The AMDAL writers cover a wide range of topics, all of which we try to report on with a degree of levity. There's not a lot of jokes to be made about Haiti. So while Conan fights NBC, The Golden Globes show off beautiful people and nerds await the latest Apple announcement, real shit is going on that makes us feel small and stupid for even attempting to do our part via a blog of ~1000 followers.
Dartmouth has helped more than any other university, Anderson Cooper is scooping up bloodied kids, and George W. Bush is imploring people to "Just Send Cash"
Block mentioned a few days ago a good program to which you can donate and there are no shortage of others. I'm not looking for comments offering sympathy or bickering over which program to donate is best. Just do what you can. Now.
A note about the title picture above: In looking for an appropriate picture from NYTimes' photo gallery, I wanted to find something that would compel AMDAL'ers without tear-jerking. The picture above is of French rescue workers reacting to the death of someone they had rescued and it speaks to the helplessness I feel right now.
