Help East Africa post

Originally posted by poetic_pixie_13 at Help East Africa post

The current drought in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 60 years. Between 11 and 13 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Tens of thousands of people walk for days headed to refugee camps only to die of thirst and hunger. Mothers have to choose which of their children will live, babies are born only to be left to die, women are at higher risk for sexual assault, and the instability of the famine only exacerbates existing political tensions and violence. To make matters worse there's no rain forecast until September, leaving millions of people hanging on for dear life.

I know that a lot of us might not have the financial ability to donate but please, please donate if you can, bbs. Every little bit helps. To my Canadian bbs, every dollar we donate will be matched by the government until September 16th.

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Feel free to link the shit out of this post. Any suggestions or updates are more than welcome, any other links or info about helping would be loved and added into the post. I know that a lot of us can't afford to give, but if you can please, please do.

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* Facepalm: http://www.aol.com/2011/08/10/cops-pa-woman-let-niece-6_n_923155.html

* It was cool enough that Hector and the black cats all ended up in bed with me. It's already feeling like September here, and I have to resist the urge to set out Halloween decorations.

* I keep thinking about the scene in the Wire D'Angelo takes his lady to a fancy restaurant. I wonder if my dad felt that way the first time he went to one. Was he as awkward and out of place? I remember how for months before we went to France, he drilled us over and over on french table manners and what to expect in formal dining situations, the ins and outs of service, dessert carts, and the like. Was he protecting us from embarrassment he himself had felt as a young man? It's something I never really thought about, but it seems to fit. It was important tat we be able to hold our heads up in any company.

* Where am I in B5? We just met Number 1.

* I do wish the Seattle PBS station that runs old Who were better at sequential episode showings. Last week was a pair of Hartnells. This week starts smack in the middle of a Trauten with no transition or explanation how they got there or who the people captured by the cybermen are or why that woman is holding a companion and some random Americans hostage. Sigh.

To my amusement, the Americans all sound like John Wayne, as if anyone besides John Wayne ever talked like that in real life.

* Speaking of bad accents, this compares some movie accents with real speakers of the southern dialects they were aiming for: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/08/these_suck_yall_11_terrible_soua.html

The 8th one is particularly interesting with it's sampler of wildly different NOLA accents.

* "The Best Time I Was a 200 Pound Beauty* Queen:" http://thehairpin.com/2011/08/the-best-time-i-was-a-200-pound-beauty-queen

* "Being called "bigots" offends bigots!:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/08/being-called-bigots-offends-bigots.html

* neo_prodigy discusses hip hop and "Why I'm Down With The LXD:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/985065.html

* Seanan_maguire found. This appalling thing happened to Wil Wheaton at comic con: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2011/07/if-you-cut-me-i-will-bleed.html

Don't be a dick, folks.

* Ninjakitten and I have sorted out accommodations, and I'm good for Orycon Thurs-Sun. We are going to have to switch rooms, which sucks, but not as much as trying to travel and enjoy a con on the same day.

* O.o: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/235080.html

* I reached the bit of Midnighter ( Spoiler: )

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* Facepalm: http://www.aol.com/2011/08/10/cops-pa-woman-let-niece-6_n_923155.html

* It was cool enough that Hector and the black cats all ended up in bed with me. It's already feeling like September here, and I have to resist the urge to set out Halloween decorations.

* I keep thinking about the scene in the Wire D'Angelo takes his lady to a fancy restaurant. I wonder if my dad felt that way the first time he went to one. Was he as awkward and out of place? I remember how for months before we went to France, he drilled us over and over on french table manners and what to expect in formal dining situations, the ins and outs of service, dessert carts, and the like. Was he protecting us from embarrassment he himself had felt as a young man? It's something I never really thought about, but it seems to fit. It was important tat we be able to hold our heads up in any company.

* Where am I in B5? We just met Number 1.

* I do wish the Seattle PBS station that runs old Who were better at sequential episode showings. Last week was a pair of Hartnells. This week starts smack in the middle of a Trauten with no transition or explanation how they got there or who the people captured by the cybermen are or why that woman is holding a companion and some random Americans hostage. Sigh.

To my amusement, the Americans all sound like John Wayne, as if anyone besides John Wayne ever talked like that in real life.

* Speaking of bad accents, this compares some movie accents with real speakers of the southern dialects they were aiming for: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/08/these_suck_yall_11_terrible_soua.html

The 8th one is particularly interesting with it's sampler of wildly different NOLA accents.

* "The Best Time I Was a 200 Pound Beauty* Queen:" http://thehairpin.com/2011/08/the-best-time-i-was-a-200-pound-beauty-queen

* "Being called "bigots" offends bigots!:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/08/being-called-bigots-offends-bigots.html

* neo_prodigy discusses hip hop and "Why I'm Down With The LXD:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/985065.html

* Seanan_maguire found. This appalling thing happened to Wil Wheaton at comic con: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2011/07/if-you-cut-me-i-will-bleed.html

Don't be a dick, folks.

* Ninjakitten and I have sorted out accommodations, and I'm good for Orycon Thurs-Sun. We are going to have to switch rooms, which sucks, but not as much as trying to travel and enjoy a con on the same day.

* O.o: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/235080.html


* I reached the bit of Midnighter ( Spoiler: )