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from Peanuts-A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus tells us "what Christmas is all about".Merry Christmas!

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Reprinted from NAHNN blog, here, as well as Green Mountain Daily blog, here. Sunday, July 14, 2002 Burlington Free Press [Burlington, Vermont] Editorial/Opinion section "It's My Turn"/Op-Ed segment Homelessness is having no place to hang your hat By Morgan W. Brown If "home is where one hangs one's hat," where does a person who is living homeless hang their hat? When a person hangs their hat

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This Thanksgiving I find myself very thankful for: friends; family; being permanently housed; surviving too many moments, hours, days, weeks, months and, even worse, years living houseless (aka homeless); as well as, surviving hopelessness experienced during such times; better health; and, turning 54 years-old recently (which have been gravy or bonus years, especially given once grave doubts of

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Within a dream er, maybe a nightmare actually, I experienced last night about nothing specific really, the following occurred while riding by Montpelier city hall on a crowded bus (reminder, this was only a dream of course): The Montpelier (Vermont) city hall clock tower was adorned on all sides and also on top with lighted Sarah Palin for President signs. It was sort of a twilight zone moment

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Read his Craigslist post, here. Read the Boston Globe news article profiling him, his story as well as circumstances and needs, here (Monday, October 26, 2009).

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Since I had given myself about a month to go back to take the tent down at my former camp site in the woods upon my last return there the day prior to moving into my apartment and was also waiting for both when I felt good enough to do so as well as cooler temperatures and for a period when there had been no rain for a while, it looks like it is time for me to do so come tomorrow, particularly

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Video Tour of My New Efficiency Apartmentsilent film style (i.e., no sound) video tourof my new efficiency apartment in MontpelierSince several have asked, although -- besides my belongings, clothes as well as new fan I bought -- I have been recently gifted a bed and small night stand, two living room chairs and a cable ready TV, I am in need of most everything one can imagine is needed for

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After twelve (12) very lengthy years between now and the last time I had been permanently housed, I finally managed to ink my name upon a lease and obtained the keys to a small, affordable efficiency apartment late this morning. Will begin moving into the apartment with a bed and some other stuff on Saturday so I can sleep my first night in my new home tomorrow evening.Put another way and, quite

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*Updated*Back in either late June or early July I made an inquiry concerning potential housing opportunities that might be available without a long wait. However something had come up to provide a road block of sorts to that effort. A few weeks later the same person I asked followed up with a way to move ahead and, if all works out as hoped and nothing manages to derail the possibility, it

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[cross-posted from Vermont Watch blog, here]Question posed via online video to US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) regarding housing and homelessness.By the way, if you have not already done so yet, read Sue Allen's recent Talking Points column profiling me, here (via Times Argus; Monday, August 3, 2009).Check out Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Sen. Bernie Sanders will soon begin a weekly series of

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Lonely, Forgotten Woods(Middle Ground)no longer having the optionfound at the fork in the roadabout whether to go left or right,which life often offers its travelersand, with little hope of ending upsomeplace to settle down undereither different or better circumstances,exhausted from endless searching,I took to those very woodsfound in between paths converged,having to camp out once again,not by

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Although I usually do not have cravings to obtain material belongings, especially as some sort of status symbol or fad or whatever, what has quietly been high among my wish list of late of an item potentially worth having, particularly since I could then more easily create video diaries (e.g., when I am camping out and want to share some experiences or thoughts about such with others) and also do

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*Updated* (with the usual edits and corrections)Moved out of my temporary Winter quarters last Thursday and, after a failed attempt to find a safe place in the woods to camp within closer walking distance to downtown Montpelier than what I had for tenting out last year, finally managed to make camp in the woods much farther out than desirable and set up my tent just prior to dark setting in.Due

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*Updated*Have been engaged in redesign mode of the 'look' of my personal blog. Same for my personal Twitter account as well, here.For those who either have not visited my blog recently or ever, for the sake of being able to compare to the current redesigned version, here is a partial screenshot of a cache of the previous version found today via Google:Feedback?Image by Norsehorse via Flickr*

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If you either already have a personalized iGoogle page or may be inclined to set one up, below is a screenshot of the Twin City Motel (Berlin, VT) iGoogle Theme I recently created:If you interested in doing so, get the above theme for your personalized iGoogle page, here.Other iGoogle themes I created are the Camels Hump, Vermont theme as well as the Golden Dome, Vermont theme (screenshots below)

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*Updated 2x*Last night having been exhausted from pulling an all-nighter Monday evening and, also recently not getting either enough or good quality rest or sleep, I was finding myself falling asleep and so after a late supper finally went to bed.However severe leg muscle cramps managed to disturb my sleep, this time just in the left leg and, as usual, the calve. Yet I went back to sleep,

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*Updated*Streaming alternative rock tunes via Shoutcast Radio while online at Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier.Came into town this morning to do a few errands as well as eat lunch at the soup kitchen of the day after attending an early morning meeting at the main offices of Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) concerning the forthcoming new edition of Washington County Survivors'

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Poll question (created by yours truly):President Barack Obama's first 100 Days milestone is Wednesday, April 29, 2009: In your opinion, how has he done thus far?Vote (via PollDaddy):Additional information, here (via official White House Website), here (via CNN), here (via Fox News) here (via CBS News), here (via ABC News), here (via MSNBC), here (via Time), here (via New York Times) here (via

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Last month I was invited by Mary Moulton of Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) to provide feedback concerning The Survivor's Guide to Washington County they and the Turning Point Center of Central Vermont provide as an informational resource to members of the community whom find themselves in need, which -- as I understand it -- is a project sponsored by Green Mountain United Way (

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“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” -- David Brinkley (American television Journalist, 1920-2003)[via ThinkExist, here]

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*Updated 2x* (with the usual edits; + additional related news item; + important update)If you happen to be anything like me, at least when it comes to computer tech stuff, then you've probably been very concerned about whether your computer is either vulnerable or already infected with a version of the Conficker worm and most of the information provided thus far is so technical it is over one's

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*Updated* (with the usual edits)Decided to try the Disqus commenting tool on my blog and, besides plenty of great features of its own -- including some recent new ones and also an even better mixed comment tool for the sidebar, it is easy enough to install and only employs doing so with a template installation procedure and not a troublesome widget. There does not seem to be an option to have the

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Finally found out what has been causing people using the Internet Explorer browser to not be able to access my blog and, as a result, had to remove the Intense Debate comment tool widget application and along with the comments posted using it. My apologies, however it was unavoidable, particularly since my attempts to reinstall using the template installation option beforehand were not successful

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*Updated*Read commentary I wrote during the wee hours of an all-night I pulled Saturday evening (March 28th), which relates to some of my recent advocacy efforts concerning mental health, homelessness and housing pertaining to Vermont and cross-posted on four different blogs, here (via Green Mountain Daily) as well as, here (via Beyond VSH blog), here (via Vermont Watch blog) and, here (via

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