Thought I'd try the "Gratitude Challenge"

Illinois Tollway = Highway Robbery

Watch out! The Illinois Tollway folks are genuinely committing highway robbery.

I can not believe this! Illinois Tollways has deducted over $7,000 to 'replenish' my ipass and they won't return it without a ton of personal info about me. Is this an identity theft nightmare or what?!

Scurrilous Videos Besmirch, Enrage Forum, Leaders, World

My heros are at it again!

In a series of diabolically stupid video manipulations, a cabal of anti-poverty filmmakers have performed an elaborate slander of the World Economic Forum, showing its "leading lights" taking a dramatic departure from the litany of meaningless pledges they usually make at the annual gathering in the Swiss resort town.

Read the entire press release here.

My favorite detail: a warning about fake email for the World Economic Forum.

Countdown to the India Adventure

Haitian singer, Wayclef Jean, on the Haiti earthquake

Haitian singer, Wayclef Jean, has set up a cell phone donation system where one can donate $5 by texting “Yele” to 501501. Automatically $5 donation will be made to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund and charged to your phone bill.

Note: As of this writing, the website Yele.org is not operating. However, I have done a bit of reading about Jean's work and Yele, and believe it is a good place to give some support.