Ground Rules:
1. Stay on topic
2. No pie fights. That should never happen in a subscription drive-oriented diary and as far as I know it hasn't. Let's not start here. You'll see later and in light of recent event why I felt it necessary to cover this base.
Here's my official thank you diary for having been gifted with a lifetime subscription from Armando who was paying forward what had been given to him. I sincerely thank you, Armando. I'm honored. And while I'd like to thank by name everyone who has worked to keep eyeballs on the List, I'm hesitant to do so lest I forget anyone. Thanks to all of you as well. Of course, I do specifically have to mention Onomastic and her original benefactor who started this whole amazing phenomenon.
I hope somehow everyone on the list can be gifted, and to that end, I'd asked a few people via private message what they thought about an idea I had that could make that happen. The responses were, nice idea, but time is against us. Well, here's my idea anyway, and maybe, just maybe, through six degrees of separation, it might work.
If someone knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows how to get in touch with deep pocketed/big hearted occasional celebrity posters, like Michael Moore, then maybe such a celebrity might stop by the site tomorrow, Sat, Dec 31, the last day of the subscription drive, and cover whoever is left on the list.
Slim chance? Sure. But I've had it work for me to get passes to the Daily Show and the Colbert Report and it started with one phone call to a friend whose son was in a Broadway production and he had direct access to Rosie O'Donnell's assistant and so on until I was put in direct contact with managers for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert who were happy to hook me up with the passes I was seeking. Come to think of it, maybe that's a place to start, but Jon and Stephen don't post on DKos. Michael or Keith do. I just thought that they were a natural place to start.
So if anyone thinks they might know someone who knows someone who knows someone who has access to any celebrity Kossacks or their personal assistants, then maybe there's even just a bit of a chance we could make lifers of all of the remaining listees. Time is the biggest challenge. That and people who are out of touch due to the holidays. But why not give it a try?
How cool would it be if Kevin Bacon were the final benefactor? Not a Kossack, but who cares.
I have no idea where this diary might go, but if it turns out there's a need for an update, I won't be able to do that because my home computer is lacking something or another to let me do that.
If this gains any traction I invite the Keepers of the List to use anything from this diary they may deem helpful in any List diaries that will be posted over these final two days.
Now let's start trying to make some connections.
Final note: My Internet connection has been problematic in the last couple days so if it takes me a while to respond to comments, that's why. Right at this moment that I'm ready to publish my net connection has crapped out. Grrrrr.
Update before even publishing. Have been waiting for Internet service to be restored since 7 am ET. Will now FINALLY post this.