Support Local Businesses

Once a month, a Saturday has been set aside for supporting local businesses.

Don't use this to limit yourself or feel you can't contribute.

All it takes is at least once a week, pledge to purchase from a local business. It doesn't have to be something big. Even something as little as a cup of coffee from a family-owned restaurant. a fifty cent item from a local thrift store or a piece of fruit from a farmer's market can make a difference.

If you care about your community, try to support the businesses you want to succeed. Unfortunately, money often speaks louder than words, like when people complained about people having to work on Thanksgiving but proceeded to spend so much money that next year will probably be even earlier.

Elizabeth Sladen on Children's Television

From the Elizabeth Sladen tribute issue of Doctor Who magazine:

Is children's TV in general given as much support as it should be, do you think?

No, children's television is always the first to go. People think the money is in TV after seven or eight o'clock. That's when you have more people watching, but the people who watch the five o'clock slot are going to be the people watching at seven o'clock in a few years' time. You mustn't give children the lowest common denominator, or that's all they'll aspire to. To have really good children's TV is the most important thing we can offer audiences. Of course it's overlooked, although not by enormous talents like Russell. The Sarah Jane Adventures came in under the radar. 'Hello, here we are!' We don't have to, in a way, carry the load that the BBC's number one programme, Doctor Who, does.

-Elizabeth Sladen

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She was so awesome. Also, LJ is being weird again about notifications so doublecheck your entries for comments instead of relying on emails.

New Year's Eve

Okay, I know that New Year's Eve only has a 5% on RottenTomatoes and everyone seems to say it's horrible, but...

It has Zac Efron and Abigail Breslin and pretty New York scenery so I really want to see it anyway.