Now is the time in the marathon that the runners (dancers, hula hoopers, etc) start to feel the pain.

Image details: Marathon Dance served by picapp.com
They’ve been going long enough that they are tired – but there’s still a ways to go!
No worries, just turn up the iTunes and order more coffee! (okay, coffee is probably not good for or helpful to the real endurance participants – but as I’m fresh out of power bars and complex carbs – it’ll do just fine for me)
One thing that always peps up the marathoner is encouragement! So, here’s a …read more

Today is the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day of the year.
This year, for the first time since 1975 – the summer solstice is falling on June 20th. In recognition of this event, B5 Media bloggers across the network will be blogging once an hour, for 24 hours!
We here at One Vote Matters decided that we wanted to make things a little more interesting/focused – if we were going to be blogging all day long – we may as well have a theme!
And the theme we’ve chosen is: Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Senator …read more

The B5 Blog Off at One Vote Matters begins in less than 12 hours (I need to take a nap now!).
We’ll be highlighting the life and career (so far) of Senator Edward M. Kennedy!
Be sure to check out our posts – all day long – and, if you can, be sure to donate to one of the great charities being endorsed across B5 Media!
You can donate to:
Actors Fund – on the Entertainment Channel;
Accion – on the Business Channel
You can read the official b5media Press Release here.

This year, the summer solstice will occur on 20th June (Friday). This is the first time this has happened since 1975 (it’s usually June 21st).
In honor of this historic phenomenon, One Vote Matters, the Business Channel and b5media are staging (also on June 20th) a phenomenon of their very own — The Great Blog Off!
What’s a blog off? Great question – here are the details…
At OneVoteMatters.com – and all over b5media – writers will blog at least once per hour for each hour of the day beginning at 12:00am our local time (for us, that’s EST).
When Thursday and I …read more