'tis the season and all that

One of my favorite bloggers (whom I do not know personally) recently wrote an entry titled "Do Good." He asked his readers to confess their random acts of kindness, to toot their own horns. From the responses, it seems that there are actually a fair number of kind-hearted people out there in the world and that makes me feel, well, safe.

Here's a chance to make a real difference for someone. Sandy is a long-time friend of a far-away friend of mine, and while I usually wouldn't plug something like this on my blog, I extend the opportunity to you folks to do something direct (I did!), if not for Sandy, well, then consider another way you can help someone or some cause in a direct (read: big and real) way.

Note: the site doesn't exactly stress the importance of the situation for Sandy, but trust me, it's a pretty serious need.

Thanks.