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Miriam Liddle  |  by www.conjecturer.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 4:19

Filed under: , Joshua Foust at 10:19 am on Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Two days, including today—that s all the time I have left to raise the remaining $225 for the , which takes place this Saturday morning. Y all have been so wonderful so far, and we re almost there! So far, I have one verbal committment to join me and walk on the National Mall, though I would of course love to have more people involved.

It s not that big a deal, so why not spend a few hours away from your typical, boring weekend routine and to help put a dent in homelessness in the nation s capital? How about this? I will shave my head and post pictures here if you guys can get me over the top.

How does that sound?
I m raising $1000 for , which helps low- and no-income families not lose their houses. It really is a good cause, so I don t think I can beg any you enough to help close the gap here.

$225—that s all I need to fulfill my obligation to WFCM. . Filed under: , , Joshua Foust at 1:48 pm on Tuesday, November 7, 2006

My tension level always rises on election day, as I dislike having to run the gauntlet of party hacks handing out sample groupthink ballots.

This year they were all polite and kept their distance; the marriage people, however, did not.
I was approaching my polling place in Oakton, VA, and was approached by a tall, thin woman wearing a patterned sweater. She walked toward me holding a stack of papers and asked me if I d like to support the marriage amendment.

A disgusted look coursed across my face and I said, no, no I don t believe in discrimination.
Well, sir, we re not discriminating, we just want to preserve marriage between one man and one woman. I stopped and looked at her, shocked she d press the issue after I had expressed my opposition to her view point.


Sir, we re just trying to preserve the family
By denying my right to have one, I get it, I snapped. Her eyes widened.
I m sorry sir, I m just trying to preserve the sacred institution of marriage.


Through pogrom, I get it. I hope Jesus is really proud of you for trying to hurt thousands of people. I brushed past her shoulder and went inside, in a very foul mood.

There, I simply could not bring myself to vote Democrat, and wound up touching the screen for independents for both the Senate and House ( and , respectively), as protest votes.
Discussing the incident with my mom, she thinks I was subject to voter intimidation, though I remain unsure; I did, afterall, engage her when she tried to solicit my vote, and kept pressing the point instead of simply walking away. Then again, she also continued to press the issue, following me for several feet.

At this point I just don t care—I m far too angry and depressed over the incident. The woman couldn t even bother to stump for a particular party, which at least represents a variety of issues; no, she had to take a day off from work (assuming she even has a job) simply to convince people to hate gays. How offensive.


Filed under: , Joshua Foust at 3:25 pm on Monday, November 6, 2006

There are two weeks until the . So far, you have raised $775—just over 3/4 of the goal I set two weeks ago. There are two weeks left, and I have full confidence you, my loyal readers, will help me reach my goal of raising $1000 for , a Northern Virginia charity that provides housing and job assistance to low and no income families.


That being said, remains pitifully small. Out of the five people I d like to walk with me, I am still the only one walking. I know I have more local readers, and I would greatly appreciate it if you were to join me.

It is, afterall, once single Saturday morning, and it will do such a tremendous amount of good. Please, I hope at least one of you can find it within yourself to join me at the walk, and help to reduce the horrible effects of poverty in this otherwise astoundingly wealthy area. See that sad, slightly hung over face on a metro platform?

I ll be making several more of those if none of you take the opportunity to take a few hours out of your busy lives to help people you ve never met before.
There is such need, and for such a small sacrifice we can address it. Please, and help eliminate poverty.

Filed under: , Joshua Foust at 1:35 pm on Saturday, October 28, 2006

Hey everyone, you have been amazing! In about two weeks, we ve raised $625 for the annual —more than half my $1000 goal. The money I m raising goes towards , which provides jobs and housing assistance to low and no-income families in Fairfax County, Virginia.


So a big thank you goes out to Bill, Daniel, Dianne, Eric, John, and Steve. Y all rock the house down. There are still a few weeks left, so if you haven t donated yet and could , please help us alleviate poverty in our nation s capital.

Even better, if you d like to walk with me, my second chin, and my gimp ear on Saturday, November 18, —I d love to have some company.
Thank you again, and may God bless you for giving a damn. Filed under: , Joshua Foust at 6:26 pm on Friday, October 20, 2006

I m in New York this weekend.

No posts, deal with it.
Would you turn down a face like this? Apparently so would a lot of people, at least in Midtown.

Jerks. The point is, I still really need your help—in less than a month is the , and I am not even 1/5 of the way toward my goal of raising $1000 for . Two amazingly cool people I haven t hung out with in a while have contributed (you know who you are).

The rest of you are straight-up lazy.
Or not! You can still visit the and sign up to walk with me, or drop $5 for our walk.

Anything you give would be greatly appreciated; I would be double-stoked if I could get at least four of you to join me. It s just one day—Saturday, November 18.
Update: HUGE thank you to those who have contributed.

Eric, since I don t have your email, I have to thank you here. You guys rock! Filed under: , Joshua Foust at 10:57 am on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 This is a call to all my DC area readers.

I am volunteering to walk in the walkathon on November 18, 2006. I am going to walk for , which offers financial assistance for rent, utilities, medication, and car repairs; and provides food, clothing, transportation to medical appointments and job interviews. There are many dozens of organizations you can walk for, and I cannot encourage you enough to jump in.

It is a single Saturday—one—and it will go a long way toward allieviating the problems of homelessness in our area.
I started my own team: . If you live in the area and would like to walk with me, I would love having more members!

Frankly, it would be a bit embarrassing to walk by myself. I have set modest goals—five members on my team and $1000. Our team webpage is —you can either sign up to walk with me, or leave a donation of any size.


Your help would be greatly appreciated. I will post periodic updates of how the fundraising goes, and I ll be taking pictures during the walk.
To sweeten the pot some for you homos who keep asking me to post more pics, here is a very rare example:
Filed under: Joshua Foust at 2:14 pm on Friday, September 8, 2006 The top two richest counties in the country are not in New York or California, but .

Loudon County, out where I took , has an extremely high median income—over $98,000 per year. As in: of the 260,000 people in Loudoun county, about half make more than $98,000 per year. Number two wealthiest Fairfax county (pop.

1 million) isn t far behind, with a median household income of about $95,000. Three more counties around the DC area are in the top ten.
Before I read that story, I sent an email to my friend Dave about housing costs here, and how ludicrous they are.

He had recently moved to West Virginia, and had expressed a deep dislike how expensive this area is. A brief perusal of revealed some depressing statistics:

  • Of the 40 homes listed for sale in my zip code, only 20 are less than $1,000,000, and only one is for less than $500k. My zip code is not by far the richest around, and the median income here is well above $130,000 (the mean income is closer to $180k).

  • In Great Falls, a place rife with lobbyists and diplomats, there are 20 houses for sale that cost more than $4,500,000, and there are 191 houses for more than $1.5 million. That s just what s for sale, and listed on Yahoo s engine.

    • This is just a small list of wealthy portions of the area. Even somewhere relatively modest like Herndon or Sterling, both partners in the house need above average income to afford a tiny townhouse in a bad section of town. It is unbelievable.

    Filed under: , , Joshua Foust at 3:55 pm on Friday, August 11, 2006 I was scheduled for a reapplication interview at today at 2. The admissions counselor I was to meet with was unavailable in the morning, when I called to confirm my appointment. I then drove into the city, trying several more times to reach him on his phone.

    I then managed to hunt down his building, and wander around asking questions (a kindly security guard, vaguely reminiscent of Mo Nique, was very helpful) and feeling silly, and I managed to find his office. He was out, not answering his phone, and nowhere to be found. Maybe I won t try to get into Georgetown again: in stark contrast to Hopkins, which is staffed with very friendly and responsive people, Georgetown was full of, pardon the term, rich bitches.

    At least the neighborhood, between M and Q Streets, is nice. Stunning, actually.
    The view from Georgetown University, across the Potomac River.

    The Key St. Bridge is on the left.  Washington, DC, August 11, 2006.

      Joshua Foust. Filed under: , , , , , Dan Allen at 3:55 am on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Greetings!  A guy takes a vacation back home (Meeeeechigan) and finds out that evidently World War III has started over in Lebanon.

      While the entire conflict is tragic, and this round is ultimately the fault of Hezbollah s kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers, I think that the conflict spiral the world is witnessing is due to a disproportionate response by Israel (see also: bombed children).  But, is it World War III??

    ?  In my view, only media pundits would use the term world war with such glee.  Ratings go up and papers sell when the public is convinced that a regional war is the harbringer of planet-wide conflict.

      Peace requires both sides of a dyad wanting peace I have never seen actual evidence that Hezbollah wants peace with Israel.  For its part, Israel is smack in the middle of losing the public relations part of their military campaign.  Hmmm, what else
    Mumbai was the scene of an incredibly serious terror attack, the Tour de France (which I love to follow) is turning into a hormonal joke, and Mexico is having their own version of our 2000 election.

      Mel Gibson s liquid courage has made me glad that I never saw his version of Passion of the Christ; and the world is beginning to rally behind a scrap of paper in the UN s confrontation with Iran.  Oh, and Lance Bass said bye bye bye to the hetero team. 
    P.

    S.  Our troops are still in Iraq.  The Stryker Brigade had their tour extended due to the coalition s inability to stabilize the security situation in Baghdad.

      I can t imagine what the dependents must be going through.
    So, I ask anyone who takes the time to read this, what do we discuss while Josh is in the NC?

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