Leave Your Fair Share

A new Panera opened outside of St. Louis, MO last week that's a little bit different from all the others.  It's a non-profit!  The shop's motto is "Take what you need, leave your fair share," and donations cover  food costs.  If this location is successful, Panera hopes to open similar non-profit restaurants in every region of the country that houses its for-profit restaurants. 

Check out the "Suggested Funding Levels" on the menu.

I'd like to think I'd pay my fair share, and hopefully the Missourans will too.   I'd love to see some of these in Texas!

Yum...

This is really gross, but certainly effective (for me at least).  I gave up caffeine several months ago, and I think I'll bookmark this video for any time I get a craving in the future.  I wonder if it will make a dent in soda sales in NYC.

Women in the World

My friend and former policy classmate's status message: 

Watching a documentary about women in the world who are forced to get married to strangers, raped by in-laws, or kidnapped for forced marriage.  It reminds me that I am obliged to pay back what I could take advantage of by becoming an intellectual and powerful woman to dedicate myself to social policy and practice.

I love this.  We all need to remember the power we were given simply by being born under our own personal circumstances.

Success

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.  This is to have succeeded.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most Targeted Books

This just bothers me.  To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the most memorable and educational books I've ever read.  The Color Purple, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower are also great.  Can't say I've read the others.

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