fun facts

From archaica:

Fifty Facts about Barack Obama.

So, I now know that if I ever meet him, we'll have the Harry Potter books to talk about at the very least.

hungry people

From rimrunner

The West Seattle and White Center food banks are both in dire need of assistance. And, the WC food bank is serving 66% more people than at this time last year.

Information on how to help is found here.

As a cooking enthusiast, I think the thought of hungry people upsets me the most. What's nice about Network for Good, the organization that handles the donations, is that you can setup a monthly automated donation, which I just also setup. It was pretty quick and painless.

With so many people out of work, I can only imagine times are going to get tougher out there for organizations that feed and house those in need.