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Contest: Saturday Night Special (and all day too)
October 24, 2009 – 10:51 AM | 31 Comments

Good morning, friends!   $113,146! Enjoying some cartoon/cereal/pajama time?   “Enjoying” some errands?   Yeah, me too.   Headed to the post office in a sec to send out a bunch of prizes to you, …

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: Six Figures
October 21, 2009 – 9:22 AM | 19 Comments

Should happen in just a few minutes; $99,815 as I write this. Congratulations and thanks to all of you (and Asirda, who’s an inspirational strategist as well as a generous matcher).
We’ve still got some work …

Contest: Yippee-Ky-Ay, Awesome Readers
October 21, 2009 – 12:47 AM | 24 Comments

90K: A Short, Yelly Play by Sarah and Asirda
Asirda: “SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL?”
Sarah: “OH MY GOD RIGHT?”
…$90,000.   Shortly: $98,000.   A 6K gap closed in about 6 hours.
Please take a moment to think about …

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 ’09: INFO/F.A.Q.
October 19, 2009 – 7:28 PM | No Comment

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The 2009Tomato Nation/Donors Choose Social Media Challenge lasts from October1 to October 31, 2009.
Ourinitial goal: $150,000.
What does$150,000 buy? A lot of books, pencils, microscopes, projectors,footballs, butterflies, computers, and trips to the ballet.A …