I’ve taken the plunge and committed to riding 50 miles in Pelotonia 2009.
By the end of the day, August 28 (only 46 days away), I will have riden 50 miles on my one-speed (seen above), and have raised (over?) $1000 for cancer research.
This is my shameless solicitation for sponsorship. But, like all good sponsorships, I’m offering something in return! I’ll be having a shirt printed with all the people (or companies) that contribute money to my ride. The larger your donation, the larger your name (or logo, or message) on my shirt.
First come, first served.
When you donate, just hit me up and let me know what and where you want on the shirt.
We’re thick into it now, so you have no excuse for not knowing everything that there is to know about summer time.
Here’s the questions for trivia Monday (7/13):
Summertime Trivia.
1. Coming up in Columbus
2. Will Smith (movies, music, and more)
3. Music festivals
4. Film quote (audio)
5. The history of summer
6. Painted boobs (or, decency laws in Columbus)
7. Summer songs
8. Celebrity murders
9. Television theme song (audio)
10. In the news
11. Summer blockbusters
12. Sex, drugs and the Park Street Tavern
13. One hit wonders (audio)
14. Back to school
15. Boy bands
SPECIAL PROMOTION: If you RSVP for trivia on Facebook by 5 PM Monday (7/13), I will buy you a PBR at Trivia.
**I will not buy a PBR for everyone on your team. Just one per RSVP on Facebook. Make sense?
The Awesome Foundation is a new philanthropic organization seeking to promote awesomeness.
“Awesomeness is more the product of a creator’s passion than the prospect of audience or profit. Awesome creations are novel and non-obvious, evoking surprise and delight. Invariably, something about them perfectly reflects the essence of the medium, moment, or method of creation. Awesomeness challenges and inspires.”
They’re giving away thousands of dollars a month to awesome projects.
Convincing people to make time to come out to a contemporary art exhibition has a couple of tracts:
This artist is significant.
This is a rare opportunity to see this artist’s work.
This artist influences other artists.
These “one-liners” fit easily into ad copy, Twitter, press release headlines, and elevator speeches. The problem is, that they don’t speak to an audience that, normally, doesn’t make time to culture themselves beyond a new film or the new restaurant in their city.
There’s an argument for challenging, segmented, explanatory bits. Not: “this is why you should care,” instead: “this is what this art does.”
Comfest and Independence (but not Independent’s) Day are done and now we enter into the dog days of summer. Ugh.
Here’s the questions for trivia Monday (7/6):
Douchbag Trivia.
1. Coming up in Columbus
2. Bassists
3. That guy from Twilight
4. Film quote (audio)
5. The whitetrash love bus
6. Closeted elected officials
7. Famous douchebags from New Jersey (non-rockers)
8. Where are they now: The stars of The Outsiders
9. Television theme song (audio)
10. In the news
11. Middle-aged celebs on tape
12. Frosted tips, collagen lips, and get a load of my new tits
13. One hit wonders (audio)
14. Ben Affleck
15. Men to look up to
SPECIAL PROMOTION: If you RSVP for trivia on Facebook by midnight Sunday (7/5), I will buy you a PBR at Trivia.
**I will not buy a PBR for everyone on your team. Just one per RSVP on Facebook. Make sense?
I’ve taken the plunge and committed to riding 50 miles in Pelotonia 2009.
