livestrong Challenge Philadelphia 2009

With the bulk of my weight loss behind me and the success of the National MS Society City to Shore Ride I trained for, raised $825 for and completed last fall coupled with the happiness I feel inside due to meeting several more goals, I started to look for another charity ride to take part [...]

Ten Inches

On December 23, 2008, I lost 10 inches of myself.
Three years ago, my doctor diagnosed me with HPV.  I felt dirty, ruined.  That was before I learned that the disease affects over 20 million people in the U.S. alone.  In fact, 50% of sexually active people will contract HPV sometime in their life.
My form of [...]

Philly Music Update!!

Hey all! Just because I moved from the Illadelph doesn’t mean I quit supporting some of the coolest and most talented motherfuckers around!!  See below for a Ragerienne-certified list of ill shit that you should take note of:
I hear last night’s JAXON’S LOCAL SHOTS VOL. 5 CD RELEASE rocked!!  To get a full list [...]

One Laptop per Child XO computers BOGO again

Last year the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) campaign offered a buy one to be donated, get one laptop deal. They are doing it again this year and offering the same deal.  For $399 you get yourself a sprite little lappy and one goes to a third world country.  Some more on the laptops and [...]

Blog Action Day: Poverty in Photos

As a photographer, still images mean a lot to me and I feel that they leave the most lasting impressions burned into our brains. For Blog Action Day 2008, I’ve decided to scour Flickr for the term Poverty and share with you some of the most moving photos that I’ve found.

Poverty + Telephoto = [...]

National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008 - Completed!

Yesterday I rode 45 miles in the National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008, which everyone helped me raise $825 and I trained my ass off for. I woke up at about 4:44am to the sound of rain, which I knew would be here this weekend. Knowing I didn’t have to get [...]

$825, Barb Smith and 4723

Less than 12 hours from now I will be on the road heading to New Jersey to ride with 7,000 other cyclists for the National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008. I’ve been training hard racking up nearly 1,000 miles on my road bike and already completing three rides with friends as long [...]

National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008 is one month away

One month from today I will be riding with 7,000 others to raise awareness in the National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008 taking place in New Jersey.  I will be riding 45 miles on my bicycle from somewhere just outside Cherry Hill to Ocean City, New Jersey and have been training daily for [...]

National MS Society City to Shore Ride 2008

I recently started to ride road bicycle as a way to get into shape and possibly commute to work. I’ve taken to it pretty well and really enjoy it, several of my other friends also picked up the sport around the same time.
Last month one of my friends mentioned a charity ride to benefit [...]