Blogathon Halfway Point
Posted by John Lockwood on December 8th, 2006
Well, we’re at the halfway point of the blogathon. A lot of people have asked how they can help out.
I wish the answer were more verbose, more a propos, more au courant, de rigeur, je ne sais quoi. I wish it had something to do with how scared you are of some new web site, and how we’re all going to be fine, because consumers still need someone to hold the lockbox key and their hands.
But the answer is about the same as it was in the beginning of the blogathon. You can best help out by downloading the flier. Fill it out. Follow the instructions. If you want to sponsor someone, the smart money is on either me, because I’m longwinded and not afraid of my own unintelligibility, or the whole team. But Bridget and the Helen/Kathy combo are also chiming in and helping to move things along. In fact, the most successful aspect of the whole thing has been seeing others take their first tentative steps into efforts that will help keep me from needing a hunger blogathon. We have about 200% more bloggers than sponsors! Fortunately Bridget put her finger on it with “Blog Blog Blog“, because we’re not doing all that well at “thon thon thon.”
How much have we raised so far? Well, I’d have to go back, but I think it’s safe to say that I’ve already hit or am close to hitting the twenty posts that Judy Onorato, El Dorado County’s most Courageous and Beloved Title Company Rep, sponsored us for. So that’s forty bucks, when you throw in the matching funds. And the Helen / Kathy team are up to about four bucks. So by the end of next week, blah blah blah.
You know, this is viewer supported Internet. We depend on folks like you for this great programming.
Now I know how PBS feels. Does that stand for “Post Blogathon Syndrome?”
I won’t say I know how Sally Struthers feels, but Rob Reiner does. Lucky guy.
Well, Helen has still some funds to raise off of my sponsorship. Go Helen! And you guys, don’t ignore Bridget. She’s an accomplished agent, equestrian, and bingo something-card vendor, so please don’t let her tailspin into a depression. Let’s make this our most successful Winter 2006 Blogathon ever.
Operators are standing by.