the owl of mystery is back!

Yesterday morning, while peacefully in bed with my girlfriend, I heard a familiar sound. One that was so familiar, in fact, that it took me a few minutes to remember that I hadn't heard it in more than six months.

Our mysterious owl is back!

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donations for homeless youth

I just got back from making a donation to Youth On Fire, a program serving homeless youth in the Boston area.

Their current most urgent needs are for blankets, longjohns, games, and backpacks.
I know we have a lot of gamers in the community - please consider if you have any games that you're not using, or whether you could afford to contribute, perhaps, some Cheap-Ass Games bought new. Also consider whether you have used blankets lurking in your closet that you don't need.

Please consider helping them out. Homeless youth are way underserved in our community, and generally very undeserving. Winter is a particularly difficult time for them, since by law they cannot get housing in homeless shelters, and as you may have noticed, Boston winters are COLD! (Federal law says that minors should be in the care of their parents or guardians, which is why they can't stay in homeless shelters.)

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If you're interested in finding out more about the program and other ways you can help, check out their website at http://www.ccaa.org/programs/yof.htm

We now return you to your regularly schedule programming.