Blogging For a Good Cause

Like most people, I've been glued to the news, and seeing all the devastation in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. I think the chaos & lawlessness in New Orleans following the flooding are really the most troubling things to witness. I really hope things get better now that engineers are fixing the levees. Considering levees are only built to withstand up to Category 3 hurricanes, it is surprising not more of it broke loose. Canada is trying to do its part by donating some money (Over a million dollars to the Red Cross so far! Go Canadians!) and sending some military personnel. Hopefully, this will help a bit. I wanted to donate to children who had to return to school but who had lost everything , and through TWoP, I found a great place called Donors Choose. Teachers will be able to submit proposals to fill the need for school material for children who have been displaced. You can give through TWoP here.

This seems to be the week for catastrophes. Thursday night, I stumbled upon a documentary about 9/11 on A&E called The Anatomy of September 11th. I only caught the second hour of it but it was fascinating and very touching. It left me with a knot in my stomach. It had many survivors telling their escape story as well as engineers explaining why the twin towers collapsed. It also had journalists and rescue workers explaining the failure in communication that occured that day between the various agencies on the ground. It will re-air on A&E on Wednesday, September 7 at 9am & 3 pm ET as well as Sunday, September 11 at 1:30pm ET. It is well worth watching, taping or TiVoing.

Today, I cooked extensively. I made a peach-blueberry crisp (yummy although not my best ever...) and oriental pork on a bed of fusillis. Yum. Tomorrow or Monday, I'll be making a big batch of my vegetarian chilli so I can freeze plenty of it for the busy semester ahead.