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Update: 10/25, 9:30 AM
October 25, 2008 – 9:34 AM | 73 Comments
Update: 10/25, 9:30 AM

Last time I checked, 101K.That means that we’ve beat last year’s figure.
Another figure for you: best as I can guess, around the time I crossed the state line into Jersey yesterday, the Tomato Nation readership …

$100,863
October 24, 2008 – 10:24 PM | 40 Comments

Thank you, Nation.

Update: 10/24, 11 AM
October 24, 2008 – 10:57 AM | 60 Comments

Just FYI, I am traveling today; comments/emails may not get addressed until late tonight.I’ll do my best to keep up, and I appreciate your patience.
Nearly at 89K as of this writing.   Words fail me.
Happily, …

Update: 10/23, 5:15 PM
October 23, 2008 – 5:12 PM | 19 Comments

$83,263 right now.   Daaaaaaang.
Also: mini-prize!   Awesome reader Jess has offered the following prizes to any reader who donates to “Crochet Club”: a dark-grey-and-white knitted stocking cap/beanie as a main mini-prize, plus 2 knitted …

Match Game
October 23, 2008 – 12:46 PM | 23 Comments

I’m so excited for the money to kick in, I blanked my blank!
Sorry; little GSN “humor” for you there.   The match is ON, my generous friends. Let’s get this done.
(Note: projects already half funded …

Update: 10/23, 9:40 AM
October 23, 2008 – 9:41 AM | 10 Comments

75K and change at the moment; just waiting for the match to go into the system.   Great, great work; it’s much easier from here, I think, which is nice with just a week left.
Today, …

Update: 10/23, midnightish
October 23, 2008 – 12:12 AM | 5 Comments

SEVENTY-FIIIIIIIIVE!
Nice work.   I’ve notified DC to flip the switch on the match, but it may not take effect until business hours tomorrow; thanks in advance for your patience.
And thanks right now for your awesome-osity.

Update: 10/22, 9 AM
October 22, 2008 – 9:20 AM | 4 Comments

$72,700 right now.   Only $2,300 until the match point.   You can absolutely do this.
Reader Gillian H. believes you can too, so she’s putting her iPod where her mouth is for a mini-prize.   …

Update: October 20, 11 PM
October 20, 2008 – 11:00 PM | 5 Comments

71K plus, folks!   Awesome work.   I credit Nikolai.   (hee.   Really, I credit you.)
Ten-odd days to go; four thousand until we hit the match.   Haven’t donated yet?   Now’s the perfect …

On a happier note
October 20, 2008 – 1:01 PM | 25 Comments
On a happier note

As of this writing, $69,702.
Please draw the appropriate parallel between this nauseatingly cute photo of Hobeshka and Josef and my warm fuzzy feelings for all of you.   (Note: parallel should not contain humping.)