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Post by Danielle on Mar 23, 2009 6:20:35 GMT -5
I just spent ten minutes writing an email to this guy www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1447415.html and I accidentally hit the page back key. Is this a sign that I should not be writing him that nasty email to tell him I thought he was rude and that J&J raised over 12,000 so there? |
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Post by Colleen on Mar 23, 2009 9:14:05 GMT -5
haha, I think you should rewrite it and send it to me, so at least I can feel better. I'm still wicked pissed off at that guy. Send it to LPDonate.
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Post by Danielle on Mar 23, 2009 9:17:50 GMT -5
haha, I think you should rewrite it and send it to me, so at least I can feel better. I'm still wicked pissed off at that guy. Send it to LPDonate. I was pissed cause it was very good. I was trying to click the left arrow key and i hit 'page back'. I hate that button. I'll work on rewriting it. I still would send it to that guy. |
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Post by Ben on Mar 23, 2009 12:32:37 GMT -5
I feel like I am dead to the internet I MISSED TRIVIA WAR LIVE AND NOW THIS!  How was it, everyone?  (From what I've briefly read) it sounded amazing! And I am so happy for Jay and Jack that the total is so incredible! I'm going to ask my parents to make a donation ASAP. Is there any official "donation end" date? x |
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Post by lijames on Mar 23, 2009 12:45:44 GMT -5
I feel like I am dead to the internet I MISSED TRIVIA WAR LIVE AND NOW THIS! How was it, everyone? (From what I've briefly read) it sounded amazing! And I am so happy for Jay and Jack that the total is so incredible! I'm going to ask my parents to make a donation ASAP. Is there any official "donation end" date? x It was lots of fun and the official donation date is April 20th. |
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Post by Colleen on Mar 23, 2009 13:28:51 GMT -5
James, we're going to go find that burger place Jorge was talking about?
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Post by Danielle on Mar 23, 2009 14:33:12 GMT -5
Good news, that email I was writing about that article did not dissapear, I found it! I'll be finishing it up later tonight. =D
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Post by Danielle on Mar 23, 2009 16:58:13 GMT -5
Hello Joe,
I would like to give you some constructive criticism about your article (http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1447415.html) that discussed a 25 hour podcast hosted by Jay and Jack Glatfelter. So let's start there: their last name is not Gladfelter.
While Jay and Jack do appreciate your publicity about their event, I found your article rather degrading to Jay and Jack and all that they do. Although they don't get people like Clay Aiken, Jorge Garcia called from Hawaii into the podcast and talked for three and a half hours. The fact that Jorge would donate his time to talk with fans about Lost and shoot the breeze with Jay and Jack says alot about their podcast.
Although you wouldn't know them as celebrities, there were many other well known lost podcasters at the event. Ralph (dharmalars.net) of the Dharmalars called in from California to talk with Jay and Jack somewhere around 4amEST. Ryan and Jen (hawaiiup.com/lost) of the Transmission called in from Hawaii at 2am EST. These people also took time out of their days to talk with Jay and Jack and made donations to the cause.
I feel your article should haven given the guys a lot more credit. These are two average people who set out to raise money for a cause they believe in. Last year, their 23 hour podcast raised over $6,000. This year their goal was $10,000. They reached this goal 4 hours before the end of the show. The final tally at the end of 25 hours of podcasting was over $12,000. There will be more because of the checks sent by mail to their PO Box.
I'd like to see a follow up article celebrating the success of the event. It's amazing how much money we raised to help find a cure. If you'd like pictures of the sweet cake they were eating at the iceplex (it was shaped like the Autism Speaks Logo), please let me know.
Thank you for your time,
Danielle
Any thoughts on my email? I enjoy writing these kinds of things.
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Post by cindy on Mar 23, 2009 17:17:55 GMT -5
Don't forget about Ed! That guy called in at least twice (that I heard) and when he was on, donations went up! Got to give him a lot of credit for that. For a ref, he's a pretty good cheerleader too. I wonder what kind of donation would it have taken to get him into the outfit? But I digress. He told stories in exchange for donations, and even told a few based on the chat. Now, here's a guy who not only calls in, but talks about whatever and even follows along with a chat online (which was scrolling mighty fast I should say). Not to mention he even talked a little about "The Call" - which takes a lot of guts to do on a live show hosted by someone who is a big fan of the team that got, well, robbed.
I don't know if it would be worth mentioning Daniel Dae Kim and the kid who played Walt (his name eludes me at the moment) being possible guests on the show too. Gotta love schedules and huge time differences.
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Post by Danielle on Mar 23, 2009 18:07:56 GMT -5
Cindy - all good points, but I didn't feel comfortable talking about Ed- i have no idea what he said or did for the podcast, so I wasn't going to say things I didn't know were true. Although I did not attend for Ralph or Ryan and Jen, I knew they were there and I was trying to make a point that they were in weird time zones, but still wanted to call in.
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Post by jlyn1980 on Mar 23, 2009 19:31:03 GMT -5
Oh Ed was great. He kept really pumping people up to continue to vote. And he was telling stories about certain teams or players if you pledged some money. It was so much fun. I got a Brett Favre story. And Jorge was awesome. He told a lot of really great stories too. I hope next year we will get up to $15,000.
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Post by lijames on Mar 23, 2009 20:32:43 GMT -5
James, we're going to go find that burger place Jorge was talking about? Yep! I mentioned that to Jay too! You have to get the name of it, I play volleyball by there so I'll check it out. |
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Post by Yasmin on Mar 23, 2009 23:02:18 GMT -5
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Post by Colleen on Mar 23, 2009 23:45:34 GMT -5
ohhhh that address sounds like what Jorge said. You wanna join us, yasmin?
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Post by Yasmin on Mar 24, 2009 0:07:25 GMT -5
ohhhh that address sounds like what Jorge said. You wanna join us, yasmin? Sure. When are you planning to go? |
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