Robin, when you say next weekend, do you mean the one in 3 days, or the one in 10 days?
That looks very cool, Kat. I may have to buy one.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Sep 07, 2005 5:55:55 pm PDT #5389 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2005 6:07:00 pm PDT #5390 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know it's not being discussed right this second, but I do want to say a bit on behalf of charities who aren't taking donations of clothes and stuff. It takes a shitload of resources to accept in-kind gifts, especially willy-nilly ones from well-meaning people. There has to be a place to keep the stuff, and staff to go through it to make sure it's all appropriate and clean, sort by size, all that stuff. If Froot Of The Loom wants to give a truckload of packaged t-shirts, that's a zillion times easier to deal with than a thousand neighbors dropping off their used jeans.
Also, local shelters will almost always be able to use that stuff, and have a mechanism for accepting it. This week, that mechanism may be swamped, but there will still be folks near you who need clothes next month. Especially if you live in a place with winter.
t /PSA
Cass - Sep 07, 2005 6:09:10 pm PDT #5391 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Very true and something that is easy to overlook. Thank you, Jesse.
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2005 6:17:43 pm PDT #5392 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am rather sad now, since I went to TJs to see if I could get the sweet potato fries Steph was talking about the other day, and they don't carry them out here.
t does the dance of sweet-potato-fry-having, which is a dance similar to the Mashed Potato, but very unlike the Cabbage Patch
Lee - Sep 07, 2005 6:18:55 pm PDT #5393 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
t cries
dw - Sep 07, 2005 6:19:54 pm PDT #5394 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
What Jesse said. It's much easier for a charity to accept GIK than lots of individual donations of clothing and consumables. Cash donations are much more flexible and useful for charities -- if they don't need clothes right now, they can buy toothpaste.
Trudy Booth - Sep 07, 2005 6:21:56 pm PDT #5395 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Perkins!
I sent a package to your office today. The heavy item should be delivered or stuck in a freezer by September 25th.
::MWAH::
Jesse - Sep 07, 2005 6:21:59 pm PDT #5396 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've had to figure out how to reject "in-kind" donations from people who were significant donors to the organization, but were just (for example) trying to get rid of their old furniture. It's a PITA.
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2005 6:22:46 pm PDT #5397 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
t cries
t continues dancing like the hard-hearted sweet-potato-fry eater that I am
aurelia - Sep 07, 2005 6:24:19 pm PDT #5398 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I understand the logistical difficulties involved in dealing with lots of small donations. But I suspect I'm not the only one who'd like to help but don't have cash to donate.
I'll be digging through the cold weather clothes to donate locally, but probably not before October.