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Now I'm scared.

Clinton is "on track" to raise $10 million in 24 hours.

According to the CNN, Clinton's campaign reported that "over 60,000 donors — 50,000 of them new — have given money to Clinton from Tuesday night through noon Wednesday."

Jon Stewart breaks down Hillary's Pennsylvania win and rationale for continuing her campaign.

"So what it comes down to is, you [Hillary] would win the nomination if Democrats were Republicans."

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My inbox was flooded by your thoughts, prayers and concerns for Kenna and Beard after I posted this picture of them passing out clothing sale handbills at Westlake Center last November:

Update: I kicked it with Kenna and Beard last night in Ballard and am happy to report that they've lifted themselves from the bellows of thrift retail and are now working on the Eastside in some kind of semi-legit vacation-pyramid scam. Congrats, Shelter girls!

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In honor of Earth Day and courtesy of the WWU Alumni, I'd like to share with you some great ways that WWU has contributed to sustainable living. Be inspired.

  • Western was the first university in the nation to use 100% green power for its electricity source, thanks to a student driven initiative.
  • Built in 2003, the student initiated Wade King Student Recreation Center was the first university recreation center with a pool to be LEED certified (LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings).
  • Founded in 1970, The Huxley College of the Environment was one of the first environmental programs in the nation.
  • Western's Vehicle Research Institute continues to be a world leader in innovative alternatively fueled vehicle design with its latest methane-powered engine
  • Founded in 1971, Western's Recycle Center was one of the first university recycling programs in the nation and is still among the most unique for the fact that it is still student run.
  • Thanks to a student-run initiative last year, all students now receive Whatcom Transportation Authority bus passes when taking a minimum of six credits.

Happy Earth Day!

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Well, Facebook still continues to freak me out.

I've been more active on Facebook recently since I've gotten over the stalker-ish "News Feed" feature and become entertained by "Status Updates." (Note: Paolo is "above status updates" and "wishing profile updates could be in different verb tenses.")

Compared to MySpace's crappy user interface and constant crashes, it's much easier to, you know, be social on Facebook. And that's a good thing.

But now it's too social.

Facebook just launched an IM service very, very similar to Google's Gmail Chat -- telling you who's online in real time and allowing you to strike up conversations easily. This should be beneficial, but I'm already too distracted by Gmail Chat (mostly due to Anna or Scott) to deal with this.

I already have Live Messenger at work, so now I'm to keep up with Gmail chat and Facebook IM, too? I feel stretched thin. Multitasking is multi-chatting.

Much, much, much worse is that Facebook has done a number on SEO (Search engine optimization for all you non-PRWeb alums) and now Googling your name (or at least my name) will bring up a "public" (or limited) Facebook profile, similar to LinkedIn. This is terrible because now I actually have to care about my profile picture as it now appears a click away from a Google search.

Remember the good ol' days when no one had access to Facebook except fellow college students and you could put up a profile picture of you hitting the beer bong?

Those days are over.

Forget government wiretapping. I want my Facebook privacy back.

Concerned about your Facebook profile in the professional eye? Check out "Four Facebook Faux Pas to Avoid," courtesy of CIO.