It's not too late to observe Worlds AIDS Day. Please join me in lighting a virtual candle for AIDS research. For each candle lit at this site, Brystol-Myers Squibb will donate $1 to AIDS research.

On a lighter note, H and I have been surfing Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things. It's a fun site, with links to things like ( Read more... )

Once again, liz_marcs has written an eloquent, moving post on topics that raise my blood pressure and make me sputter in indignant rage: media coverage of 9/11 (specifically ABC/Disney's The Path to 9-11); the differences between documentaries, so-called docu-drama, and propaganda; and the importance of Getting It, and getting it RIGHT ( Read more... )

This is a fairly depressing week in the news, isn't it? But I'm an optimist at heart, and I'll try to focus on the good instead of the bad, since it's all too easy to get sucked into a maelstrom of negativity. I find myself getting defensive (I didn't vote for President Bush! I'm appalled at what the current administration is doing!) -- but it's ( Read more... )

Words are inadequate to express my feelings about the bombing tragedy in London. As far as I can tell, all of the Englanders that I know are safe and sound, which is a relief to me. If I didn't already know that the virtual community we call LJ has real value, seeing the response of the last 24 hours or so has really brought it home to me ( Read more... )