Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Give money to whichever relief organization you'd like, but PLEASE give for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Here's a resource for organizations which can use your donation. Another way you can help: go through your closets and pull out clothes you're not wearing anymore, and donate them to relief organizations. Remember, many of those on the Gulf Coast now have absolutely nothing; they'll be happy to get your 1994 NIN baseball jersey.

Also, for superb up-to-the-moment news from New Orleans, check out the N.O. Times-Picayune's blog, to which their reporters are posting while they can't actually publish a physical paper. Amazing reportage.