“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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Morning, guys. See below re: the “expired” notation on the bonus round — I’m pretty sure that means it’s fully funded, but I’ll check in with Zach (if he hasn’t run away from home by …
And all the ships at sea!
95 percent as of this writing. Won’t be long now.
1. If you haven’t gotten a receipt: a) I’m never more than a few hours behind on those, unless it’s overnight, …
Yes, ladies and germs: 75 percent. I’ve had a holiday feeling all day, like the last day of school before Christmas break — yeah, you’re in class, but everyone’s crunching candy canes and not concentrating, …
In case you skimmed over this/haven’t visited the main contest page/whatever:
Your DC receipt is your contest entry. You must 1) forward me a receipt, or a screenshot, or some proof of donation, and 2) receive …
As of this writing, we’re at 54 percent on the second bonus round. It defies belief, truly.
My current plan: I’ll let you guys polish this bonus round off on your own. Once you hit 50K, …
Just kidding! Congratulations: the first bonus round is over. The tomato dance is on.
And for ten minutes, I couldn’t get into my own admin panel because we overloaded the CPU. Well done, folks. Well done …
Might as well wait for y’all to finish the bonus round. Won’t take longer than, what, 20 minutes?
Yeah, that’s a dare, Awesome X. You got a problem with that? Express it in a love of …
When I started this entry five minutes ago, it led with a 73 pun. So much for that, you Awesomezillae: 76 percent.
I have to go into Manhattan now and, you know, do my other job. …
Serendipitous provenance of the quotation aside, I have not showered yet today because I am afraid to leave you spendy peeps alone. And I take short showers! Short hair, short showers! Still afraid! Smelly and …
I was sitting here thinking, “Who would the readers be, if fund-raising were baseball? Would they be the A-Rod — MVP, probably the best player ever? …Nah, he’s kind of whiny. The Babe Ruth? He …