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Today is groundbreaking day for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in the National Mall, Washington DC. The words of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered in 1963 will be inscribed into the memorial. You can take a virtual tour of the memorial site here. The spot for the memorial takes up the last of the coveted space in the National Mall. It's about time.

Snip it, snip it good.

In case anyone hasn't noticed, I have a section below with different organizations which I have dealt with at some point, thus can recommend to others looking to help a cause. I have just added Locks of Love to the Wholesome Goodness while simultaneously subtracting ten inches of hair off of my head.

Locks of Love is a phenomenal organization that takes donations of hair to make wigs for kids who have lost theirs due to cancer treatments.

If you have long hair and want to do something with it other than watch it swept up into a dust pan, consider donating your hair. One major plus: the hair cut (in participating salons) is free of charge for the donor.

They require a minimum of ten inches. Any color. Male or female. Any texture. Just have it clean, okay?

If you have more money than hair, there are ways to donate financially too.

Check it out if you are so inclined. I am not a pusher of these matters, nor do I need a high five for having my hair cut, so comments for this post are turned off.

Pets is step spelled backwards

Indigo informed her readers that today is the offical "Brag About Your Pets Day."

We have a measly two pets, one of which (a brown horse named Petty) isn't even visible. The other, a red fish named Golden, doesn't really do anything except live.

But, I'll brag. Petty: never have to spend any money on him, doesn't poop, doesn't need a barn, makes no noise. Golden: still alive.

In honor of the animals, I give you a link: The Humane Society From there, you can sign your name to petitions, find addresses, and get phone numbers to help out the animals who need it.

They also have a store, for all of you who haven't finished spoiling your pets quite yet, or need reassurance that the world is in fact, crazy as shit. I found the product shown here pretty disturbing.

Happy Brag About Your Pets Day.

Buy something pink

The other day I spotted an eye-catching display at Target. Always a sucker for fancy displays, I went over to see what the fuss was about. Target was selling pink items to raise money for breast cancer research. Most of the time, retail stores donate a percentage to a foundation. 15, 20, sometimes even 25% is donated. Target donates 100% of the net profit to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Impressive. I normally do not buy pink everything, but I decided to get a few things for my me, my sister, and my mom, who just so happens to be a breast cancer survivor. If you want to take a look and buy something pink, click

here