By now, you all know the tale of Little Billeh. Once upon a time, he had a cushy job that allowed him enough free time to write Cheers and Jeers for to greet us all every morning. Alas, it went away. Alas alas, Billeh then told us the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad news: having lost the aforementioned cushy job, he would have to * gasp * put a moratorium on Cheers and Jeers while he sought employment and sussed whether or not he could slack off write Cheers and Jeers under new management, as it were. I imagine he felt a lot like little Owl Jolson, torn between love and duty:
Then, a very curious thing happened. The people of Daily Kos would not abide the absence of Cheers and Jeers so they banded together to pay Bill in Portland Maine directly with their own contributions! And so, we are now the proud owners of his soooooouuuuul. You can be, too!
All it takes is a simple donation:
One time contribution: click here.
$5 monthly contribution: click here
$10 monthly contribution: click here
$20 monthly contribution: click here
To send a check via snail mail, the address is: Bill Harnsberger, 16 Pitt Street, Portland, ME, 04103.
The annual fundraising goal is $25,000, a modest salary for such a stellar wit. With the purchase of your stake in BiPM's soul, you will receive the Cheers and Jeers column here on Daily Kos with your morning coffee every weekday. On Fridays, you get to kick back in the kiddie pool during happy hour in the west coast-friendly edition! But wait! That's not all!
Via Cheers and Jeers you will also enjoy such features as Separated at Birth. There will be pootie pics galore! Puppy pic of the day, too! And that's not to mention all the numbers and the countdowns and what not.
As if all that weren't enough, you will also be supporting the Cheers and Jeers dinner at Netroots Nation. That's the kind of soul you're purchasing, one that undertakes this zomg soooo annoying effort with restaurants in the towns we visit to put together a lovely party to kick off the weekend.
Whether you're in for a penny or in for a pound, you shouldn't miss this opportunity to purchase your share of this delightful soul. That way, when he becomes a full-blown pop culture icon, you can say you owned him when. And just look at the testimonials!
“Rogues and strumpets do not nightly traverse the deserted highways of Cheers and Jeers.”
---Patterson v. Barlow
Asked For Specific Tax Loopholes Romney Will Close, Adviser Says ‘Cheers and Jeers’
---Think Progress
For all of those who have marveled at the Creation Museum, with its dioramas of humans and dinosaurs cavorting together a mere 6,000 years ago, good news. Plans are in the works to build a Cheers and Jeers Hall of Fame just down the road in Northern Kentucky.
---Kent Jones
Become a proud member of the kiddie pool and partial owner of BiPM's soooooouul. It's what your mother would want you to do.
* nods like a muppet *