I’m so lazy, I’m just gonna quote Bitch PhD:
Group hugs are nice and warm, but not quite warm enough for Chicago in winter without a water heater. Flea’s went out. Her paypal tip jar helped her buy a new one, but she’s “saving up” to have a plumber install it. However long it takes to save up for hot water when you’ve got two kids in midwinter is too damn long–so if any of you have a li’l extra Christmas cash, I know flea would really appreciate any donations.
Flea, as I’m sure you all know, is the blogosphere’s best storyteller, bar none. I’m a fan of her blog, and I assume I’m not the only one on “Alas.”
I made a sadly small donation, which is pretty much what I could afford. But if a bunch of us make sadly small donations, it might add up….
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Wow! Thanks for pointing toward that blog. I’m sitting her balling my eyes out. Flea has made me feel that I’m not a loser for not being able to afford toilet paper some months.
Does she have a PayPal account?
Just checked it out. The magic kittens are awesome. I think I’m going to copy her if/when I have kids.
I’m not sure where to post this, and I really don’t mean to butt into an appeal for a obviously needed and deserved hot water heater, but I thought someone with a bit more time than me might want to put together a tribute Alas post to George Gerbner, a very good man who passed away quietly last Saturday, December 24th.
His obit was posted today on the Los Angeles Times website. His wife, Ilona K. Gerbner passed away on December 8th according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Both obits and some various links you can choose on your own from Google can better inform you of his work than I can in a brief post. The best I can imagine to sum up his work and influence is to imagine a cross between Walter Cronkite, Carol Gilligan, Fred Rodgers, Ruth Gordon, and Karl Menninger. If you’re looking for an academic introduction to his work, check out this page on The Cultivation Theory from a Colorado State University class.
Not much seems to have been put on the web on the man in recent years. The Wikipedia page is just a stub. For free, someone ought to update the page. And in the meantime I’ll look into where donations are requested to go in his memory. He started a number of small activist groups and foundations in his life, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve quietly been absorbed into other groups. In any case, he’s worth remembering, and doing what one can to see that more people appreciate and carry on his efforts.
Thank you so much, Amp. My internet access is temporarily gone, so I’m just seeing this now, sitting here in an internet cafe.
I really appreciate it – hope your holiday was great.