Hmmmm...

Okay, so work's been cranked up a notch and there is no knitting to speak of lately. There has been staying in a lab until midnight, etc though, but that doesn't make for good content. So, now that that's out of the way...
I don't usually write too much about current events, etc, but I have to say my bit about what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico. I haven't been watching, reading, or listening to the news, because I don't think I can bear to see places only a few hundred miles (which is not much in Texas terms) away from where I grew up devastated. Places I would visit on holiday when I was younger, and that I only have fantastic memories of. In what is supposed to be one of the most developed countries in the world. A country that knew this was coming.
I've gotten in contact with the people that I can who live in the area, and made sure everyone's okay. So, I know I'm not the first person to make this suggestion, but if you have some spare cash kicking around, it couldn't be put to better use than helping out with this. Here's the link for the American Red Cross, where you can donate online, by phone, mail, etc. Keep in mind that most of the areas being hit the hardest were already some of the poorest areas in the states, so a lot of the people affected were probably already living hand-to-mouth and don't have massive savings to help them recover from any sort of disaster. Also, if you're in the UK, your one pound sterling is worth almost 2 American dollars, so whatever you are thinking of giving, don't forget to factor in the exchange rate. Thanks for reading.

(Added on 03/09 : The ladies of I'm Knitting as Fast as I Can and Zeneedle have organised a Knitters' disaster relief fund, which can be found here . If you donate, and then send in the amount you have donated with your name, you get entered to win loads of cool knitting stuff, too!
If you're having trouble with the American Red Cross website, or would like to donate your money to another orgainsation, check out Go Fug Yourself for an exhaustive list of different groups that can do some good with jo money. Then scroll down and partake of the snark.)