http://www.michael-li.com Progressively Designing My Life Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:42:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shop early this year for the holiday season at TastefullyDriven.com and save big.  Through November 21, 2008 we're running a huge promotion with 25% off with no minimum purchase, just use coupon code "EARLY08". Plus there's free shipping on orders over $150 and $5 flat rate available.  Some Restrictions Apply.    ... http://www.michael-li.com/25-off-free-shipping-more-at-tastefullydrivencom/2008/11/18/ Commerce with a Conscience is a program that we run with Tastefully Driven where we donate 5% of pretax profits to charity.   I'm happy to say Commerce with a Conscience has been a success and we made our first donation to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. Not only ... http://www.michael-li.com/commerce-with-a-conscience-2008/2008/11/17/ October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and fittingly my charity for October 2008 will be the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity for the fight against breast cancer.  The Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization was started by Nancy G. Brinker as a promise to her sister ... http://www.michael-li.com/my-monthly-charity-october-2008/2008/10/27/ I was away last weekend and I have to say it was refreshing and intense.  Many of the trips that I take are usually go, go, go and this one was no different.  In three days starting at 5:35 am on Friday I was off to Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Chicago ... http://www.michael-li.com/my-trip-to-cleveland-fort-wayne-and-chicago/2008/10/26/ Most of my life, politics hasn't been a priority for me but as the economy craps the bed and America looks to be losing it's competitive edge, I'm looking for change.  America needs change and taxes will be an important part of my presidential vote.  The October '08 issue of ... http://www.michael-li.com/the-2008-election-and-taxes/2008/10/11/ The financial crisis that we're currently facing needs to be dealt with.  It's only going to get worst the longer we wait to take the necessary actions to contain this problem. The thing I hate the most about what is currently going on is that everyone keeps calling it a "Bailout ... http://www.michael-li.com/its-not-a-bailout/2008/10/03/ For this month's charity I got something really cool.  Recently I've had the pleasure to be part of developing a website for a children's book by Eleanor Bartlett & Kathy Pautler, so this month I'll be writing about the authors of "Friday a Dog's Tale". BooksByEBKP.com is a the website for ... http://www.michael-li.com/my-monthly-charity-september-2008/2008/09/30/ The government has stepped in again after a chain of bailouts that included companies like AIG, Fannie May, Freddie Mac, and others that totaled about $180 billion.  This time a report has said that the federal government is going to create a government entity take on bad debt from banks ... http://www.michael-li.com/government-to-the-rescue-again/2008/09/19/ A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about Texas Hold'em Basics on the Tastefully Driven Blog.  I'm going to a write a series of the blog post for Tastefully Driven on Texas Hold'em Poker as I try to become a better player and learn more about the game.  Here's ... http://www.michael-li.com/anyone-for-some-texas-holdem/2008/09/15/ My Monthly Charity for August 2008 will be Prevent Child Abuse New York. Prevent Child Abuse New York is a state wide non-profit organization out to stop child abuse and neglect. "Prevent Child Abuse New York wants to prevent the pain of child abuse from ever happening. We believe that: All children have ... http://www.michael-li.com/my-monthly-charity-august-2008/2008/08/31/