I am typing this diary under duress. I am being held captive at an undisclosed location by the staff of the upcoming YearlyKos convention. They and BloggerPower.org are holding an online fundraising drive to benefit the YearlyKos Convention. Their goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of the day today to defray some of the costs of running this monumental production.
They have told me I will either be released or dumped into the Chicago River (please vote in the attached pole) when the goal has been reached.
I miss my family. My captors are only feeding me miso soup. And my business partner must be thinking, "It is so pleasantly quiet around here of late."
I just want to get out of this place. I have been kept blindfolded in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. And the one hour a day I am "free," I am only allowed to read old installments from the This Week in Circumcision News series.
I tell you, I need to get out of here so you have to donate!
(Read on for the great list of gifts for those who donate!)
Please donate at a level at which you feel comfortable.
But do it NOW. (I have tickets for the Cubs-Astros game today and it's a 1:20 CST start.)
My captors are making me post the following information about all the free stuff you get if you donate today:
Will you help ensure that The YearlyKos Convention is a success this year by donating?
As our news clips page shows the 2006 YearlyKos Convention was a huge success. However, it was only successful because people like you believed in us enough to support us financially, registered to attend and volunteered your time.
The 2007 YearlyKos Convention in Chicago will be an even bigger event. We've already announced a presidential leadership forum, a screening series which is part celebration of progressive filmmaking and part film school for the blogosphere, and a virtual convention in the world of Second Life. We aren't done yet! In the coming months you'll see announcements about the lineup of panels, keynote speakers and major events. We may even have a surprise or two in store for you!
We think it'll be an event no one will want to miss, but we do need your financial support to make it happen. For the duration of this fundraising drive we'll be offering some special gifts as a show of our thanks for your generous donation. If you'd like to make a donation and you don't want a gift just leave a comment in the donation form field provided.
$50 – $99
2007 YearlyKos Convention Lapel Pin
$100 – $249
2006 YearlyKos Convention Lanyard (while supplies last)
Plus all items from above
$250 – $499
2006 Registration Bags - complete with schwag! (while supplies last)
Plus all items above
$500 – $999
Crashing the Gates book
Plus all items above
$1000 and above
Crashing the Gate book (signed by Markos Moulitsas)
Plus all items above
All benefits listed above will be sent approximately 3-5 weeks after donation is processed.
Donate today!
Looking for other opportunities to support the YearlyKos Convention? You'll want to check out these items.
The way I look at this, if 20 of us step up in the next hour and donate a grand apiece, this puppy's over and I might make the game. If not twenty, individual thousand dollar donors, then we need 40 $500 donors. Or some mix of $1,000, $500, $250, $100, $50, $20 and $10 donors to get the total to 20 grand. (Hell, maybe some bigwig will pop for the full 20k and I can skate out of here before Gina, the YearlyKos Head Honcho, comes into my cell again with her usual, treacly, "Oh, look what we have for you today, Bob! Some more hot, delicious miso soup!")
Look, no matter what happens to me, this is a good cause. Last year's YearlyKos was a blast, even if it was packed with nerdy, computer-geek liberal bloggers. This year promises to be even more packed with nerdy, computer-geek liberal bloggers. But it's in Chicago and that's a beautiful thing. Home of deep dish pizza, Italian beef sandwiches and hot dogs on poppyseed buns -- mustard only, thank you.
Plus, you get to see all the sites so beautifully displayed in sheddhead's Chicago series.
Please don't delay. Today is the last day of the fundraiser. Let's pop for some coin and finish this thing off in style.
Plus, I am sick to death of miso soup. I need a beef sandwich (hot, dipped) from Mr. Beef on Orleans.
Before I head to the game.
Thanks.
uppdait frum rex
i no ware bob iz an hee wil bee kep thair til yeerleekoos is ofur beecuz hee iz u pain in da asss.if u donait now i wil taik u onna tewr uf mi fafrit fier hidrints in shicogoo derink yeerleekoos. no follin. an u cen bi me sooshee. so donait riet now. thainkz