As you may know, LiveJournal has a campaign to raise money for Planned Parenthood by offering IMHO fugly icon "virtual gifts" in denominations of $1, $5 and $10, 100% of which goes to PP. I personally do not support Planned Parenthood and *in general* don't usually give money to organizations. I prefer to give time or goods because I feel those are ( Read more... )

Really interesting blog post on how insurance works when you have it and when you don't. This just basically talks numbers, how much you pay and where it's going:

http://manormaniac.blogspot.com/2009/03/health-insurance-scam.html