Half a kudo to NRDC

Once upon a time, I gave money to the United Farm Workers and I signed a petition from the ACLU. Now I get at daily requests for money and/or signatures from a myriad of cause-driven organizations.

Anyone who has made the bleeding heart mailing list as I have, knows that most organizations can't seemed to figure out how to create a petition that fits into the return envelope in a reasonable manner. I usually end up sending in a document folded 6 times that might as well be a crumpled little ball.

But today, for the first time ever, I received a petition from NRDC that actually fits inside the return envelope. I'm tempted to send a donation with my signature this time--especially if I could guarantee the money would go to the competent person who figured out how to measure.

So kudos to NRDC. But only half a kudo, because they still send me way to much junk mail to be "environmental." (And yes, I've been trying to contact all the interest groups who send me mail to ask to be taken off their list, but a reduction in mail has yet to become a reality.)