STICKY DOORKNOBS

Blogathon readers donate $5,000 for Fair Havens

   The really great thing about Blogathon 2006 was that Midland Fair Havens was on the receiving end of such a nice donation provided by so many caring and giving folks out there.

   I added up all my sticky notes and figure readers of Eric, over at Fire Ant Gazette, and Sticky Doorknobs came up with a cool $5,000 in pledges to Fair Havens. Fair Havens will receve 100 percent of those proceeds and the thanks is due all to you guys who were so generous with your donations.

   Eric has a nice wrap up of all he accomplished over at the Gazette. I didn't keep such a tally, all I know is I wrote until my fingers bled and my eyes could no longer see. OK, a bit of an exaggeration maybe, at least on the fingers part.  It's quite difficult being creative between the hours of 1-7 a.m., especially when your body is deprived of sleep. I'm honestly afraid my attempt at a short story might have fallen well short in its objective to deliver a nice little yarn.

   So I relegated creativity to a back seat role and just decided completion was the primary goal. It did help that I walked out front about 5 a.m. and a cat ran out from under the bushes in front of me. That gave me just enough energy to go back inside and make another pot of coffee.

   I frankly don't care if I ever see coffee OR Red Bull ever again. My stomach has already told me the two drinks won't be accepted in large quantities within the friendly confines of my body for quite some time.

   But again, thanks to everyone. We have several prize winners we'll be contacting, and I also leave with the experience that when you are having a name-that-photo or name-that-album-cover contest ... it's best to never name the album cover by its actual name when saving the scanned photo. Not in these days of right mouse clicks. People will swipe those buggers right out from under you with their fancy schmancy technology. :)

   And ... just an interesting sidebar here: About 2 in the morning I put out a post asking for creative ways to stay awake. I had tried reading the Old Testament books of Numbers and Deuteronomy and that didn't seem to be doing the trick. So, <em>my</em> assigned blogathon monitor, a blogger in her own right apparently, shot me a response that said "The best way to stay awake? Sex and a cold shower."

   Ummmm ... OK, well, thank you very much. My wife is in bed (sick, even) and my son is sitting here next to me trying to stay up with me and is eating homemade chocolate covered pretzels so I guess I'LL JUST HAVE BE TIRED THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

   Kinda weird.

   Will I do it again? I'll be a year older then. I may just try to organize my own 24-hour fundraiser. I figure I'd be a big success if I run my own Napathon. I think I could most definitely generate a few hundred bucks in return for lying unconscious for a day.

   Over 750 bloggers started out worldwide, most with good intentions, and by the time it was over, 285 had toughed it out and brought in over $100,000.

   Thanks again to you for your part.

Thanks

A final word of thanks to everyone for their participation in Blogathon 2006. I'll be posting up a list of winners and supporters, sort of like closing credits, and contacting you guys in the coming few days to specify the kind of gift certificate you prefer.

Meanwhile, you may get an email from blogathon.org asking you to fulfill your pledge by going to a page located through give.org. And that's good, that's the way its supposed to be.

Hope you guys enjoyed and I appreciate it. Thanks, too, for your support of Fair Havens, such a wonderful charitable cause.

Thanks again, and I'll be in touch early this week.

Jimmy

Final Where in the World photo contest picture

For a $10 gift certificate to amazon, iTunes or Academy where am I here.

Clean up

Things to do while watching the final ticks tock off the Big Blogclock:

Find the "Create New Post" button again. It was there earlier I swear.

Fix my wife coffee.

Eat dropped coffee grounds off counter.

Reorder prescriptions

Hang Do Not Disturb sign on bedroom door

UNplug phone

Write thank you post.

6 a.m.

... and down the stretch they come...

Awake again

OK I found a great way to wake back up for the finish of this thing: I walked outside for a couple of minutes and a cat jumped out the bushes and in front of me. Yessir, that'll do 'er.

Bring on the last couple hours. I can take anything nowzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

5 a.m.

We just may make this work, but I gotta tell you, I'm on E.

4

yesimstillhere

Random Shuffle 14

Free Loop, Daniel Powter
Give Me All Night, Carly Simon
Dialogue (Parts One and Two), Chicago
Sparks, Coldplay
Let Me Touch You For Awhile, AKUS
Old Man, Neil Young
Fool Hearted Memory, George Strait
Fix You, Coldplay
All I Have to Do is Dream, Barry Manilow
Baby, Now That I've Found You, AKUS

These songs shuffled up on the iPod. Keep track throughout the day and night and tell me which song(s) repeat and which artist is played most often (and how many times) and win a $50 gift certificate to your choice of iTunes, amazon.com, bn.com or the Academy.

Meme with me

I'm doing this because it's 3 in the morning and I'm tired and I stole this off my monitor's web site. Yes or no answers only. Only explanations if someone emails and asks for an explanation on something. My monitor thinks she has a boring life. She never met me ...

Taken a picture naked? : No
Made out with a member of the same sex? : No
Danced in front of your mirror? : No
Told a lie? : Yes
Gotten in a car with people you just met?: No
Been in a fist fight? : No
Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? : Yes
Been arrested? : No
Left your house without telling your parents? : Yes
Ditched school to do something more fun? : No
Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? : Yes
Seen someone die? : No
Kissed a picture? : Yes
Slept in until 3? : No. Until today.
Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? : Yes
Played dress up? : Yes.
Fallen asleep at work/school? : Yes
Felt an earthquake? : No
Touched a snake? : No
Ran a red light? : Yes
Had detention? : No
Been in a car accident? : Yes
Pole danced? : Uh, No.
Been lost? : Yes
Sang karaoke? : No
Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? : Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose??: Yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue?? : Yes
Kissed in the rain? : No
Sang in the shower? : Yes
Got your tongue stuck to a pole? : Yes
Ever gone to school partially naked? : No
Sat on a roof top? : Yes
Played chicken? : No
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? : Yes
Been told you’re hot by a complete stranger? : No
Broken a bone? : No
Mooned/flashed someone? : No
Forgotten someone’s name? : Yes
Slept naked? : Yes
Blacked out from drinking? : No
Played a prank on someone? : Yes
Felt like killing someone? : No
Made a parent cry? : Yes
Cried over someone? : Yes
Had sex more than 5 times in one day? : No
Had/Have a dog? : Yes
Been in a band? : Yes
Drank 25 sodas in a day? : No
Shot a gun? : No