I know, I know. I don't write for 2 weeks and when I do I'm hitting you up for money...

But I just donated a bunch of money that I don't have (remember I've been out of the work force for nearly 18 months) and it feels good. If any of you are feeling particularly generous this holiday season (passover...), then I have to propositions two make :

1/ Support my brother and his friends as they embark on the Greater Illinois MS Walk. Follow this link to donate :
http://events.msillinois.org/site/TR?px=1195619&fl=en_US&s_tafId=1051&p
g=personal&fr_id=1050


2/ Support my friend Kevin (you may remember him from his guest post "The Empire State Building was purple tonight") as he cycles 585 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Follow this link to donate : http://www.aidslifecycle.org/6806

It is soooo easy! I have lost a close family member to AIDS and have 1 other who is living with AIDS and another with MS, so I would be forever grateful for any support you can give my friends. I would be walking / cycling too if France believed in this stuff, which they don't because here charitable donations are not tax deductible. But in the US they are completely tax deductible! Yet another incentive if my mild guilt trip didn't work. Each site gives you all of the proper tax information.

Thank you all in advance.