magical acts of kindness week

Just found out about this via www.givesmehope.com (also a very worthwhile read if you haven't found it before!):

Magical Acts of Kindness Week, Oct. 1-7. Pretty cool idea, if you want to find a way to do something anonymous to help people or make them happy it's worth taking a look at their ideas and considering doing something this week. I love when fandom actually gets together and does something cool like this - we get kind of a bad rep in society in general for being, let's be honest, a bit weird and obsessive and all. Wouldn't it be great to change that?

Not sure yet if I'll be able to do something, but I'm definitely thinking about it what I could do. Anybody have any great ideas to share?

human ancestry update

Great article on Ardipithicus ramidus, thought to be the ancestor common to humans and chimps, from about 6 million years ago.