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I'm really pleased that Livejournal has chosen the Depression and Bipolar Alliance as their charity of choice this month.

I had no idea that May was "Mental Health Awareness Month" month, but as someone who suffers from a fairly severe mood disorder, especially lately (I had a major meltdown yesterday morning and yes I'm going back to see my ( Read more... )

Light to Unite For World AIDS Day.

It takes two seconds, it's free, and for every candle lit, Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate $1 (up to $100,000) to the National AIDS fund.

I just sent two new books (one of which is Where the Red Fern Grows, a favorite childhood read of mine) over to the Saucier Children's Library in Saucier, Mississippi.

This is part of the Dewey Donation System, a fantastic charity run by the wonderful, funny and inspiringly-great folks over at TWOP. Basically what they're trying to do is restock ( Read more... )

Stories like THIS make me wonder what it is about the human race that is so completely, utterly screwed up.

I can totally understand searching for food. During a nightmare like this you do what's necessary to keep yourself and your family alive. But if you're running around shooting at rescue helicopters and FEMA workers, stealing kid's piggy ( Read more... )