...Do you suffer from Mad Cow Disease?

Yesterday I went down to the American Red Cross and gave blood. I had to read a binder full of information about Mad Cow (AKA Creutzfield-Jakobs Disease) and West Nile Virus and HIV and Hepatitis. The very nice nurse asked me about 50 questions about my "history" from 1977-present. Uh, I was born in 1978 - why don't you tell me about what I was doing in 1977?

Anyway - gave blood, whimpering and moaning like a little girl. But, it only took 10 minutes to do something decent for humanity for a change.
(a thought that was quickly pushed out of my head while driving thru Westwood - because I suddenly understood the mad desire to send every other person to "The Island Of People I Hate.")

Long story short - there is a huge need for blood and blood products in this country. If you have 45 minutes free, please make an appointment to donate. It takes less than 10 minutes, and hardly hurts. (and boys, you hurt yourselves a lot more than that just playing FOOTBALL)...

www.redcross.org