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  1. To watch a 380 jumbo take off is to be reminded of the power of humankind to achieve great things.
  2. I love the UK and all, but....shrimp scampi flavored chips?!!? Really? Weren't these outlawed by the Geneva Convention?
  3. Have friends Down Under? @RoomtoRead_Oz is new Twitter feed for friends of Room to Read in Australia
  4. Financial Times kickoff event in London was packed and high energy - my report here: http://bit.ly/8On9NP
  5. Quintessentially-hosted London event to kick off FT campaign starts in 20 minutes. Expecting big + hopefully generous crowd.
  6. @sacca yes, i did. Room to Read is platform-agnostic. :) and we get support from Google and Twitter too!
  7. First result from FT campaign -- school endowed in Nepal by London banker. Yahoo!!
  8. Barclays Capital announces US$800K 'matching grant' to Fin Times readers. Huge opportunity for Room to Read!
  9. Financial Times Seasonal Appeal for Room to Read launches in the morning. I will be at the newsstand here in London quite early.
  10. Coffee shop in London listening to two Brits at next table asking how anyone can vote for a pol as inarticulate as Palin. Bloody disturbing
  11. Costa Coffee at Heathrow brightens day after BA baggage delay. Next up -- tube to Sloane Square with William Boyd's 'Ice Cream War'
  12. BA, get your act together. Why is it that we have to wait 45 minutes for bags at new Terminal 5? You are chewing up our precious Sunday
  13. I would pay $$ for a TSA security line that forbade people who don't know what they're doing, or who have all the time in the world.
  14. Quintessentially sponsoring online auction to benefit Room to Read. Includes signed J.K. Rowling book. http://bit.ly/8BTJLL
  15. Was very proud of Microsoft Alumni Foundation award - a team victory for everyone involved in Room to Read! We should all take a bow
  16. dmfhogg thanks for your note - this was a TEAM victory - all of us should celebrate it.
  17. In cold, wet, windy Seattle for Microsoft Alumni Foundation dinner. Missing the NY sunshine already, but happy to be at the dinner.
  18. It's official! Room to Read will be this year's Financial Times Charity of the Year. http://bit.ly/1IOxpN Wahoo!!!
  19. They've done it again! RTR's network of 42 fund-raising chapters just surpassed their annual goal of $6 million. Bravo!!
  20. Wall Street 2 is filming in the streets of the West Village and its chaos. Does this film really need to be remade?