Comments for TEDxSanAntonio http://www.tedxsanantonio.com Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Gallery by A Plethora of Pictures | TEDxSanAntonio http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/gallery/#comment-833 A Plethora of Pictures | TEDxSanAntonio Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:45:37 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?page_id=807#comment-833 [...] Gallery [...] [...] Gallery [...]

]]> Comment on Holly Hirshberg by Amelia Boone http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/speakers/2010-speaker-lineup/holly-hirshberg/#comment-788 Amelia Boone Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:37:14 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?page_id=477#comment-788 What in inspiring story, and what a wonderful thing Holly has been doing. I had a very good job, got hurt at work and am no longer working. I went from $63,000 a month to $61 a day, overnight!! It was awful. With two disabled family members in my home that depended on my income to survive, my husband and my 24-year old son, it was truly devastating. I have recently been awarded my disability retirement, but my income was slashed 1/3 from where we were. Well, with a large mortgage, money is still very very tight, so, I was at K-mart one day, and thought, why not throw a couple of seeds in the yard and grow my own vegetables. Easy, throw them in the ground, put water on them, not a lot of work to water. I can sit if I get tired as I have bad knees and a bad back. It is going back to what I knew, what I grew up with. My mother and father had nine children and you know their money was tight. My father grew his vegetables and it was wonderful. The cost of vegetables is so high, it's the only way to have nice vegetables any more is to grow your own. Now that things are so bad, I am even considering having my roses pulled out so I can have more food, and I love my roses, but I would rather feed my family. What in inspiring story, and what a wonderful thing Holly has been doing. I had a very good job, got hurt at work and am no longer working. I went from $63,000 a month to $61 a day, overnight!! It was awful. With two disabled family members in my home that depended on my income to survive, my husband and my 24-year old son, it was truly devastating. I have recently been awarded my disability retirement, but my income was slashed 1/3 from where we were. Well, with a large mortgage, money is still very very tight, so, I was at K-mart one day, and thought, why not throw a couple of seeds in the yard and grow my own vegetables. Easy, throw them in the ground, put water on them, not a lot of work to water. I can sit if I get tired as I have bad knees and a bad back. It is going back to what I knew, what I grew up with. My mother and father had nine children and you know their money was tight. My father grew his vegetables and it was wonderful. The cost of vegetables is so high, it’s the only way to have nice vegetables any more is to grow your own. Now that things are so bad, I am even considering having my roses pulled out so I can have more food, and I love my roses, but I would rather feed my family.

]]> Comment on Alicia Arenas by Susan Price http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/speakers/2010-speaker-lineup/alicia-arenas/#comment-735 Susan Price Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:50:15 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?page_id=382#comment-735 I assumed I knew Alicia because I was familiar with her impressive business persona. I had no idea she had such profound personal experiences and insights, and I'm so glad that she was courageous enough to share them. I had never heard the term "glass children" but I know several, and so do you. They deserve a strong, articulate advocate like Alicia, and our understanding, recognition and support. In addition to furthering her own cause, Alicia opened me up to the realization that EVERYONE I meet has incredible experiences and stories and ideas I can learn from. I assumed I knew Alicia because I was familiar with her impressive business persona. I had no idea she had such profound personal experiences and insights, and I’m so glad that she was courageous enough to share them. I had never heard the term “glass children” but I know several, and so do you. They deserve a strong, articulate advocate like Alicia, and our understanding, recognition and support.

In addition to furthering her own cause, Alicia opened me up to the realization that EVERYONE I meet has incredible experiences and stories and ideas I can learn from.

]]> Comment on Talk Videos by Tweets that mention Talk Videos | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/speakers/talk-videos/#comment-493 Tweets that mention Talk Videos | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:46:18 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?page_id=833#comment-493 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dinner Garden, Yolanda Vanveen. Yolanda Vanveen said: 125 New community gardens just this year and other ways you can help sustainability.....Thanks Julie for the link!... http://fb.me/Pk0XI8fm [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dinner Garden, Yolanda Vanveen. Yolanda Vanveen said: 125 New community gardens just this year and other ways you can help sustainability…..Thanks Julie for the link!… http://fb.me/Pk0XI8fm [...]

]]> Comment on TEDxSanAntonio Live Webcast by Tweets that mention TEDxSanAntonio Live Webcast | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/webcast/#comment-384 Tweets that mention TEDxSanAntonio Live Webcast | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:33:43 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?p=718#comment-384 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Alicia Arenas, Derrich Rodriguez, techintwenty, Clothesline Cleaners, Luis Sandoval and others. Luis Sandoval said: RT @AliciaSanera: RT @TEDxSanAntonio: Livestream for tomorrow is: http://tedxsanantonio.com/webcast [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Alicia Arenas, Derrich Rodriguez, techintwenty, Clothesline Cleaners, Luis Sandoval and others. Luis Sandoval said: RT @AliciaSanera: RT @TEDxSanAntonio: Livestream for tomorrow is: http://tedxsanantonio.com/webcast [...]

]]> Comment on Shannon Sedgwick Davis by jan boyd http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/speakers/2010-speaker-lineup/shannon-sedgwick-davis/#comment-380 jan boyd Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:01:10 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?page_id=496#comment-380 Shannon, Very much looking forward to your presentation! jan boyd Shannon,
Very much looking forward to your presentation!

jan boyd

]]> Comment on Are you ready for TEDxSanAntonio? Our speakers ask: “What If…?” by Tweets that mention Are you ready for TEDxSanAntonio? Our speakers ask: “What If…?” | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/tedxsanantonio-speakers-ask-what-if/#comment-361 Tweets that mention Are you ready for TEDxSanAntonio? Our speakers ask: “What If…?” | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:32:29 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?p=739#comment-361 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by DoingMedia LLC and Michele Koch, TEDx San Antonio. TEDx San Antonio said: TEDxSanAntonio Speakers Ask, “What If…?”: http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/tedxsanantonio-speakers-ask-what-if/ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by DoingMedia LLC and Michele Koch, TEDx San Antonio. TEDx San Antonio said: TEDxSanAntonio Speakers Ask, “What If…?”: http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/tedxsanantonio-speakers-ask-what-if/ [...]

]]> Comment on NEW Attendee Application Deadline by Tweets that mention NEW Attendee Application Deadline | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/new-attendee-application-deadline/#comment-358 Tweets that mention NEW Attendee Application Deadline | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:49:28 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?p=616#comment-358 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by publicbeat and TEDx San Antonio, Thadd Cordel Evans. Thadd Cordel Evans said: RT @tedxsanantonio NEW Attendee Application Deadline http://bit.ly/9GycOt [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by publicbeat and TEDx San Antonio, Thadd Cordel Evans. Thadd Cordel Evans said: RT @tedxsanantonio NEW Attendee Application Deadline http://bit.ly/9GycOt [...]

]]> Comment on Now We’re REALLY Excited by Tweets that mention Now We’re REALLY Excited | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/now-were-really-excited/#comment-357 Tweets that mention Now We’re REALLY Excited | TEDxSanAntonio -- Topsy.com Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:39:31 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?p=672#comment-357 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Donna J. Tuttle, Alicia Arenas, DoingMedia LLC, Pattie Porter, Jeanette M Honermann and others. Jeanette M Honermann said: RT @writeontime: Now We're REALLY Excited http://t.co/27uvqju @TEDxSanAntonio [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Donna J. Tuttle, Alicia Arenas, DoingMedia LLC, Pattie Porter, Jeanette M Honermann and others. Jeanette M Honermann said: RT @writeontime: Now We're REALLY Excited http://t.co/27uvqju @TEDxSanAntonio [...]

]]> Comment on Now We’re REALLY Excited by Beth Myers http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/now-were-really-excited/#comment-355 Beth Myers Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:59:30 +0000 http://www.tedxsanantonio.com/?p=672#comment-355 That sounds fantastic. I am so bummed because I want to be there but will not be in town. All I can do is just keep reading about it. I would say good luck, but you clearly do not need it - congrats! That sounds fantastic. I am so bummed because I want to be there but will not be in town. All I can do is just keep reading about it. I would say good luck, but you clearly do not need it – congrats!

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