Question: The annual State Employee Charitable Campaign begins with a picnic hosted by President Gretchen M. Bataille on Oct. 1 . The picnic will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Library Mall , and will feature music and a $ 5 box lunch , with $ 2 of the price donated to the campaign . The campaign gives employees an opportunity to make tax - deductible donations to charitable programs . There are more than 400 programs to choose from , such as Community Shares of Texas , Black United Fund of Texas Charities , Christian Community Charities and Neighbor to Nation .
Answer: Answer: No I have never met her before .

Question: Today was my mother 's birthday . She 's a big fan of horse racing , so we went to Yonkers Raceway for the Sire Stakes . A good time was had by all . I am not big into horse racing , but it can be fun when you do $ 2 bets based on the funniest horse names . Twenty dollars can keep you entertained for the whole evening , so it 's not so bad . I made a few bets , then decided to flip through the racing form to look at all the horses for the rest of the day .
Answer: Answer: They do n't like to gamble .

Question: When I got up Thursday morning , the door to my bathroom was locked and my suitemate was n't home to unlock it . I slipped a note under the door asking her to unlock it and took my toothbrush to work . When I reached work , I pulled up the hurricane tracker and was shocked to find that Ike was headed straight for Houston and mandatory evacuations were in place for part of the county .
Answer: Answer: There is a national emergency coming .

Question: For anyone interested , I felt like getting out of the apartment last night and went to see Ghost Town . Julia 's part was within the first five minutes or so and was totally a " blink and miss her " type thing , especially if you did n't know to look for her . She was the second person to walk through Greg Kinnear once he died . The running thing was that if you walked through one of the ghosts , you sneezed .
Answer:
Answer: Because I thought I would enjoy it .