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cblj_backupGood morning all! I hope you had a pleasant weekend, and now it's time for Radio Free Monday!
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flamingsword let me know about how a Toys For Tots warehouse in Killeen was burgled three days before Christmas. You all know I'm not a fan of the Salvation Army, but I wish the thieves all misfortune possible. The good news is that the Killeen community stepped up to replace the gifts. I hesitate to recommend donating to the Salvation Army, even to the local branch that's running the program, but you might keep Killeen in your thoughts.
ruisseau reminded me of a charity I used to support a lot, Modest Needs. Modest Needs is about making small donations that can be used to help in ways that seem small to us but are huge to the person receiving help. At the moment all donations are being matched to a maximum of $500,000, so now's a great time to give to a great charity.
Speaking of modest needs,minkrose linked me to The Blogess, who offered $30 gift cards to the first twenty people who commented to say they couldn't afford gifts for their kids this year. Then a few comments in one person said “I’ll take care of the 21st person”. Then another person offered a card for the 22nd. Then another. Then it avalanched. At this point I think donations are closed, but she seems like an awesome blogger and I encourage you to check out her site. It's an amazing story, anyway.
On the other hand,rednwhiterose linked me to some holiday bah humbug: a California mall had to be evacuated because apparently a flash mob threatened the building infrastructure. I'm loling just a little.
FictionAlley is still accepting donations to cover their site hosting fees for 2010/2011, with fundraising site Razoo matching up to $1000. I don't know if they have any wristbands left, but if you want to find out check out their explanation here or donate via the links here.
Things to be aware of: A while back Target came under fire for campaign donations to antigay politicians. Target's CEO sent an apology to Target employees, but didn't exactly apologise to, you know, actual gay people, and made no move to put it right financially. And Target is still quietly donating to antigay politicians.
Finally, on a cheerier note, Ryan has been working for quite a while now on a musical setting for a poem entitled "Eulogy for the Walking Dead". I introduce it that way because while I technically wrote it, it's credited to my alter ego, Ellis Graveworthy. :D She has graciously said I can link you all to a very rough cut of the arrangement, so here you go: Eulogy for the Walking Dead.
Apparently the poem was one of the things lost in the hack a few years ago, so I thought I'd repost it here as well:
Eulogy for the Walking Dead
There is triumphant change in human life;
The old begets the new in steady wheels.
And those who fight for stasis are as like
To bring down wounds that fester as that heal.
No good has come of silencing a man
Whose beauty, ripe for picking, shows itself.
If truly it is beauty, it will stand
Though hell and heaven bar the way with death.
And though you think the dead may not go on
Yet bodies turn to dust and thus to earth;
The transmutation comes to everyone
Lives ending from the moment of our birth.
So any who draw breath, fine girls and boys
Your choice lies here before you, in your hand:
Will you be soil for living human joy
Or will your only gift to the good land
Be when you lie beneath it feeding spring?
All things are changing and all things will change
And death, if meaningless, will yet still bring
Fresh fodder for the yearly-dying grain.
You may plant joy, reap love, and beauty give,
Or die alive and only dying, live.
And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. :) You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com (PMs are kind of a bad way to reach me; email or comments are much preferable). If you're not sure how best to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help.
A reminder: there will be NO RADIO FREE MONDAY NEXT WEEK. Regular transmission will resume on January 10th. :)
flamingsword let me know about how a Toys For Tots warehouse in Killeen was burgled three days before Christmas. You all know I'm not a fan of the Salvation Army, but I wish the thieves all misfortune possible. The good news is that the Killeen community stepped up to replace the gifts. I hesitate to recommend donating to the Salvation Army, even to the local branch that's running the program, but you might keep Killeen in your thoughts. ruisseau reminded me of a charity I used to support a lot, Modest Needs. Modest Needs is about making small donations that can be used to help in ways that seem small to us but are huge to the person receiving help. At the moment all donations are being matched to a maximum of $500,000, so now's a great time to give to a great charity. Speaking of modest needs,
minkrose linked me to The Blogess, who offered $30 gift cards to the first twenty people who commented to say they couldn't afford gifts for their kids this year. Then a few comments in one person said “I’ll take care of the 21st person”. Then another person offered a card for the 22nd. Then another. Then it avalanched. At this point I think donations are closed, but she seems like an awesome blogger and I encourage you to check out her site. It's an amazing story, anyway. On the other hand,
rednwhiterose linked me to some holiday bah humbug: a California mall had to be evacuated because apparently a flash mob threatened the building infrastructure. I'm loling just a little. FictionAlley is still accepting donations to cover their site hosting fees for 2010/2011, with fundraising site Razoo matching up to $1000. I don't know if they have any wristbands left, but if you want to find out check out their explanation here or donate via the links here.
Things to be aware of: A while back Target came under fire for campaign donations to antigay politicians. Target's CEO sent an apology to Target employees, but didn't exactly apologise to, you know, actual gay people, and made no move to put it right financially. And Target is still quietly donating to antigay politicians.
Finally, on a cheerier note, Ryan has been working for quite a while now on a musical setting for a poem entitled "Eulogy for the Walking Dead". I introduce it that way because while I technically wrote it, it's credited to my alter ego, Ellis Graveworthy. :D She has graciously said I can link you all to a very rough cut of the arrangement, so here you go: Eulogy for the Walking Dead.
Apparently the poem was one of the things lost in the hack a few years ago, so I thought I'd repost it here as well:
Eulogy for the Walking Dead
There is triumphant change in human life;
The old begets the new in steady wheels.
And those who fight for stasis are as like
To bring down wounds that fester as that heal.
No good has come of silencing a man
Whose beauty, ripe for picking, shows itself.
If truly it is beauty, it will stand
Though hell and heaven bar the way with death.
And though you think the dead may not go on
Yet bodies turn to dust and thus to earth;
The transmutation comes to everyone
Lives ending from the moment of our birth.
So any who draw breath, fine girls and boys
Your choice lies here before you, in your hand:
Will you be soil for living human joy
Or will your only gift to the good land
Be when you lie beneath it feeding spring?
All things are changing and all things will change
And death, if meaningless, will yet still bring
Fresh fodder for the yearly-dying grain.
You may plant joy, reap love, and beauty give,
Or die alive and only dying, live.
And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. :) You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com (PMs are kind of a bad way to reach me; email or comments are much preferable). If you're not sure how best to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help.
A reminder: there will be NO RADIO FREE MONDAY NEXT WEEK. Regular transmission will resume on January 10th. :)
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Date: 2010-12-27 04:01 pm (UTC)D-: I didn't know! Thank you so much for posting this. I'll have to get my prescriptions all switched, now, what a pain, but better than supporting hate. Thanks. *upset*
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Date: 2010-12-28 03:11 am (UTC)I quite like the Marines, though :D
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Date: 2010-12-27 09:47 pm (UTC)>: [
fffff I wish I had more shopping options around here. Target is still marginally better than WalMart, so I guess when I have to big-box it up, that's where I'll go. At least the first time I found out their donation habits spurred me to actually take the time to avoid box-type stores as much as possible. But you've still gotta go sometimes.
gdi target.
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Date: 2010-12-27 09:47 pm (UTC)Also that Blogess story is pretty darn awesome. :D
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