Something I feel awful about...guilt...powerful motivator...not much good on dogs unfortunately, but I must remember it when I have children. (Which I feel should be raised as in "The Sound Of Music"...BEFORE that damn nun showed up!) 

Speaking of music...my motivational tunes tonight are Shriekback (how's that for a blast from the past)  It's actually from the film "Manhunter" and the track is called "The Big Hush" as well as anything from those lads known as Keane !

Point being?

 

The guests I had the pleasure of meeting on the set of Atlantis the other week!   They were there doing "walk-ons" because they had won a charity auctions.  At the time of my Blogging I didn't know WHICH charity they had spent all that money on!  Well, I tracked it down (wasn't hard thanks to our trusty publicity department!) and it turns out to be British Columbia's Make A Wish foundation.  Thanks to our guests for spending their hard earned money to help grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses...how can you NOT want to do THAT!?...I mean unless you really are a McKay! ;-)

Here's all the Make-A-Wish information that I could dig up:

This is the website for the stars that made these Stargate visits a reality:
http://bc.makeawish.ca/

and here's the International version for those in more exotic locales:
http://www.worldwish.org/

Speaking of charities (groans from those who have heard this from me a million times already) I'm a big fan of Doctors Without Borders:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.com

They've got an amazing track record, and bravely go to incredible lengths to make a real difference in some of the worst situations on earth. 

So why not make a huge difference for a tiny bit of cash and make a donation to one of these fine groups of lads and ladies?  Just a thought ;-)

D!