Mental Notes: December 2004

SYDNEY–I think I can speak for everyone of the emotional exhaustion of the past few days following the Indian Ocean tsunamis. At work, going through wire photos and writing stories which, 10 minutes later, you have to update the death toll upward in the thousands, is frickin’ painful. Make sure you get behind your local aid organizations and donate your xmas goodies. Get our NYE party info here. And… word just in from Rich and Rachel in India, hit by the tsunami, **but safe**, follows.