30.10 2014The good folk at REG Charity took the time to write a rebuttal to my earlier post on donating to charities. I have to say, despite writing this blog for 9 years now, I still kind of assume no one reads it and use it more of a rambling soapbox of things that pop into my head or almost as quite literally a web log of things I’m doing, so it’s quite an honour to have someone write a full blown article about something I wrote!
The post “RE: RE: Should I Give Now or Give Later?” was first posted on Rupert Elder’s Blog.
read more 04.09 2014I typically get a five to six month reminder that I haven’t blogged across a multitude of platforms that aren’t this blog. Needless to say, it hasn’t that I’ve been up to nothing, more so that I just haven’t had the inclination or desire to write out a post. So for those of you who were eagerly F5’ing this page each day in the vague hope of an update, or even a wildly dreadful pun, you are at last in luck. [1]
[Edit: All my pretty nested lists didn’t work so you’ll have to make do with this ugly layout. Maybe it looks better in some RSS readers. Doubtful.]
The post “This, that, everything in between.” was first posted on Rupert Elder’s Blog.
read more 30.08 2014I got inspired by Raising for Effective Giving to think about charitable donations. I don’t give a lot to charity – I have a couple of direct debits set up and was more or less content with that. Via their site I stumbled upon a TED talk about effective altruism. Like a lot of people, I’d say I don’t give much thought to charity, problems elsewhere in the world, and diseases/illnesses that are common (or uncommon) but I or someone I know don’t have.
The post “Effective Giving” was first posted on Rupert Elder’s Blog.
read more 13.02 2014Appallingly this is the longest time I’ve been without a post since the inception of my blog in 2005. Like a late school boy with no completed homework, I have little to no excuse, and can only plead for your forgiveness – not that either of us owe it to each other. I should further admit that this post is almost out of obligation as I was invited to attend the UK Poker Awards after a nomination for best blogger. Gone are the days when Bluescouse/The Poker Bastard would be able to walk that one in…
The post “The Gift and the Curse – Nominated for Best Blogger and a Rare Posting” was first posted on Rupert Elder’s Blog.
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