Update: The most recent list is now in Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN's diary here.
Update: Thanks to Cedwyn, a theme has emerged for this diary, so the title has been changed to reflect that. Y'all know what to do!
Welcome to another gift subscription list diary! As of this morning, there are now 416 grateful Kossacks on the Gifted Lifetime Subscriptions List. Thus far, 22 of those gift subs have been purchased by small donors pooling their money. This is truly astonishing, and I certainly never would have predicted this outpouring of generosity and love. Just shows what I know...
Yesterday, I posted a small donor diary based on Diana in NoVA's request that we emphasize that we're still accepting small donations, and today I'm obviously following up with another one. I want to reiterate here that no one should feel pressured or guilty--that's not what this is about at all. Some folks, however, are still looking for ways to pay forward their own gift subscriptions, and pooling small donations is one way to do that.
We also experimented with a new twist: a pledge thread. eeff came up with this idea Tuesday, and we tried it out yesterday. Here is the pledge thread for Alma, who is the first recipient of a gift sub through this method!
If you wish to donate toward a gift sub, there are now two ways: random donation and pledge thread for an individual on the list:
You can still donate amounts under $100 through the Small Donor Pool. The random donations collected through this drive will be pooled to purchase lifetime subscriptions for those on the list. You can make a small donation by going to paypal.com and selecting the 'send money' option on the left. Type in KelleyRN2@gmail.com as the destination. If you are making good on a pledge thread, please include a note for Nurse Kelley. You will receive an e-mail notification that your donation was completed. When the lifetime subscription drive ends an anonymous donor has offered to pony up the remaining amount necessary to purchase one last subscription.
Before continuing, I will again quote Bugsby, who captured how so many of us feel quite beautifully:
I want to say to those who are still waiting, please don't feel that we care less about you. I've donated as much as I can, but I'm still hanging around because I'm rooting for you and I keep checking back, reading the list, hoping to see "gifted" after your name.
So please, while you wait, know that your name there in orange evokes the heart-felt good wishes of everyone here. We may be tapped out but we haven't left, we're still with you.
Check it out, we're up there in the gallery, cheering you on with cowbells and vuvuzelas. The guy over there in the Red Sox t-shirt , that's me :0)
Now, the continuing list of members who could benefit from receiving a lifetime subscription, which costs $100, before the end of this year:
Here's the amazing list of over 400 individuals who have received gift subscriptions:
GIFTED LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTIONS
2thanks ▪ 3goldens ▪ a gilas girl ▪ A Siegel ▪ aaraujo ▪ Abe Frohman ▪ Abra Crabcakeya ▪ Actbriniel ▪ Agathena ▪ Ahiannie ▪ Aji ▪ Alexandra Lynch ▪ Alfonso Nevarez ▪ allergywoman ▪ Alma ▪ Amor Y Risa ▪ angelajean ▪ angrybird ▪ anotherdemocrat ▪ Anton Bursch ▪ AoT ▪ arizonablue ▪ Armando ▪ asterkitty ▪ Auntie Neo Kwan ▪ Avenging Angel ▪
beach babe in fl ▪ begone ▪ BentLiberal ▪ betson08 ▪ bevomav ▪ BigAlinWashSt ▪ bigjacbigjacbigjac ▪ bigrivergal ▪ bink ▪ Bionic ▪ blue aadvark ▪ BlueInARedState ▪ blueness ▪ blue jersey mom ▪ bkamr ▪ blueoregon ▪ boatsie ▪ Bob Johnson ▪ Bob Love ▪ Bob Sloan ▪ BOHICA ▪ boran2 ▪ Brit ▪ Brooke in Seattle ▪ Brown Thrasher ▪ Brubs ▪ BruinKid ▪ buddabelly ▪ bumblebums ▪ Burned ▪ bvljac ▪
cacamp ▪ CalNM ▪ CanyonWren ▪ Carnacki ▪ carolanne ▪ Carolita ▪ Cassiodorus ▪ catilinus ▪ CayceP ▪ cfk ▪ Chacounne ▪ Charles CurtisStanley ▪ Charlotte Lucas ▪ chaunceydevega ▪ ChemBob ▪ chicago minx ▪ Christian Dem in NC ▪ chmood ▪ CityLightsLover ▪ Clytemnestra ▪ CodeTalker ▪ Colorado is the Shiznit ▪ ColoTim ▪ commonmass ▪ CoolOnion ▪ cosmic debris ▪ cskendrick ▪ CuriousBoston ▪ cv lurking gf ▪
D Wreck ▪ dakinishir ▪ DaNang65 ▪ Dave in Northridge ▪ Davidsfr ▪ DavidW ▪ DawnN ▪ dclawyer06 ▪ Debbie in ME ▪ Debby ▪ Debs2 ▪ Deep Harm ▪ Democrats Ramshield ▪ denig ▪ desertguy ▪ Digby ▪ Diogenes2008 ▪ dirkster42 ▪ don mikulecky ▪ dopper0189 ▪ Dreaming of Better Days ▪ Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN ▪ DrLori ▪ DruidQueen ▪ DSC on the Plateau ▪ dsteffan ▪ DWG ▪
earicicle ▪ Ebby ▪ Eddie C ▪ Ed in Montana ▪ edrie ▪ edwardssl ▪ eej ▪ Eileen B ▪ ekyprogressive ▪ Ellid ▪ Ellinorianne ▪ Els ▪ emeraldmaiden ▪ environmentalist ▪ ericlewis0 ▪ edwardss1 ▪ escapee ▪ exlrrp ▪ farmerchuck ▪ FarWestGirl ▪ ferment ▪ figbash ▪ FindingMyVoice ▪ FishOutofWater ▪ flumptytail ▪ FogCityJohn ▪ Frederick Clarkson ▪ FrugalGranny ▪
Gary Norton ▪ gchaucer2 ▪ Geenius at Wrok ▪ GenXangster ▪ ginmar ▪ gizmo59 ▪ gjohnsits ▪ glbTVET ▪ glendaw271 ▪ glorificus ▪ Gooserock ▪ Got a Grip ▪ gramofsaml ▪ GreyHawk ▪ grog ▪ Groucho Marxist ▪ GrumpyOldGeek ▪ gulfgal98 ▪ Haole in Hawaii ▪ hayden ▪ HCKAD ▪ high uintas ▪ holerock ▪ homogenius ▪ Hoosier Deb ▪ Horace Boothroyd III ▪ horsefeathers ▪ HoundDog ▪
icebergslim ▪ ilyana ▪ inclusiveheart ▪ indiemcemopants ▪ Its the Supreme Court Stupid ▪ jabney ▪ James Allen ▪ JaciCee ▪ jayden ▪ jbou ▪ JekyllnHyde ▪ jennifer poole ▪ JesseCW ▪ jessical ▪ jimstaro ▪ jlms qkw ▪ JML9999 ▪ JoanMar ▪ joe pittsburgh ▪ Joieau ▪ JTinDC ▪ Julie Gulden ▪ jwinIL14 ▪
KAMuston ▪ Karl Rover ▪ kat68 ▪ kayakbiker ▪ KCBearcat ▪ kefauver ▪ Keith930 ▪ KelleyRN2 ▪ KenBee ▪ KibbutzAmiad ▪ Kid Oakland ▪ Killer of Sacred Cows ▪ kimoconnor ▪ kirbybruno ▪ Kitty ▪ kjoftherock ▪ klompendanser ▪ Knucklehead ▪ KoNKo ▪ kovie ▪ KVoimakas ▪ kyril ▪
labwitchy ▪ Lady Libertine ▪ ladypockt ▪ Ladywithafan ▪ LaEscapee ▪ Lainie ▪ Lamont Cranston ▪ LaughingPlanet ▪ Leftcandid ▪ LeftofArizona ▪ Lefty Coaster ▪ Leftynyc ▪ Lensy ▪ Liberal Granny ▪ Lightbulb ▪ Limelite ▪ llbear ▪ loggersbrat ▪ Lorinda Pike ▪ Louisiana 1976 ▪ luckylizard ▪ Lupin ▪
Magnifico ▪ mahakali overdrive ▪ makettle ▪ MA Liberal ▪ mallyroyal ▪ mama jo ▪ mapamp ▪ marigold ▪ Mark Fiore ▪ markthshark ▪ matching mole ▪ Mathok ▪ Matt Z ▪ maybeeso in michigan ▪ mayrose ▪ mcmom ▪ mdmslle ▪ M E C ▪ Melissa J ▪ melo ▪ Merry Light ▪ michelewln ▪ mikidee ▪ millwx ▪ MinistryOfTruth ▪ Miss Blue ▪ Missys Brother ▪ mjbleo ▪ MKSinSA ▪ Mnemosyme ▪ mommyof3 ▪ Moody Loner ▪ Mortifyd ▪ Mother Mags ▪ mrsgoo ▪ Ms badger ▪ MsGrin ▪ MsSpentyouth ▪ MTmofo ▪
Nanette K ▪ navajo ▪ Nchristine ▪ Neon Vincent ▪ noddy ▪ nonnie9999 ▪ NonnyO ▪ Noor B ▪ NormAl1792 ▪ notdarkyet ▪ noweasels ▪ Nova Land ▪ Nulwee ▪ nyceve ▪ observerinvancouver ▪ occams hatchet ▪ One Pissed Off Liberal ▪ operculum ▪ Otteray Scribe ▪ Ozark Homesteader ▪ Pakalolo ▪ Pam from Calif ▪ parryander ▪ Patric Juillet ▪ peacearena ▪ peagreen ▪ people power granny ▪ peraspera ▪ peregrine kate ▪ petulans ▪ Phil S 33 ▪ pico ▪ Pithy Cherub ▪ pittie70 ▪ poligirl ▪ postmodernista ▪ priceman ▪ progdog ▪ Proud Mom and Grandma ▪ psfinla ▪ psychodrew ▪
quarkstomper ▪ racheltracks ▪ radical simplicity ▪ raina ▪ ramara ▪ Radical def ▪ Ray Radlein ▪ randallt ▪ rb137 ▪ rebel ga ▪ Regina in a Sears Kit House ▪ remembrance ▪ renzo capetti ▪ revsue ▪ rexymeteorite ▪ Rich in PA ▪ Richard Cranium ▪ Rick B ▪ ridemybike ▪ Rimjob ▪ RLMiller ▪ roseeriter ▪ rserven ▪ rsmpdx ▪ rubyr ▪ ruleoflaw ▪
Safina ▪ sagesource ▪ SarahLee ▪ sarahnity ▪ Sara R ▪ Scott Wooledge ▪ ScottyUrb ▪ scribe ▪ sdf ▪ Seattle Mark ▪ Seneca Doane ▪ SensibleShoes ▪ Shaviv ▪ shesaid ▪ Siri ▪ SisTwo ▪ Sixty Something ▪ slinkerwink ▪ slksfca ▪ snoopydawg ▪ Something the Dog Said ▪ Soonergrunt ▪ Spirit of Life ▪ Sprinkles ▪ sricki ▪ srkp23 ▪ state of confusion ▪ Statusquomustgo ▪ StateofEuphoria ▪ Steven D ▪ suejazz ▪ Susan G in MN ▪ swampyankee ▪ SwedishJewfish ▪ Syoho ▪
tdub901 ▪ teacherken ▪ teej ▪ terrypinder ▪ TexH ▪ TexMex ▪ theatre goon ▪ The Book Bear ▪ TheFatLadySings ▪ theRoaringGirl ▪ the mom in the middle ▪ The Troubadour ▪ timewarp ▪ TomorrowsProgressives ▪ Tonyahky ▪ Tool ▪ Translator ▪ triciawyse ▪ triv33 ▪ Trix ▪ truong son traveler ▪ tytalus ▪ twigg ▪ TX Scotia ▪ ulookarmless ▪ UnaSpenser ▪ Unitary Moonbat ▪ unspeakable ▪ ursoklevar ▪ UU VIEW ▪
vacantlook ▪ vcmvo2 ▪ VeloVixen ▪ Vetwife ▪ victoria2dc ▪ voracious ▪ watercarrier4diogenes ▪ water willow ▪ wayoutinthestix ▪ weatherdude ▪ webranding ▪ welso ▪ Wendys Wink ▪ whatGodmade ▪ Wide Awake in KY ▪ wide eyed lib ▪ winglion ▪ Winter Rabbit ▪ WisePiper ▪ wishingwell ▪ woodtick ▪ Wu Ming ▪ wxorknot ▪ xxdr zombiexx ▪yella dawg ▪ Youffraita ▪ zaka1 ▪ zenbassoon ▪ ZenTrainer ▪ Zoskie ▪ Zwoof ▪
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I am also quoting Susan from 29 again because she so cogently expressed the
sentiment behind these diaries:
We only have the one community and you are a member.
The deadline for purchasing a lifetime subscription is December 31, 2011.
Thanks again to the generous Kossacks who have been celebrating this love-fest since Saturday, December 10th!
Update: Here are quick links to pledge threads for akmk, Drewid, greenbird, Rogneid, and Xavier Onassis EMTP. Donors are still welcome, of course, to donate amounts under $100 to the pool or to give a lifetime subscription to anyone you choose.
4:52 PM PT: Update: There are now 424 grateful Kossacks on the Gifted Lifetime Subscriptions List. Thus far, 24 of those gift subs have been purchased by small donors pooling their money.
8:16 PM PT: Update: We're now up to 430 gift subscriptions, with 1 more pending for truong son traveler.
Fri Dec 30, 2011 at 7:35 AM PT: Update: We're now up to 438 gift subscriptions. Thus far, at least 25 of those have been purchased by small donors pooling their money.