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Bet Red: The Video
October 4, 2010 – 8:08 PM | 19 Comments
Bet Red: The Video

Camera and editing by Mr. Stupidhead; fund-raising by you fantastic people.

The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: School Days
October 4, 2010 – 9:13 AM | No Comment
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: School Days

Little did Mabel know she would soon dress as a tomato for the amusement of strangers…
In this morning’s batch of email, Classmates.com threatened me with the following information: “We have a 1987 yearbook from [my …

The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Doubleheader
October 2, 2010 – 9:45 AM | 2 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Doubleheader

(If you think I’m having a contest with myself to see how many baseball puns I can flatten in the next month, you are correct! “Enjoy”!)
As of this writing, not quite a day and a …

The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Opening Day
October 1, 2010 – 12:00 AM | 18 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Opening Day

10K for Donors Choose; 10K for scholarships and Little-League uniforms. Plllllllay ball!
Donors Choose/Fall Classic giving page is RIGHT HERE. (Don’t forget: make sure you’re on the Fall Classic page. The ID is 58788, so spot …

The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Pre-Game
September 30, 2010 – 9:41 AM | 2 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Pre-Game

Y’all ready? Me too!
A quick review of the rotation:

10K for classic literature on Donors Choose
5K for the Jackie Robinson Foundation
5K for Pitch In For Baseball

…by October 31. For every day left before October 31 when …

The Tomato Nation Fall Classic
September 27, 2010 – 7:06 PM | 2 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic

Welcome, friends! It’s time to raise some money. The super-duper crazy-big six-figure blowout fundraiser for Donors Choose will return in spring 2011 — but why not rustle up a few bucks now?
The project is called …

Friends In Need
August 26, 2010 – 11:16 PM | 39 Comments
Friends In Need

Above: The artist formerly known as “the foster cat” supervises yet another productive day at TN HQ.
October draws nigh, so it’s time for an update on the annual Tomato Nation/Donors Choose fund drive, as well …

Bet Red, Bet Road: Update
August 19, 2010 – 12:15 PM | 9 Comments
Bet Red, Bet Road: Update

last updated 8/19/10 11 PM
All righty: A.C. tomato is still on for Friday, August 20. Current base of operations is the Trump Taj Mahal.
Complications include

a furniture delivery that day between 10 AM and 2 PM …

TN in AC: Bet Red, Bet Road
July 27, 2010 – 9:40 AM | 15 Comments
TN in AC: Bet Red, Bet Road

The Atlantic City trip is set for the weekend of August 20. When exactly I will do my thing at the blackjack tables/on the boardwalk, and what specifically that “thing” is, I don’t know yet; …

Make Donors Choose the People’s Choice
May 6, 2010 – 10:19 AM | 17 Comments
Make Donors Choose the People’s Choice

You don’t need an Amex to vote, and it could mean 200K for Donors Choose. DC founder Charles Best breaks it down:
As you can see, we are literally neck-and-neck for 1st place.   (Go to …