ripple.

so you might have read the post from yesterday and thought.. that's great.. but I don't have the spare cash to give each month -- even for the better causes. I understand. I might aim to challenge you some in what you use that cash for.. but I understand. So let me show something that will offer support for some cool causes that you can do.. because its Free.


here is a site that you can offer support towards your choice of causes :: water, food, education, or money. And all that you have to do is click.. you've already done it probably 50-100 times today.. why not one more to help a great cause. It is a brilliant concept that is connected with money through marketing.. but in a legit way. Check it out -- view how it works -- and make it your home-page. Why not start each day with something that helps other folks of the world. Make a click.. start a ripple (sorry, I know its cheesy, but I couldn't resist).

hate.

There are not many things that really get to me. I don't have that many things which I can say that I really hate. But I hate a certain tv commercial. No way around it.. I hate it. It rubs me wrong every time that I see it. It is the commercial with Sarah McLachlan about abused animals, set to her "In the Arms of an Angel" song. (I would post the video on here.. but I don't want to let more people see it.)

Now, I'm FOR helping stop abuse of animals. I really am. And I'm not against Sarah McLachlan.. according to this, she helps out some good charities. But I hate the fact that the commercial is produced in the exact way as commercials for supporting impoverished children. It forces my mind to connect the two.. and in comparison.. one totally outweighs the other.

This is goes sort of in step with my boy B's post about the amount of money spent by Americans on their pets. I get that the charity for abused animals needs financial support. But how can a person feel obligated to send $20 a month to help an animal, when there is a massive need to help a person!! Which cause is more worthy of the support?? There are plenty of great organizations -- Christian based and non -- that accomplish great things in support of people, through monthly contributions :: World Vision, End Homelessness, or Give Grace -- just to name a few... you can check out the charity navigator for others.

Its really not that I hate animals.. cause I don't.. but that commercial.. the way that it is presented.. I'm sorry, but I hate it.

just crazy.

so a good friend of mine, Taylor, revealed to me just how crazy Tom Cruise really is... if you haven't seen it yet... you need to just watch this video.

and then once you've seen the craziness there... check out some funniness here.

fame.

"Fame is just having your name known by a lot of strangers."

- this is a great quote by Robert Zimmerman... a man who would change perspective on a lot of things while being known to those strangers by a differnt name. there is some strong irony there.