{"id":666,"date":"2008-04-19T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/666"},"modified":"2008-04-19T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:33:20","slug":"one-of-those-pleas-for-a-bit-of-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/666","title":{"rendered":"One of those pleas for a bit of cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey all.<\/p>\n

So, this is a blog post about how I’m going to be all noble<\/a> and walk 20 miles in the name of eradicating hunger. I usually react negatively to these kinds of posts, because it sucks asking people for money. (And I’m still a bit traumatized from Girl Scout cookie selling as a child.)<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/p>\n

BUT<\/p>\n

This has an altruistic intention, as well as a selfish one:
\n* No one likes hunger, right? So that’s easy. We can all feel good about fighting that.
\n* Walking a whole bunch of miles, as a massive group, makes me feel good – like I’m helping both raise money and awareness (and people watch me).<\/p>\n

SO<\/p>\n

There are lots of reasons not to donate any money (and truth be told, you’re probably thinking of them now), but if any of these resonate with you at all (and you can spare $20 without impacting your own grocery budget), consider it:<\/p>\n

1. Once you donate, it actually feels pretty good, and although $20 feels like a buncha money, it’s not, and the feeling you’ll have is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $7-$22.<\/p>\n

2. You have guilty feelings when you walk by people who are homeless. Or general white guilt.<\/p>\n

3. You can live vicariously through me. I’ll liveblog a couple times that day, so you can see beautiful Boston Commons and Cambridge and such. This is going to be fun, and I will enjoy it, and I will share!<\/p>\n

4. This could be seen as karmic insurance, or a tax write-off, depending on your beliefs. (It’s both!)<\/p>\n

So, effing click on RIGHT HERE<\/a> and then click on the button, and then put in your credit card number, and you’re done. It’s easy. Stop being a baby.<\/p>\n

I’m walking with Team Civitron and the Secret Society of Superheroes<\/a>, which is (like it sounds) a bunch of super heros. Shhhh.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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