I am all signed up and ready to rock.
Actually, as you’ll see in the next post, it’s not a matter of sponsoring me, but of supporting a very worthwhile cause.
So, what’s the Blogathon?
- Starting at 7 a.m. MDT (adjusted worldwide) on Saturday, 28 July, I will begin blogging for 24 hours, with a commitment to one post at least every 30 minutes. Hilarity ensues!
- In exchange for said hilarity (oh, and, I suppose, the stuff I actually blog about), you get to pledge a donation to the worthy charity of my choice (see next post). The donation can be by the hour (I promise not to go beyond 24) or a flat amount.
- You don’t send me or the Blogathon any money — you just sign up and, afterwards, get a reminder e-mail from the Blogathon to go to the charity’s web site and pony up.
- Nobody except (if you choose) me gets to see your name or what you pledged.
- Again, no money changes hands except (on the honor system) between you and the charity.
- Hilarity ensues, I tell you. Pure comedy gold. Or, at least, progressively increasing typos, incoherence, mutterings about coffee, and moblogged pictures of me looking really tired by the dawn’s early light on Sunday morning.
Blogathon has been going on for a number of years, and I’ve participated a number of times — 2003, 2005, and 2006, to date — and it’s a lot of fun for a good cause. As with previous years, I’ll be focusing on comic book reviews (and related topics) because, well, it’s become my schtick. I actually have been setting aside in the new guest room/office (to be dubbed Blogathon Central, since I’ll probably be working from up there) all my new TPB purchases this year, so there will be plenty of inspiration.
Hope you enjoy the fun.
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Blogathon 2007!
I am all signed up and ready to rock. Support me. Actually, as you’ll see in the next post, it’s not a matter of supporting me, but of supporting…
And, with some minor struggle, I finally have the sidebar stuff up.
Now to sit back and watch the money roll in … 🙂
(UPDATE: Some already has. Thankee, sir.)
I find it very odd that this entry trackback pinged itself …
“To understand recursion, you must understand recursion.”
Hmmm…
If the third The Red Star TPB shows up in my box between now and then I’ll bring all three of them down for you…just in case you run out of things to read. ;P
Y’know, I enjoyed the first Red Star arc/TPB — but the infrequency of publication and veering around of the story after that left me (so to speak) cold.
I could be persuaded otherwise, though …
Hey Dave,
Since you’ve switched charities this year, I’ve decided to pick up the CBDLF for my first year participating in the Blogathon. Now I just have to figure out what I’m going to talk about for 48 posts…..
CBLDF is a fine organization, IMO.
Surprisingly enough, I always worry about having enough material to natter about for 48 posts — and never seem to run out. Some tips:
1. The last few posts can include a “thank you” post, a “wow, it’s been a long night, look at that sunrise” post, etc.
2. The first couple of posts can be about the ‘thon, about what you’re doing, about how you prepped.
3. Middle posts can include notes on how you’re holding up, what you’re doing, you’re running off to shower and refresh, etc.
4. Go through the Blogathon page and find some other worthy blogs to blog about (or lament being unable to find some).
You can easily clear a dozen posts or more on administrivia like that, without ever touching your “theme.” 🙂
Thanks for the tips.
I think my “theme” is going to be comic history. Favorite characters and creators, little known series and trivia, stuff like that.
A fine theme indeed. 🙂