Helping One of Our Own

I know that we are not active on our blog anymore so I'm hoping that we still have enough friends for the word to get out. I just received news from Susie that just breaks my heart. A lot of you know that we stepped away from the blog when Susie moved back home to help take care of her mother before she passed away. Afterwards, she was kicked out of her home by her step-father and moved in with her grandmother. She has been helping take care of her grandmother, as well as working as hard as possible to just keep the wolves from the door. Last night her grandmother kicked her out and has now made Susie homeless. As hard as it is to imagine, she has nowhere to go. She has no other family and few friends in the area. Everyone knows that she is welcome with me but I also live 6 hours away now. Most people would be packing up as much as possible and leaving- just going to wherever they could. Right now Susie does not have this option. She does not have the money to be able to leave her job at this exact moment. We all know how hard it is sometimes to just make ends meet. She is in a horrible position, one that is hard to understand until you live it.

So what am I asking from you? I want your good thoughts and prayers, your sympathy and support. And if possible, I want your donations. At this point a few dollars from each of you could help her so much. So if you're able and willing please send donations via paypal to historylvr@gmail.com. If you'd like to send a check please DM me on Twitter @AJPattz and I will take care of the details.

-Aimee

Stop SOPA and PIPA

Everyone who owns a blog, who reads a blog, who gets information for the web, or just likes to watch crazy videos on YouTube should be aware of what our government is trying to pass with both SOPA and PIPA. If either of these bills are passed the internet as we know it would be over. Freedom of expression would be suppressed. Freedom of speech would be diminished. These bills would be detrimental to the development of new technologies or hey even the next Facebook (maybe even the current Facebook, who knows?)

Take a moment to view the video below to learn more about SOPA and PIPA.


PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.


We are joining other sites like Google, Reddit, Wikipedia, and many, many others (like Twitarded and Twilight Lexicon as well) and making this blog dark from 8am to 8pm on Wednesday 1-18 to raise awareness. If you haven't already please take a few minutes to fill out the form and let your Congressmen know that you oppose these bills. A few minutes of your time can help keep the internet free. Don't want to call? Go to http://americancensorship.org/ and use their contact form to send a letter instead. Wikipedia, as part of their blackout, will give you the contact information (Phone #, Twitter handle, contact form, etc) for your Representatives and Senators.We are joining other sites like Google, Reddit, Wikipedia, and many, many others (like Twitarded and Twilight Lexicon as well) and making this blog dark from 8am to 8pm on Wednesday 1-18 to raise awareness. If you haven't already please take a few minutes to fill out the form and let your Congressmen know that you oppose these bills. A few minutes of your time can help keep the
internet free.