Bad news first: Claire Danes had hoped to attend the tomato dance, but play-related commitments won’t permit that. Which is a little bit disappointing on the one hand, but on the other hand, I was …

Thanks to Joe R for the graphic; thanks to all of you for awesomely hitting 89K today.
A couple of the remaining projects need less than a hundred bucks to get finished.

With nine days to go, we’re at around 87K — just three grand more, and the mysteriously generous and generously mysterious $ throws in another $2,500, which would put us at $92,500. Which would put …

“And awesome’s plenty for meeeeeee!” And for you guys, who have hoisted the contest up over 86 percent. Four thousand more, and the lovely and talented $ hucks in another $2,500. Good work, people. Keep …

And by “$” I mean our mystery donor, who, when we passed 80K last night, threw in $2,500. $ will throw in another $2,500 if/when we get to 90K, so let’s get to spending. Currently, …

A generous anonymous donor — known henceforth as “$ and the Mysterians” — has offered to provide a chunk of matching funds if/when we reach various donation milestones in the contest.
So, if/when we hit $80,000, …

As of this writing, you’re 75 percent of the way towards the 100K goal. In dollars, that’s $75,000. Seventy. Five. Thousand. Dollars. In ten days.
That is quite a sum of awe.
I’ve continued to add projects …

As you’ll see, all the TN Challenges have gotten mooshed together, and I’ve upped the ceiling to 100K. Behold the awesomeness right here; currently we’re at 73 percent. I’ve added a number of new projects …

Zach just emailed me to say that the DC tech team is combining all the Tomato Nation challenges/bonus rounds into one monster challenge; you probably won’t see any weirdness on the front end, and it …

…Heh. The remaining projects in The Final Awesome didn’t add up correctly, so I’ve added a few more to bring us up even with the 25K goal. The 79 percent figure is still accurate, though. …