August 26, 2008

Send Money to Chris! And then to Me!

The story is this: Chris Muir's last fundraiser for Day by Day was outrageously successful, and it looked that the results of that would carry him through this year. Then he lost his day job, which is terrific in the sense that he'll be able to do more research for the characters, work on the story lines—perhaps even go back to Iraq—but has the obvious downside that he'll need to rely even more on reader contributions.

The current fundraiser will go on for a month.

The "silver lining" here is that for each level of support (yes: the levels are Jan, Zed, Sam, and Damon), you get special goodies such as old sketches of the characters, posters, and a deck of DBD playing cards. (These are downloadables, except at the Damon level, which is supposedly sold out. I think the goodies at that level are sent out on archival paper.)

Personally, I think Muir should find a printer for the playing cards, and offer 'em on an ongoing basis. T-shirts, too.

I'll be sending him some money as soon as my next invoices get paid (which might be too late for me to get playing cards), but the good I get out of syndicating his site for free compels me to kick some dough in, as soon as I, like, have it.

And, yes: I'll be doing my own fundraiser, which will probably also last a week, in the second half of September.

UPDATE: Hey, Chris! Why posters of Sam, and not Zed? I want a Zed poster . . . or maybe a Damon one.


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August 21, 2008

Juliette and Barack.

Words fail me, but Baldilocks is one of the people I admire most in the world, and we will, together—conservative, liberal, libertarian—find a way to help the school in Kenya that Obama forgot.

And the L.A. Weekly has the story. Yeah: you heard that right: the L.A. Weekly. I was not prepared to have the world come to an end today.

Juliette has never forgotten her roots. She is one of the brightest people I know, and one of the loveliest. Plus, she giggles in the nicest way when (despite having dated/lived with/married a "former" Marine) I mess up on military nomenclature.

And as far as money goes, it means wearing my hair long, shapeless, and in a ponytail for yet another year, I'll find a way to help Juliette reach her goal and help this Kenyan school out (no matter whom it is named after).

Stay posted. I'll get more info from Baldi, and we'll figure out how to kick this thing into high gear. Meantime, if you want to hit my PayPal jar for Juliette's charity, please send me a note so I'll know it goes to Kenyan education, rather than, um . . . gin.


I know Baldilocks: this project is not about shaming Barack Obama, but about taking care of something important that fell off his radar when he started running for President of this country. Taking care of Kenyans.

Are you an American worried about public schools here? Fine: hold a bake sale. But please send a portion of the money you make to Kenyan education, whether you are white, Indian, black, Asian, Native American, or merely (like me) ethnically confused.

Details later, boys and girls. Minimum donation is $20 for Juliette's charity. Send it directly to her, or to me (annotated, please! tagline: Kenya. I'll know.). If you want to send a check, mail it to her or to me (our addresses are findable, if you're clever--or just write me and I'll give you my mail-drop).


Via a Tweet from Flap's Blog.

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January 27, 2008

The Annual CPAC Fundraising Appeal

It's time to send a starving blogger to CPAC! You can speak up for independent journalism/mindless, aimless verbosity by hitting Joy's PayPal button on the sidebar or below.

Remember: other bloggers put the content out there, and you can read it if you like. Around here, you have to prove you're interested, or I get depressed and go away.

I'd especially encourage you to contribute to this worthy cause—me me me me me—if:

1) You're a modern-day liberal. Money brings out the Marxist in me: that whole Hollywood-Manhattan-San Francisco mindset lurks somewhere in my consciousness, wanting only some dough-re-mi to bring it out;

2) You're a conservative. Never mind what I wrote just above—that's for my high-school friends. Just between us girls, I get more and more conservative when there's money in the bank. It makes me feel grown-up, so I start getting all moral and shit. Next thing you know, I'm watching Lou Dobbs on TV and stuff. I get either all protectionist, or very free market-ey. Take your pick; send me your vote via e-mail, along with the amount of your donation, as I go through this process of rank prostitution economic soul-searching.

3) You're a libertarian. Forget (1) and (2): that's for suck . . . other people. Someone of your discernment should be able to see right past that and understand that in order to fight from the inside, one has to fight from the outside, and the best way to protect the smallest minority from intimidation by the State is with some cold, hard cash. This will lead either to lots of private enterprise, or maybe enhanced property rights. And possibly the smoking of marijuana. And I have guns. Yay!

4) You're not Darrell, who sends me lots of wonderful stuff already. Non-Darrell readers should consider joining the "Gold Circle" of LMA patrons, which confers lot of benefits upon the reader—such as the special, vulgarity-laced Attila Report, chock-full of insightful political analysis, references to heritage rock acts, household hints, and pictures of my body parts.*

Sponsorship Levels, Little Miss Attila:

The Attila Girl Gold Circle—Just send me all your money, and don't stop until I tell you to. If you have disposable income, I have great news!—I know how to dispose of it! Just ask my husband.
The Attila Foundation Corporate Program—A generous contribution of $100 will pay for a single night's stay at CPAC, while I ferret out the truth about which speakers are least boring, and where the best parties are;
The Scimitar of Sensuality—A single contribution of $75 will allow me to actually eat while I'm at CPAC, which will dull the effects of the alcohol but allow me to pace myself while bar-hopping/providing superb coverage of this pivotal election year. Remember: If my blood-alcohol level drops too low, the jihadis have won!;
The Gay Boyfriend Special— For a mere $50, you too can find out why it is that gay men manage to get so close to straight women! Also, I can buy several ham and cheese sandwiches at Beltway prices, thereby supplementing my usual travel diet of lemon-flavored Luna Bars. Not that there's anything wrong with Luna Bars, mind you. They happen to constitute 50% of my caloric intake these days.
The Martini Patron—Thousands of times a year, bloggers are forced to nurse lite beers, looking lovingly over the bar at the bottles of premium gin lined up behind the bartender, and muttering Shakespeare's 29th Sonnet quietly to themselves. You can prevent your favorite blogger from falling prey to the dreadful melancholy that comes from mediocre beer, with your generous contribution of $25.

Make the world a better place. Support citizen journalism. Send me every dollar you can scrape up! Don't you have some old jewelry of your grandmother's tucked into a drawer somewhere that you can sell? Don't be a cheapskate; no one likes cheapskates.







* I'm making that up, but it's okay—after all, I'm making the whole thing up. Unless you people really want some sort of special newsletter, in which case $50 annually could buy you a hell of a lot. But the only body parts you see will be thrilling only to the jihadists among us: a bit of wrist here, an ankle there. Maybe a touch of shoulder on special occasions.

I'm afraid I'm not really a cost-effective source of pr0n. But dang—am I charming!

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November 24, 2007

Traffic's Down.

This sounds like a good time to bleg. After all, with no one actually reading the thing, imagine what's happening to my morale. But remember: there's nothing wrong with me that some money and premium gin won't fix.

(Darrell, you're soooo off the hook, here: I'm directing this toward the gin/cash deadbeats out there, and they know who they are. I'm still doing fine on Damrak, but I'm low on No. 209 [amazing stuff from SF] and could use some more Citadelle. I was about to take the Cascade Mountain plunge, but got Junipero at the last minute, instead. I wouldn't mind some more Hendrick's, of course. I've lost my passion for Dry, which is a step above normal Beefeaters, but can't compete at the Citadelle/Junipero/209 level. These gins take the clear beauty of London dry gins and add just a bit more juniper, plus a little bit of 1-2 compatible botanicals [usually involving citrus peel]. The way to make a martini with these guys is to get some really clean, fresh ice, pour the gin atop, and say the word "vermouth" out loud. Nothing else is necessary; even adding an olive would be a crime with these gins.

I'm thinking of doing a three-way "shootout" between Junipero, No. 209, and Citadelle.)

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February 09, 2007

Okay. If You Don't Want to Help Get Me to the East Coast,

. . . for crying out loud, go help Feisty get those squirrels out of her attic.

The girl is living on an even shorter shoestring than I am, so go go go.

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February 08, 2007

Well, It's Hanging by a Thread.

I'm credentialed for CPAC, but my ability to go is hanging by a thread, especially since there are a few health-care issues I have to finish off this winter—as my husband just reminded me.

Here's arbitrary for you: my ability to go may rest entirely on whether my major client pays his existing invoice on time, which he almost never does.

Not coincidentally, this would be a great time to hit my PayPal button: even picking up the cost of a meal—or a single night's stay at the hotel—would help enormously. (I have a hotel picked out that is pretty cheap, but in a safe neighborhood.)

Help a sister out, okay? No contribution too small. None too large, either

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December 23, 2006

All I Want for Christmas

. . . is money! Remember: only you can help me purchase the additional memory that will allow me to publish photos here in 2007 (and post over 10 lines at a time). And only you can send me to CPAC in early March!

Your contributions aren't tax-deductible in any way. Though I suppose you could lie on your tax returns and say you sent the dough to Attila Girl Enterprises, a Nonprofit Corporation. And it will be used to feed a starving blogger . . . but in Washington, D.C. in late winter.

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December 21, 2006

Battling Blood Cancers

John P. McCann was one of the writers for the Warner Brothers cartoon Animaniacs, as well as a producer on Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain—and the co-producer (along with Paul Rugg) of Freakazoid. He's been a working writer in this town for years, concentrating mostly on television animation.

Over the next few weeks he'll be raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and he will run the Phoenix Marathon this winter in memory of Melanie Fastrup, who died of cancer after a long battle. Please contribute what you can: the Leukemia and Lymphoma society has done so much to ease the suffering of children and adults with cancer, and has funded vital research that's achieved real results.

Thanks.

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November 20, 2006

Fundraising

It's a long story, but K is hot on the trail of a functional scooter. There is a chance that she may have to get a car with a larger trunk in order to carry it around, so let's keep hitting her PayPal button.

She sent Attila the Hub a thank you note for our contribution, and asked how she could repay us. He replied: "there's only one way: get a speeding ticket in the new scooter."

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June 19, 2006

Send Me to Siggraph

It's on the East Coast this year, so I'll need a few hundred dollars from you people to pay for my airfare. I was in Boston once, as a little girl of nine or so. We were driving through—my mother, my brother and I—during one of our New England road trips. (Weren't those a blast!)

I'm afraid I had a horrible allergic attack, though, so all I remember are violent sneezes and cobblestoned streets glimpsed through the back window of a red VW bug. If you send me to Siggraph this year, I'll suddenly become worldly and educated and stuff. Also, you'll get lots of juicy material on the latest trends in CGI.

Thanks!

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March 31, 2006

Harrell with a Cause.

This is a good point: 40% of the Iraqi population is under 18. And it doesn't matter where you stand on the U.S. invasion of Iraq: the children had nothing to do with either that or the dictatorship that preceded it.

My lefty friends, especially, will want to be aware that the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation is no wingnut group (hey: no one's perfect). And their War Kids Relief program is a good way to show that Americans of all stripes care about engaging at-risk youth—no matter where they reside.

Dig into your pockets, boys and girls.

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December 22, 2005

It's Official! (Holiday Blegging)

I've been approved for Blogger's Alley at CPAC this coming February 9-11.

So I'll be going to Washington, D.C. in seven weeks or whatever. I'll be renewing my contacts at Americans for Rice while I'm in town, as well as meeting with a few of the Cotillion blogstresses to plot our strategy for world domination.

Where will I be getting the dough to pay for my cheap redeye to the East Coast, my usual travel diet of protein bars, and one overpriced gin and tonic, you enquire?

Well, that's where you come in: I'll be trying to get one big media or corporate sponsorship, but at least half of it will come from you people, in $10, $20, and $30 increments. If you support the idea of citizen journalism, speak to me in that language I love: the mother tongue of your disposable income.

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November 28, 2005

I'll Be at 150,000 Within Days.

Which isn't bad for a boutique blog.

Feel free to congratulate me by buying an ad (or sending me a tip). After all, my gobsmackingly vile bandwidth costs keep going up, and I need to keep bringing you money quotes. (And some of us don't even have beach houses: that's how oppressed we are.)


Seriously: I'm flying to D.C. in February, and you guys need to send me the money to do it. Rest assured that I'll be living on protein bars while I'm there. World's cheapest traveller, cross my heart and hope to die.

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November 21, 2005

Fundraising, CPAC

The last several times I've attended an event on behalf of this blog, my household has managed to absorb the cost, but there is no way I can attend CPAC this coming February without your help. I'm therefore seeking contributions from my readers to ensure I'll be able to provide you with up-do-date info—and my own unique take—as the country gears up for the 2006/2008 election seasons.

New media is in a critical phase right now, and it deserves your support. Think about the money you saved by letting your newspaper and magazine subscriptions lapse: send it to those who are providing you with your best links/insight/analysis. A lot of the bigger blogs are established, now: you'll get the most bang for your buck by sending your money to medium-sized and boutique blogs. Naturally, I think it should go to mine.

Thanks.

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August 27, 2005

Chris Muir

. . . is the man.

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August 23, 2005

Help the Wounded

We've got to get more voice-activated laptops to those of our troops who have been wounded and need them. As John Donovan has pointed out, this is something that anyone can support—left, right, and center:

If you're a lefty blogger who wouldn't be caught dead in [our largely right-of-center] list, we understand. We suggest you start your own list, and own campaign, and stuff us warmongering capitalist neocons into the dustbin of charitable giving history. I'm all for it. This is about the wounded. No more, no less. In this case, I will allow the ends to guide my means!

Anyone up to the challenge? You don't have to support the war to support web access for people who wouldn't otherwise be able to operate a computer.

Please support Project Valour—IT (a charity run by Soldiers' Angels). Be generous. Thank you.


Via Cassandra.

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August 09, 2005

Go to Chris Muir's Site

. . . and click on the "click for Cathy" button as often as possible in the next week and a half. This will raise the visibility of the cancer clinic that is providing care for his sister, and it won't take up much of your time.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Chris reports that they are now getting 5000 clicks an hour, and the number is rising. I love these grass-roots actions! He warns that we might crash the system, but if we can't get through at one point we can just do it again the next day. And this is not a fundraising campaign: clicks only; not money.

And now there's a shortcut on my sidebar, to save you time!

Via Goldstein.

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July 24, 2005

Soldiers' Angels

. . . Are campaigning to get more laptop computers into the hands of soldiers, especially those who have been wounded and need a way to stay in touch with their buddies.

The lease is up on a lot of the computers the troops are using, and these can be purchased for them at $249 each.

And they take checks! Those of you who have PayPal-phobia will appreciate that.

Beth has details.


(You'll be hearing more about this from members of the Cotillion, as we think of more and better ways to get money out of your wallets and into a few creature comforts for those fighting to keep us safe. So deal with that.)

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May 12, 2004

Angry? Do Something.

Alan and Michele of The Command Post have a brilliant idea for channeling our anger and disgust at the Berg murder into a tangible good.

In the meantime, my husband and I will be writing letters to public officials involved in the war effort--from the President on down--expressing our support and gratitude.

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May 01, 2004

A Job Well Done

Final results on the Spirit of America Fundraising effort:

The Fighting Fusileers raised $26,597.39
The Victory Coalition raised $18,910.44
The Liberty Alliance raised $9,884

Therefore, the blogging part of this campaign is responsible for $55,391.83. With a total of over $1,500,000, we therefore brought in a bit over 1/30 of what was raised, nationwide. Not bad, considering that the blogosphere was "competing" with the likes of The Wall Street Journal. And we raised five grand over the goal originally set for the blogging portion of the campaign.

What blows me away, though, is the generosity of the American people. The fundraising goal was $100,000. Now there's a little left over for the Marines' next few charity projects in Iraq. Past work has included outfitting schools and hospitals, and buying toys for Iraqi children--who are apparently partial to Frisbees.

Here's the word from Jim Hake:

Today we delivered to Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA the equipment that will be used to equip Iraqi-owned and operated television stations in Al Anbar province. On Saturday, May 1 the Marines will fly the equipment from March Air Force Base to Iraq. This initiative and the original request is described here. We try hard to provide rapid response to requests we receive. Here is the timeline of this project:

April 8: SoA receives Marines request for television equipment.
April 14: SoA posts the request on our Web site and begins fundraising.
April 29: SoA delivers $82,687 of TV studio equipment to Camp Pendleton.
April 29: Marines pack donated equipment and prepare for shipment to Iraq.
May 1: Marines fly equipment to Iraq.

This rapid turnaround makes a difference in Iraq.

***

Please check FridayÂ’s Wall St. Journal, Dan Henninger talks about Spirit of America in his column on the editorial.

We have received $1,532,931 in donations in the last two weeks. Contributions from 7,438 donors have been made to every request and every area of Spirit of AmericaÂ’s operations. I canÂ’t begin to describe the effects this generosity will have on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan - both in helping the people of those countries and in supporting the hard work of those serving there.

As encouraging as the last 14 days have been, I believe we are just at the beginning of seeing homefront support for AmericaÂ’s efforts in Iraq. WeÂ’re fortunate to receive emails, letters and handwritten notes from our donors that thank us for finally getting the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution. Since 9/11 many have felt helpless. That no longer need be the case.

You can find more on whatÂ’s happened and what next at Spirit of AmericaÂ’s blog. As promised, we have an accounting there of how the money was spent on the first phase of the Marines TV request.

And just about 100% of this is actually going to the people it purports to help. Excellent.

This is, by far, the best stunt pulled on behalf of this effort; some men just weren't meant to cross-dress, and I think he's one of them.

Joanie has pictures.

Smash got an interview out of this.

And Spirit of America made The Wall Street Journal again--alas, without any mention of the blogosphere's role in the fundraising effort.

Sleep well, my friends. And have a wonderful weekend: you deserve it.

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