Laptop availability?

Folks, right now, before you can forget, if you have the opportunity to find out about a used laptop that can run Windows/Office XP, please do so. I have about two weeks to try to find one for a friend who's dying of cancer.

I have about $200 I can throw at this, if that helps anyone.

I suppose Monday I'll ask around and find out if we can take up a collection in the office for him... there's 90 employees, and if each person was willing to donate $3, that'd be enough (with the extra $200) to buy a decent used laptop. But, if anyone out there is fortunate enough to have a 300+mhz laptop, with 128+megs of memory, that's ready to be thrown out, or sold cheaply, or whatever, please let me know.

Laptop availability?

Folks, right now, before you can forget, if you have the opportunity to find out about a used laptop that can run Windows/Office XP, please do so. I have about two weeks to try to find one for a friend who's dying of cancer.

I have about $200 I can throw at this, if that helps anyone.

I suppose Monday I'll ask around and find out if we can take up a collection in the office for him... there's 90 employees, and if each person was willing to donate $3, that'd be enough (with the extra $200) to buy a decent used laptop. But, if anyone out there is fortunate enough to have a 300+mhz laptop, with 128+megs of memory, that's ready to be thrown out, or sold cheaply, or whatever, please let me know.

Some thoughts on tolerance

If there's going to be a debate about civil rights and gay marriage, the word "tolerance" is going to get thrown around a lot. Since it's a topic that's near and dear to my heart, I've assembled some of my thoughts about it. There's nothing brilliant or beautiful here, but it might help some folks think about what tolerance means to them, and give something to throw back at people who insist that those who demand tolerance don't give it in response.

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Some thoughts on tolerance

If there's going to be a debate about civil rights and gay marriage, the word "tolerance" is going to get thrown around a lot. Since it's a topic that's near and dear to my heart, I've assembled some of my thoughts about it. There's nothing brilliant or beautiful here, but it might help some folks think about what tolerance means to them, and give something to throw back at people who insist that those who demand tolerance don't give it in response.

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