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DC Trip Update: The Hoisting Of Pints
March 11, 2009 – 10:26 PM | 12 Comments

If you can’t join the sightseeing fun, you can still see the tomato bending an elbow (and join in with the beverage of your choice) at Capitol City Brewing Company.   We aim to get …

DC Trip Update: Twitter, ETA
March 7, 2009 – 8:20 AM | 31 Comments

Sign up now for tweets from the road!
The plan, currently, is to leave NYC by car at 6:30-7 AM, arriving in DC before noon and hitting our first stop, the Capitol, at noon.   Mr. …

Giving new meaning to the term “field trip”
February 3, 2009 – 9:16 PM | 57 Comments
Giving new meaning to the term “field trip”

It is on at last, friends.   I apologize for the delay, but now, without further ado, I invite you to join me on a tour of Washington, DC’s finest sights:
Friday 13 March 2009
Monuments!
Photo ops!
A …

Prizing update
November 7, 2008 – 1:25 AM | 20 Comments

The prizing phase has begun; please make sure your spam filters will accept emails from me, and do get back to me as soon as you can if you get a win notification — we’ve …

Tiny obscurity
November 2, 2008 – 6:23 PM | 46 Comments
Tiny obscurity

The Daily Beast does a story on the ’08 DC Challenge.
A few notes: 1) I did not invent the Blogger Challenge, which is kind of how the story makes it sound.   2) I super-hate …

Prizing Reminder
November 1, 2008 – 10:29 AM | No Comment

Ya gots to get me your receipts by NOON TODAY ET.   If you didn’t get an email from me, your receipt wasn’t logged. (Please make sure it isn’t in your spam filter, and/or that …

O say does that seed-spangled banner yet waaaaaaave
October 31, 2008 – 6:25 PM | 25 Comments
O say does that seed-spangled banner yet waaaaaaave

…O’er the land of the freeeeeee
and the home of THE AWESOME.
$111,352 dollars raised, 1162 donors participating, and 19,577 children reached.
I must tell you that I did not know for sure it could be done.   …

Update: 10/31, 10 AM
October 31, 2008 – 3:59 PM | 25 Comments

Welcome to one of the last 2008 Challenge updates.   As of this writing, over $108,000. Truly thou art wonders to behold.
Also pretty dang wondrous: kids frolfing.   Ultimate Frisbee was invented not far from …

Support Local Biz: October 31, 2008
October 31, 2008 – 11:04 AM | One Comment

7A Productions is pleased to present the documentary Nikki: A Girl with Rett Syndrome — more information is available by clicking the link.   The movie is now available on DVD via pre-order, and the …

Awesome: The Sequel
October 31, 2008 – 7:40 AM | 163 Comments

It’s not a good time to ask for money.I’m-a do it anyway.