Guys - go check out the amazing variety of goodies on auction right now at artscaresyou. There's SF and horror stuff and original art and it's all for a jolly good cause.

ETA again: GUYS, QUIT IT. outsdr already donated the $25. I'll write fic for the two other donations as well, but that's all.

ETA: Instantly snagged by outsdr! :-)

Amnesty wants $25 from me to help Iraqi refugees. Donate all or part of that, email me the receipt (korman@spamcop.net), and I'll write fanfic to your specifications (including porn, but no rape ( Read more... )

The "next Kyoto agreement" will be finalised by December 2009. Send a message to Kevin Rudd urging him to protect Australia's native forests. This will combat global warming in two ways: deforestation contributes a fifth of greenhouse emissions; and forests soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. You can also make a donation to help the Wilderness Society ( Read more... )

I have flaked out so much today. Couldn't get to work, can't seem to accomplish anything. I think it's just accumulated sleep debt, but man.

Ergo:

Test your vocabulary for charity

Space Battleship Yamato

Man Legally Changes Name To 'They'

Dry spell almost killed off human race

outsdr recalls the mystery of the flexi disc.

Roger Dean's Retreat Pods

Normally I eschew the humble VGift, but this month LJ is donating the proceeds from their Emerging Sun VGift to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. So, y'know, give 'em to each other and stuff.

Go to housesforthehomeless.com.au, prove you're a human, and they'll donate a dollar on your behalf. (Would my overseas readers test this pls?) It works from outside Australia, too! (Thanks guys!) ETA: Blimey, they raised the whole $100,000 in just three days! You can still make a donation, though, at the Mission Australia Web site ( Read more... )

My brother irritant01 and team are walking again this year - help sponsor them and give cancer a kick in the unmentionables!

From the Sydney Morning Herald: Raining cats and dogs as crisis hits

If you're in New South Wales, there's never been a better time to adopt a cat or dog. High rents are forcing owners to surrender - or abandon - their pets, and there's an especially bad "kitten season" right now. The Cat Protection Society (in Enmore) has been deluged, the RSPCA ( Read more... )

Oh gods, here we go again... the rule: if you hear the name of a country and you couldn't find it on a map, post three facts about it. (You can blame this one on Oxfam News.)

1. Malawi lies east of Zambia, north of Mozambique, and south of Tanzania, in the southeast of Africa. It became an independent Commonwealth country in 1964.

2. According to ( Read more... )

Kids do the Human Nature trailer. In their backyard, etc. Sheer, sheer brilliance. I was involved in something like this once. No you can't has. [ETA: sadly no longer available on YouTube.]

You've probably all seen Eddie Izzard being Star Trek, but I hadn't.

The Red and the Blue. The Red is, of course, one of my role models.

Check out Fairwear ( Read more... )