Angelina Jolie spoke out against celebrities giving quick hits for charities Saturday, a day after Sharon Stone raised $5 million at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

I have to disagree. The value that quick-hit celebrities contribute to meaningful causes are just as much as those of Bono, Roberto Clemente, even Sum 41. If Jolie is perhaps hinting at opportunism, then couldn't all the post 9-11 and post tsunami megastar-studded benefits not fall into the same category?

I've always believed in the old "desperate times... desperate measures" theme and thus I think that whether Sharon Stone was trying to be an opportunist, it's still $5 million. Five million more dollars out of corporate pockets is five million more dollars for those who need it.

I think I feel this way because of my tipless winter mornings at the coffee shop on Wellesley Street. If I was working by myself, three hours worth of tips would not have been enough to feed myself a fat fry-free McDonald's meal. But whenever I had pretty co-workers (there were a bunch) the tip jar would always be much more filled.

They dynamic of coffee shop tipping of course is students always give while suit and ties (and there were many at Bay and Wellesley) never gave, unless there was young female meat. Were they opportunists? Of course not. The whole situation though did reinforce in me how nobody ever does things for nothing, and when the suit and tie folks tipped it wasn't just because they wanted their bagel toasted extra dark. They wanted something else.

To be fair to my ex-coworkers they didn't wear any revealing clothing or such, and they didn't mind the extra tips. Did I? Of course not. If it takes attractive young women to loosen some purse strings, so be it. It's better than nothing.

By the way, this is the hottest I've ever seen Ms. Jolie.