New Year's Resolution for 2005: Contribute more, Judge less

I just want to reverberate what Dody compiled at http://nomadlife.org/2004/12/how-to-help.aspx and urge everyone to please donate what you can. With 114,000 reported dead and all the macabre images and stories being revealed, I really can't imagine a more dire time where your help can really make a difference!

In a microcosmic twist, one of our supervisors called our business center together to report that a relatively young colleague had passed away unexpectedly last night. Being as how this office is quite small and everyone knows everyone, there was shock, disbelief, some tears..and these people weren't even related. Suddenly, the speculation of how horrible things were in Asia hit a little bit closer to home. I tried to recreate that scenario..multiplying it by 114,000 times...the population of Ann Arbor, Michigan..wiped out without notice.

Sorry that the blog has turned sort of morbid, but it just seems to be prevading everything: from the office to the news. Anyway, back to my point...pls donate. For those employed nomads, It is also worthwhile to take the time and see if your employer will match anything you donate (most of which is tax-deductable!).