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Contest: 5(K) Is Alive!
October 23, 2009 – 2:02 PM | 39 Comments
Contest: 5(K) Is Alive!

Marvelous news on the match front!   Asirda is as psyched about the HP percentage drive as you guys — so if you can get to $120,000 by 10 PM ET on Sunday, Asirda will …

Contest: Tuba-to Nation
October 23, 2009 – 9:49 AM | 34 Comments

110K is just over that next rise — $107,329 right now. We can make that by Sunday, right?   Hell, we can make that today.   The more we raise by Sunday, the more we …

Contest: Mac Attack
October 22, 2009 – 10:16 AM | 7 Comments

$104,291. What a week — and it’s not even over yet.
And we’ve got what looks like a sizable match on the horizon, too.   Don’t forget: based on what we’ve raised by Sunday 25 October, …

Contest: Why We Fight
October 21, 2009 – 11:42 AM | 27 Comments
Contest: Why We Fight

Perhaps you remember Mr. K, who asked donors to give his students the bird — for his hands-on geometric origami unit.   We funded his project on 2 October, so to tell you the truth, …

Contest: Pushing 90
October 20, 2009 – 4:35 PM | 87 Comments
Contest: Pushing 90

Everybody listen up: I HAVE AWESOME MATCH NEWS.
Bulletin #1: The Great And Powerful Asirda is so impressed (and touched) by your accomplishments thus far that she’s become inspired to increase the amount of her next …

Contest: Boogie Shoes
October 20, 2009 – 9:26 AM | 19 Comments
Contest: Boogie Shoes

Well, well, well.   $81,274! The thanks of a grateful Nation go to $ and His Mysterians for the 5K match we got at $75,000 — and of course to all 740 of you who …

Contest: Punctuate The Positive
October 19, 2009 – 8:19 AM | 18 Comments
Contest: Punctuate The Positive

Good morning, everyone.   We’re very close to our next match: $73,024 at the moment.
Today’s mini-prize isn’t very mini — reader (Yo) Adrian has offered four (4) $50 Donors Choose gift cards to those who …

Contest: Insert crafty pun here
October 18, 2009 – 1:45 PM | 4 Comments

Guys!   $71,400, AND we hit 700 donors! (701, actually.   Hi, 1!   You’re awesome.)
I am about to head out to Queens for a crafting day at the White Russian’s house, which I plan …

Contest: Seventeeeeeee!
October 17, 2009 – 11:16 AM | 12 Comments

70K is so very close, friends: $69,598 at the moment.
Before I talk about the weekend’s prizing, two things.
1) Some of you may have received a Vine notification instead of a contest receipt notification this morning. …

Contest: You Feel Pretty, And Witty, And Bright
October 16, 2009 – 8:18 AM | 18 Comments
Contest: You Feel Pretty, And Witty, And Bright

And you should!   You rule!   $67,656!
But juuuuust in case you would like to augment your cleverness and beauty with a little maquillage, your benevolent and chic fellow reader Jennifer W. has contributed two …