Disney NextGen Services

The first of Disney’s NextGen services, as they will call them, will allow you to reserve ride times for  the most popular attractions, secure seating for shows, make restaurant reservations and pre-book other experiences before you even leave your house. http://goo.gl/CFC7n

2011 Disney Marathon Runners Donate More Than 7 Tons of Clothes

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Participants in the 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend have helped thousands of local public school youth across Central Florida. Almost 25,000 warm clothing items collected by Disney, will be distributed to those in need through Orange County and Osceola County Public Schools and other Central Florida non–profit organizations.

Typically runners, including myself, bundle up in layers prior to the marathon and half marathon to brace against the cold morning air. As we run and warm up, we shed the items along the 26.2-mile and 13.1 mile courses. Approximately 14,696 pounds of clothing was deposited for donation during the two weekend runs. All the items were laundered by Disney textile services before giving them to Central Florida charities.

It’s nice to know that somewhere in Florida, my Downers Grove South sweatshirt is helping to keep a public school student warm this winter.

Happy Birthday Bob Marley

Marley would have been 66 today and this video celebrates his birthday via the Playing for Change foundation and Marley’s estate. If your not familiar with Playing for Change, it was founded by Mark Johnson, dedicated to creating positive change through music and arts education. They released an album called Songs Around the World, back in 2009, which included an awesome version of Stand By Me. Be kind, give them both a listen, and make a contribution to the foundation if you can.

 

 

 

It’s also my wife’s birthday so Happy Birthday Lorie

Snowy Snowy Night

We received quite a bit of snow tonight here in the Chicagoland area and apparently it is not done yet. It does not seem too bad as far as the number of inches of actual snow but the winds are really whipping and causing some pretty awesome drifts. We tried to get the dogs to go out but they kind of looked at me like I was crazy so I had to shovel out a bit by the front door before they finally would step outside and I gave them the added incentive of stepping out with no leash. As you can see in video below (sorry it is so dark) Apollo decides to try to make a break for it and gets almost to the driveway before he runs out of steam. He comes back, does his business and retreats to the warmth of the house.

Apollo tries to plow his way to freedom.

It is supposed to snow through the night so I can’t wait to see what it looks like tomorrow.