escape to insanity

Paul over at boagworld.com has posted a Christmas appeal, and I want to pass it along to anyone who reads this but not that.

For a while now I have been supporting a charity run by a friend I grew up with. They run a orphanage and school in the heart of rural India (Chinnia Kalvarayan hills,Tamil Nadu). They take in kids that have no family left and teach many others who would normally have little in the way of formal education. They give these kids a chance to change their lives and to become something more. In fact they have been so successful that the children are starting to look at higher education. For example one girl called Rachel is now training to be a doctor in China even though she had never been on a bus let alone flown to another country.

The trouble is sending somebody to study as a doctor in China is expensive and they have more kids that want to do similar things. That is why I am after your money.

So come on. Be mindful of those less fortunate than you this holiday season, and consider donating some cash to help someone who needs it.

Here's a direct link to the PayPal page for donations: Christmas Appeal

As the day of Christmas draws to a close… I figure I'll offer the obligatory holiday greetings and such. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas if you chose to celebrate it, and a happy Monday if you didn't.

Wow. Apparently it's already Christmas in a few days. I seriously don't know how it got to be Christmas already, but they tell me it's in three days. I mean, at least I get off of work for a day. Yeah… only a day. The actual day of Christmas is the only day I get out, then back to the daily grind on the 26th. Oh well. Money's money.

In any case… have yourself a Merry Christmas, or Hanukkah, or whatever holiday it is you choose to celebrate this time of year. I'm hoping to actually write something worth reading sometime in the next few days, if I can get some time to actually come up with something and write it down in some sort of coherent format. I'm not even entirely sure what it'll be about, but I'll figure something out.

Until then… peace.