More Procrastinating

I am really, really trying to get some work done today. Really. But my mind keeps wandering, and so do my fingers on the keyboard. And two men are currently sweeping off the roof of the building outside my window, which for some reason is incredibly distracting. Did you know tumbleweeds can end up on the top of a 1-story building?

So anyway, here's what I've been doing this morning:

• Slate has a nifty Middle East Buddy List online, which you can use to help you sort out the Israel/Palestine/Lebanon mess (good luck on that)
• Charity Navigator rates charities of all kinds and has information on philanthopy
• You can knit for the greater good and donate warm items to Afghans for Afghans or the Dulaan Project (which ships items to Mongolia). I also found a link on the Afghans site to a new book, Knitting for Peace, which sounds pretty cool. If you click through the Afghans site, Amazon will give them a % of the sales price.
• Time Magazine picked The Human Clock as one of the 50 coolest websites of 2006. I think it's a terrific timewaster. Also on Time's list: Cute Overload and a Jackson Pollock page (click on your mouse to change colors).
• Archie McPhee. If you visit Seattle, you should go to their store. If you don't visit Seattle, the website is still fun.