Google contest: Come up with an idea; make the world a better place

Google is celebrating their tenth anniversary by sponsoring a contest called Project 10¹⁰⁰, a call to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Simply send an idea by October 20. They will winnow down the ideas to the best 100 and on January 27 ask people to pick the best 25. Then they'll put the ideas into action. The Hippo Water Roller is cited as an example of the type of idea they're looking for. So come up with a great idea and make the world a better place! And see the other ideas that people come up with and find a little hope.

Books for Barack

Cool. I'll be sending at least one copy of The Wild Swans to this fundraiser for Barack Obama. (I don't have many left.) Any other writers on my list interested in participating, too?

Thanks to anam_cara for the link.

My version of Kitten Down a Well Alert

kijjohnson is instigating a Kitten Down a Well alert:

Right now I am despairing. I think we can't even imagine what the bottom will be like. And I can't read LJ without seeing my own rage, grief, desperation, and fear mirrored and magnified. Bleah.

So, tell me about monkeys riding motorcycles, kittens with four ears, people who give their lottery winnings to the Nature Conservancy, dresses made of turf, your vacations to the beach, and the Collider. Better yet, post them where everyone will see them, as leavening for a heavy time.

I kinda see her point. So I gave her a black belt chimpanzee.

And you? What can you offer in response to a Kitten Down a Well alert during stressful times?