{"id":6015,"date":"2010-03-10T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2010-03-10T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T20:17:29","slug":"6015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/10\/6015\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Posts for a Just World: February 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/FebruaryButton2010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6026\" title=\"FebruaryButton2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/FebruaryButton2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what it was like for y&#8217;all, but February?\u00c2\u00a0 Did it really happen?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m having a hard time remembering.<\/p>\n<p>We had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/24\/bleeding-black-and-gold\/\">playoffs<\/a> and then everything sort of goes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/post-game-in-the-quarter\/\">blurry.<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2010\/02\/mitch_landrieu_claims_new_orle.html\">I remember that I voted.<\/a> And there was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/bless-dem-boys\/\">that event that drew in more viewers than any other event in U.S. television history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I do have memories of Lombardi Gras <em>n\u00c3\u00a9e<\/em> Mardi Gras.\u00c2\u00a0 I remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/12\/all-photographs-were-taken-with-an-iphone-none-involve-live-animals\/\">parades<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/15\/school-mardi-gras-oui\/\">parties<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/15\/sunday-morning-parades\/\">costumes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/bacchus-sunday-night\/\">friends<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/15\/sunday-night-9pm\/\">all<\/a> that comes with the season, but it doesn&#8217;t seem possible that so many things happened in short, stunted little February with it&#8217;s 28 days.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess February showed us who was boss?<br \/>\n<a><\/a><br \/>\n<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we did read and collect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/justposts\/\">Just Post<\/a> goodness.\u00c2\u00a0 The Best of 2009 is SO CLOSE, we promise.\u00c2\u00a0  Just a few more wrinkles in the polling methods to iron out. (<em>Note: Vote in post below!\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s clear now that it works, but the ice cream flavors are cracking me up, so please chime in if you hadn&#8217;t and I&#8217;ll present the results<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping for more wonderful in March and have all fingers crossed that you&#8217;ll pass on the marvels you read.\u00c2\u00a0 Light-up toys and shiny beads could hang in the balance?<\/p>\n<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Just Posts for a Just World, February 2010:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Heather of finding atman with <a href=\"http:\/\/findingatman.com\/2010\/02\/08\/we-can-do-better\">We can do better<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Emily at Wheels on the Bus with <a href=\"http:\/\/wheelsonthebus.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/03\/you-gotta-fight-for-the-right-to-plie\/\">You Gotta Fight for the Right to Plie<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tiffany Sellers of PR Musings of a Clemson Student with <a href=\"http:\/\/tiffanysellers.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/02\/the-line-between-charity-and-justice\/\">The Line Between Charity and\u00c2\u00a0Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Eric at It&#8217;s the Question that Drives Us with <a href=\" http:\/\/itsthequestionthatdrivesus.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/helping-haiti-or-hurting-haiti\/\">Helping Haiti or Hurting Haiti<\/a><\/li>\n<li>girlgriot at If You Want Kin, You Must Plant Kin with <a href=\" http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/08\/common-ground\/\">Common Ground<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Country Girl at Country Girl\/City Girl with <a href=\" http:\/\/countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/oh-yeah-that-slacker-blogger-thing.html\">That Slacker Blogger Thing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Absence of Alternatives and Velva of <a href=\"http:\/\/tomatoesonthevine-velva.blogspot.com\/\">Tomatoes on the Vine<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secretinnerlife.com\/2010\/02\/wtf-wednesday-the-price-of-tomatoes.html\">The Price of Tomatoes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morganna of Lizbeth&#8217;s Garden with <a href=\"http:\/\/lizbethsgarden.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/04\/bombs\/\">bombs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Communication for Change with <a href=\"http:\/\/badwordsblog.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/08\/todays-bad-word-working-poor\/\">Todays&#8217; Bad Word: Working Poor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oh the Joys with <a href=\"http:\/\/othejoys.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/enormity-of-need.html\">Enormity of Need<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cecilieaux at Antipode with <a href=\"http:\/\/cecilieaux.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/piling-on-muslims.html\">Piling on Muslims<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barbara of An American in Lima with <a href=\"http:\/\/americaninlima.com\/2010\/02\/28\/how-prepare-for-earthquake\/#more-2108\">How to Prepare for an Earthquake in a Third World Country<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americaninlima.com\/2010\/02\/28\/how-prepare-for-earthquake\/#more-2108\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flying Tomato Farm with <a href=\"http:\/\/flyingtomato.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/17\/sounds-corny-to-me\/\">Sounds Corny to Me<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/flyingtomato.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/13\/stockholm-syndrome-for-farmers\/\">Stockholm Syndrome for Farmers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Claudia at The Bottom of Heaven with <a href=\"http:\/\/thebottomofheaven.com\/2010\/02\/27\/testing-the-ice\/\">Testing the Ice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ilina at Dirt and Noise with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtandnoise.com\/2010\/02\/michelle-obamas-lets-move-initiative.html\">Michelle Obama&#8217;s Let&#8217;s Move Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Nominators:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/\">Alejna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/denguy.blogspot.com\/\">Denguy <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coldspaghetti.org\/blog\">Holly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sure to send some love to <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/\">Alejna<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/FebruaryButton2010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6026\" title=\"FebruaryButton2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/FebruaryButton2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what it was like for y&#8217;all, but February?\u00c2\u00a0 Did it really happen?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m having a hard time remembering. 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