March 25 at The Crocodile in downtown Seattle.
A fundraiser for the King and Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee.
The Bee:
Host and Pronouncer Extraordinaire Luke Burbank!
Judges Johnathan Kyu from Seattle Spelling Bee and Sean DeTore from TBTL and The Mix Tape.
Celebrity spellers:
Cheezburger’s Ben Huh
The Stranger’s Lindy West
Comedian Solomon Georgio
Comedian Kevin Hyder
Movin’ 92’s Monti
Competing along [...]
We have some exciting news over here at Altrooist HQ! We are very proudly sponsoring the King and Snohomish Spelling Bee. An odd choice for a start-up with a misspelled name? Perhaps.
This post on The Stranger’s Slog tugged at our heartstrings: Tug Tug
No spelling bee in Seattle? We couldn’t let that happen! After making a [...]
We knew we liked it here.
(via Swissmiss)
New Scientist magazine explores ten mysteries of things humans do or have that don’t seem to make evolutionary sense. Things like pubic hair. And being nice. You can guess which one caught our attention here at Altrooist! But since we’re about being nice we’re gonna talk about that one.
Altruism is when someone does something to [...]
When I saw these post-it notes, I found myself nodding and saying yes and wondering which one I should print out. Where do I most need the encouragement?
Is it this?
Or maybe this?
I couldn’t help but email compulsive doodler and optimist, CP.Writer, and ask if he’d be so kind to answer my (modified) “tagged: kindness” questions. [...]
We posted a challenge on Twitter — do 4 good deeds over the 4th of July weekend.
It’s a great holiday for good deeds. Think of all the people you’ll see — at fireworks, at the beach, in your backyard with their feet in the kiddie pool.
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity [...]
That’s the first ever Altrooist t-shirt.
It’s almost been a year since we solidified the name during a phone call. Almost a year since we spent $20 on the domain. We’re close to a soft launch (!) and there are many many things I am proud of — that t-shirt is one of them.
I’ve never worked [...]
Blogger. Volunteer. Style superstar. All around good egg. Everyone, this is Kate. Kate, this is Everyone.
We’re thrilled to have her join the tiny Altrooist team. Kate will wear many hats – not beanies, sombreros and fedoras, but blogging, tweeting, making friends, PR, marketing and whatever else comes her way. She’s crazy talented like that. She [...]
