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I am down almost five pounds this week, completely unintentionally. o.O

Perhaps after five more, the Rack o'Doom will fit into the aforementioned bikini top.

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Caught the tail end of this on NPR the other day, and it was a perspective I hadn't really considered.

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world.