[Anderzone]

NH Bradyams. I highly recommend donating plasma or platelets to anyone who feels their chosen livelihood contributes nothing (or less) to society, the community, the economy, capitalism, the GNP, the advancement of the species, your fellow man, etc. and feels at least a little bad about that.

The process is a bit of a drag but not difficult. The time expense is no big deal since you can watch a dvd or use your laptop (with wifi and poker, at least at my blood bank) during the 90 minute donation. The hardest part is resisting giving joke answers when a nurse asks you the same pre-donation questions about possible AIDS exposure every damn time you donate. ("Have you traveled to the Congo? Have you had sex with anyone who has traveled to the Congo? Have you had sex with a man--since 1977?")

I hit the 9 gallon mark and a two outer against matusow the same day, proving the karmic benefits to anyone who would refuse to donate platelets on the grounds that it's not +EV.