Disaster Relief

Here is a pretty comprehensive list I found of ways to help Japan:

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: How to Help
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: March 11, 2011
Organizations providing aid and assistance to victims of Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Pacific.

We're All Fu*@ed

I'm definitely beginning to think that nuclear power is not the best idea.

WORLD
Second Explosion at Reactor as Technicians Try to Contain Damage
By HIROKO TABUCHI and MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: March 14, 2011
The second explosion on Monday underscored the difficulties Japanese authorities are having in bringing several stricken reactors under control.

These Commercials Are Making ME Sick

Enough already with the extremely graphic television commercials detailing people's brushes with death! It was bad enough that I've had to sit through all those depressing commercials for battling depression and other horrible things (the one where the people have to be wound up like toys in order to function is a particularly annoying one). But now, have you seen this latest crop of ads? The most disturbing (definitely not for the squeamish like yours truly) is the one with the close up of a woman in a vegetative state from a smoking induced stroke where she just breathes for like a minute. I am also tired of hearing that other woman tell me "These are my lungs.." I really couldn't care less about you or your lungs, keep it to yourself. I am taking notes and I will make sure to NOT GO to the hospitals that force me to have to watch these horrible ads. No matter how much I try - fast-forwarding the DVR, rushing to change the channel - they are aired so incredibly often I cannot seem to avoid them.

Look, I know some of these ads - like the woman in the coma - are supposed to be important public service announcements. I get it. But if you don't know by now that smoking will kill you, I doubt this ad is going to make much of a difference. But I do know one thing for sure - the stress it is causing me is shortening MY life!

Sorry, had to vent!