So the jinx worked. Some sick, twisted part of me hoped that I’d have a hell of a Wednesday at work so I’d appreciate my vacation more. Instead, I got three days of Katrina-induced crap. I know they say relief efforts in the area will take months, but if they could kindly bump up the schedule and have it done by next Saturday when I return to work, I’ll be extremely grateful. <\/p>\n
(Interesting side note here, I was looking for a picture to post of the nearly completely flooded football stadium near New Orleans — I think I heard it was at Tulane — but instead, found out how fun a GIS for “katrina” is when you have the “safe search” turned off. Uh, yeah, it’s not safe for work.)<\/p>\n
Instead, I’ll go with the picture free introduction to College Football Resource’s<\/a> efforts to join in<\/a> on Thursday’s “Blog Aid”<\/a> effort. <\/p>\n I’m going to be completely selfish for a moment and say that I may or may not donate to the cause, so I really can’t get up here and preach that “everyone should give” (or even keep anyone in their prayers!), but the effort opened my eyes to a couple of things about donating. <\/p>\n Everyone assumes that the American Red Cross is the<\/em> organization to give to. While they might have the most power behind their work, I’ve heard some shady stories that they use a good portion of donation money to cover “administrative expenses”. If I’m in an apartment half-filled with sewer water, I could give two shits if Milton has a new stapler. Also, there are ALOT of smaller charities going to work on specific regions. I guess it makes more sense to me to find a group with a focus and send money that way, rather than a bigger than big group that’s buying post-it notes with my money. <\/p>\n So anyway, give if you wish, I may, or I may not, my selfish ass has a weekend in Wisconsin to pay for, but if you want more ideas where to send your check, here’s a good start<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So the jinx worked. Some sick, twisted part of me hoped that I’d have a hell of a Wednesday at work so I’d appreciate my vacation more. Instead, I got three days of Katrina-induced crap. I know they say relief efforts in the area will take months, but if they could kindly bump up the … Continue reading I’M FREE!<\/span>