A day late in returning, due to the snowstorm in Boston, which grounded a lot of flights. A little irritant in my schedule, but nothing compared to the weekend's earthquake/tidal wave, which has displaced a million people and killed something like 45,000 (as of today). In fact, this quake appears to have been strong enough to redraw the map of Asia and make the Earth wobble on its axis.
Send your prayers (and donations!) to those far parts of the world this week.
And hold tight to those you love.
Update: Atrios painfully demonstrates the paltryness of the US offering for this huge disaster. This Administration sure makes us proud, over and over...
Update 2: Follow Me Here provides a pretty exhaustive list of organizations accepting donations to help with the tsunami aftermath. Pitch in what you can...
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