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It's been a pretty big year so far, all told.  I don't really need to go into it, I'm sure you're well aware.  However, Year of Health has recently lost Ellen as a contributor, and to be honest has not been updated nearly enough.  One of the issues is that it's not the most wildly exciting topic to write about, and now that Ellen's not doing it any more, I am now left with the prospect of having two entirely seperate blogs.  And since Demon Pigeon started, I already have less to write about here, with all the music and film talk migrating over there.

So, one of the things I really need to do if redefine this place.  And one of the first things I am going to do is ask you, my loyal readership, for your opinion.  Firstly, what do you think I should do with this place?  I have had a blog far too long to get rid of it now, and yet I find it very hard to find things that would be interesting enough to share with you, my dewar and loyal readers, who are far too discerning and intelligent a breed to fob off with half formed thoughts and gibberish.  See what I did there? I paid you a compliment, now answer my question.

But before you do, I do have a second question, and this one is much more important. I am debating with myself the merits of taking on a further stupid project (not another website, don't worry) this time in relation to Year of Health.  It's something that ties in really well with what I am already doing, and will give me added impetus now that the initial stages are complete (I think it's safe to say I am a non-smoker now.)  But what I have in mind will also require the selection of a charity to do it for.

But which one?  I do have a few favourite causes that I could do it for, NSPCC, Oxfam, Amnesty etc.  But to be honest the money I raise will probably be not very high, and certainly for these sorts of organisations nothing to write home about.  If I am going to do this (and I must stress I haven't decided to do it yet) I would like it to be for a smaller organisation that would really benefit from the tawdry and pitiful amount that I will be raising.  I was really inspired by what Gray did with Twitterthon, doing it all for a small organisation that most of the people who donated had never had any cause to donate to.  The problem is that I have no real personal ties to any such organisation.

So here's what I would like.  If you could recommend a charity to me, along with the reason that you think it's worthy of support, and whoever does the best job of convincing me will be the winner.  Not particularly democratic, maybe, but that's how I roll baby.  Ideally I am looking for something small, and maybe a bit out there.  But I leave it in your capable hands.