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January 5, 2009

Charitable Advice

Dear Loyal Readers,
I recently decided to cash out my credit card points from my American Express card to move. In my program each point is worth 1/2 a cent. As you could imagine most of the items in their store are "overpriced" at that ratio, but through their "Giving Express" program, AmEx allows for donating points at a rate of 1 cent per point to any charity in the GuideStar database.

I currently have 8,000 points left which translates into one $50 donation and three $10 donations.1 The question is, where should it go?

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Posted by Josh at January 5, 2009 12:12 PM ©   | Permalink | 3 Comments

October 10, 2006

Movie Night Suggestions

Ex-Roommate Yossi is planning a movie night for the shul. In one of this typically creative ideas he's arranging for showing at a local theater on Christmas Eve (no word on Chinese food). The only question is what movie to show? Here are the requirements:

  1. Appropriate for a shul event.1
  2. Able to draw people with diverse tastes across age demographics.
  3. Preferably being able to maximize the "big screenness" of the event

Right now the first choice is Princess Bride, but we need a few backups just in case we're not able to show it.2 Other suggestions included the original Star Wars for the camp factor along with The Muppet Movie or The Great Muppet Caper.3 The Breakfast Club was also suggested, but then Yossi pointed out that most of the people were born too late to appreciate it.4

There where we are right now, and the topic is hereby open for discussion. Any thoughts?


1. This is highly subjective, especially considering a diverse religious community which likely includes some people thinking that all movies are assur. I trust my Loyal Readers to have good judgement, or at least more sense than I did when as an NCSY'er I picked History of the World: Part I simply because I hadn't seen it and thought it would be funny. Good times.
2. There are currently technical limitations in terms of getting the reel. While there is a possibility of being able to project a DVD, but in the meantime we can't count on that.
3. Personally I'd love to have a community-wide sing-along of Happiness Hotel.
4. Sigh.

Posted by Josh at October 10, 2006 12:45 PM ©   | Permalink | 11 Comments

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