A very cool bloke -
unimag - whose LJ, with its thoughtfully acerbic vitriol, has amused me regularly is having a shit time of it.
In short, his mom passed away recently, and the funeral expenses have been financially crippling. Related to this, he's having some rather unpleasant family hassle.
He seems fairly antsy about asking for help, but if you have a few quid to rub together, spare a thought and
get your paypal out. Losing your mom to cancer is plenty to happen to a person, without any other nastiness.
If you'd like something for your buck and like your humour dark and brutal, you could do worse than add his LJ, he's a good read.