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I saw the following on Facebook this morning:

Starbucks goes (RED).

Join us for World AIDS Day. On Dec 1, buy any hand-crafted beverage and we’ll give 5¢ to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa.

5¢ is better than nothing; but really, this campaign will help Starbucks more than it will help AIDS research-  maybe a better campaign would be the following:

On Dec 1, skip Starbucks, and give the $5 you would spend there to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa

Here’s the link where you can donate: http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/donate/

Calin and I watched this this morning and thought it was hillarious:

Many news outlets are reporting today that the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund is out of money, and that they’re in particular need because of flooding in the mid-west.

The good news is, you can donate right here- plus, many employers will match gifts made to non profits (West does this, contact me or check out thePoint if you want to know how).

I can’t get to sleep again- I almost wrote a rant about Christian Evangelicals and Liberal Christians, but decided not to.  You’re welcome.

I usually don’t post about politics, but everyone should really watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

I get a large coffee from Starbucks most mornings and drink it for the rest of the day (even when it’s cold by afternoon).  Is that gross? Does that make me an addict?

Ok, so I cheated a little bit :)  Calin let me open the wii and hook it up early, but I’m not going to play until April 1st, so it’s just a few hours away!  We’ll see if I stay up that late.

Hopefully we won’t be disappointed- all of the suspense has both of us pretty excited about playing, so I hope the novelty doesn’t wear off quickly.