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Although we typically post on Team Vox to let you know about things that are going on with Vox (to, uh, state the obvious), once in a while, we like to let you know about other cool things that are happening around the blogosphere. And we think the idea of four hilarious mommy bloggers traveling across the U.S. on their way to the BlogHer '08 conference - all the while blogging and video blogging the journey - is one trip you will not want to miss.
Four adventurous bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Group were selected to participate in the Summer Road Trip '08 and blog about their travels, hotel stays, media appearances, time away from their families, and life on the road. Six Apart helped them partner up with General Motors, who provided the blogging mommies with a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV to help make their journey comfy, safe, and a little more green.
In case you're not familiar with them, SV Moms is a group of over 200 bloggers who showcase the ups, downs, outrages, struggles, victories, and everyday humor of motherhood. There are currently nine regional and demographically tailored sites that give mothers from D.C., New Jersey, the Deep South, Rocky Mountains, L.A., and Silicon Valley a powerful voice and sense of camaraderie across the country. Whether you're a mother, a child, or just a person who enjoys a good blog, you'll really love reading the words of these amazing women.
The moms buckled into their Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV on July 11th and even got an encouraging message from Katie Couric to kick things off! They are currently somewhere in the middle of America making their way to San Francisco where they'll attend an SV Moms Group Party, as well as BlogHer '08.
You do not want to miss these entertaining and irreverent bloggers -- or their spontaneous contest giveaways! -- as they blog from the road. Experience the journey at MomRoadTrip.com.
And let us know about your summer road trip - or plane/boat/bus trip - in the comments! (I like to live vicariously.)
The queue curves around the corner like a frozen riot. People are standing chin-to-back, stomach-to-buttocks. Shoving. And desperate. What would have been ZANU propaganda from heaven if it were a queue at a polling station just weeks ago is today a sad sign of the times. They are queuing for sugar. A rare sweet thing in life. Because all politics means to the people of Harare is beatings, blood and broken hopes.
Do you live in or around Cincinnati, Ohio? If so, you're in luck because Scott and the Queen City Voxers Group have organized a Vox user meetup!
WHERE: Ault Park Playground. 3600 Observatory Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. "We'll look for each other at the playground marked by the red X below. If it's raining, head for the shelter to the north of the [red] X."
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This is Comrade Fatso's Blog during the Zimbabwe Election period. See: www.comradefatso.vox.com. For blogs by other MAGAMBA! poets and activists see: www.myspace.com/magamba
To buy Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka’s new album, House of Hunger, go to: www.comradefatso.com
To see Comrade Fatso’s Exclusive Blogs for CNN go to: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/14/zimbabwe.blog/index.html
To see Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka live in concert go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cyv-ozu3JA
“So, Dread, where’s your mbanje?” Coffee is a good way to start the day. I started mine in a more Zimbabwean way: arrested for avoiding a road block and then being searched for mbanje. Not having smoked weed for a while luckily I didn’t have any. But that didn’t stop the long arm of the law from asking for a greased palm. This was Harare City Centre on the day of the premiere of ZANU (PF)’s one man play ‘Robert versus Common Sense’. Police milled about a deserted city centre. Some stood lazily at road blocks waiting to add a few zeros to their sick salaries. Others searched the pockets of our sunshine city’s army of hustlers, reclaiming US dollars for their own personal treasury. Those are the only people who went about their work in our comedy of errors town: corrupt cops and forex dealers competing for space on empty street corners.
Harare itself stayed away from the polling stations. Many made use of the public holiday to put their feet up at home and watch blank screens in this power-cut country. Many others who were forced to vote and report their serial numbers simply spoilt their ballots. Even though ZANU (PF) militias frog marched voters to some polling stations all in all it was a day of stayaways and spoilers.
The city cautiously came back to life this evening. People ventured onto the streets, beer bottles in hand. Like mice unsure if the rabid cat is really gone. The bars have opened their doors. People trickle in. Most are waiting for the real violence to start.
This is Comrade Fatso's Blog during the Zimbabwe Election period. See: www.comradefatso.vox.com. For blogs by other MAGAMBA! poets and activists see: www.myspace.com/magamba
To buy Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka’s new album, House of Hunger, go to: www.comradefatso.com
To see Comrade Fatso’s Exclusive Blogs for CNN go to: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/14/zimbabwe.blog/index.html
To see Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka live in concert go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cyv-ozu3JA
Bread now costs fifteen billion dollars. Hustled. On the street corner. Meat in the shops goes for nothing less than thirty billion. These insane numbers put basics out of reach for the average, struggling Zimbabwean. This, we are told by the military junta’s election adverts, is 100% Empowerment. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sickening.
Zimbabweans are not too sure what to do. This Friday we will have a single candidate run-off. We seem to be in limbo once again. Politics has paused the people’s lives. Action is the only thing that can unpause it. This past weekend saw Magamba, our cultural activist network, organising MAKE SOME NOISE! Concerts For Freedom In Zimbabwe. The tour aimed to raise awareness about the Zimbabwe struggle and to mobilize people into action. It kicked off at Harare’s Mannenberg Jazz Club on June 19th moving to Jo’burg’s popular live music venue, House Of Nsako. House Of Nsako saw an array of artists - from Pops Mohammed to Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka, from Kwani Experience to Outspoken - all calling for action on Zimbabwe. The hundreds present danced and screamed all night as hundreds of letters were signed and sent to Thabo Mbeki demanding action on Zimbabwe and the deployment of a peace-keeping force. The event also saw a rousing speech by respected Zimbabwean civic activist, Grace Kwinjeh. Southern Africa had spoken. Through poetry, music and action.
Other actions are blossoming. Today vigils for peace in Zimbabwe went ahead across South Africa while petitions have been sent to the SADC leaders demanding action. Sokwanele, the underground propaganda organization, have called for a massive boycott of Friday’s illegitimate poll. We must let these many actions become an avalanche. We must make the grassroots shake the ivory towers. Already the SADC emergency summit today has demanded that the elections be postponed. We need to continue lighting our many fires demanding a boycott of the vote, a deployment of peace keepers and a transitional government. Time is not on our side. But history is.
To download Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka's new album simply go to:
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?
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In a country of deadly silence some choose to make noise. In a country of fear some choose the word as a weapon. I am sitting in the Mannenberg Jazz Club, Harare. We are about to kick off the MAKE SOME NOISE tour right here in Harare. Concerts for Freedom in Zimbabwe that we take tomorrow to Jo'burg, South Africa. It all starts here. Tonight. The word versus the fist. Time to go on stage. Mike check. One. Two. Let's hit it.
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