Discovering Awareness

Tonight as I was driving to dinner, I heard the NPR announcer (the local one... Scott Simon would never stoop to this level) remind the listeners that it was National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. What the what? What a word :) 


First of all, why do we need rectal awareness? 


And, what other causes should we be aware of? 
http://aware.easilyamused.org/ (This was inspiring)
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/03/16/08 (You should be aware of this bit of podcasting gold) 


After much laughter and discussion we decided to make a list of how we would demonstrate awareness of all of the March Awareness Months. 


Here goes: 

• Drink water on March 22nd
• Donate to Red Cross
• Sleep this month
• Call a poison control company and thank them for their services
• Read parenting tips night 
• Eat the healthiest and least tasty item we can think of 
• Depollute a puddle
• Learn about seagrass
• Blood thickening/thinning night (if we can't figure that out, we'll wander down a dark alleyway and wait to be attacked by a teenage vampire) 
• Ethics movie night
• Caffeine tasting
• Practice true listening skills
• Be crafty (more like a potter than a fox) 
• Drink prune juice out of shot glasses
• Eat peanut butter to excess 
• Thank the author of http://aware.easilyamused.org/ for writing such an awesome blog.