give the gift of fur this year

It is the CFC Combined Federal Campaign season again here in the land of bureaucrats and politicians. Just another reminder that you can focus your giving to smaller organizations with less overhead. That way more of your money will be spent towards the cause you feel strongly about, rather than it being sucked into a huge organizational void and into the pockets of overpaid directors and CEOs. Some of my local favorites include the Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue; Books, Bears & Bonnets; and PFLAG.

This Moveable Type blog interface is still on the fritz: I can't approve (or even see) comments and can only blog via Flickr. So keep your comments at bay for the time being and be patient.

Whoo-hoo! It's raining! It's been raining all day, a nice drizzly soaker for the trees. The air smells considerably fresher in the city.

As I quickly approach my 2,000th blog entry, I contemplate blogicide as well. Plus it would be fun to blame Eric as the cause of a mass blogicide in the blogosphere. But seriously, after eight years I'm running out of things to write about, and a lot of it has been a lot of bitching lately. Cathartic as it is, I have work to do too. The past couple of days have been remarkably productive, especially during a crunch time. That and it bums me out that The Washington Post calls a five-part news story a 'blog' when I know they know better than that. (Blogs allow commentary, and are not just a static news story). I fear the age of the narcissistic/voyeuristic relationship between slackers at work and the overly open may be coming to an end.

Click here to hear a hungry pig!