When I was a wee lass growing up on the "wrong" side of the Edens Expressway in Wilmette, IL, my dad had a t-shirt that puzzled me. It had a picture of a cartoon women who (according to my partly unreliable memory) was scantily clad and had big titties sitting on a bale of hay with a piece of hay in her teeth. Above her, it read, "Last chance before the freeway." My dad also had a t-shirt with McDonald's golden arch logo that parodied the fast food purveyor. It read, "Marijuana: Over 5 Billion Stoned."
Of course, these memories have nothing to do with NaBloPoMo, a scheme to encourage people to blog at least once every day in November, but as today is Nov. 30 and thus the last day of NaBloPoMo, it's people's last chance to create posts and backdate them if they didn't make the daily postings. In my case, pretty much post at least once every day, every month anyway. However, as I decided to enjoy myself in London over Thanksgiving weekend and not pay the outrageous internet connection fee at my hotel, November happens to be the one month I didn't post every day. Some may say I lose, but I say I win. Dude, I got to go to London!!!
I tried to offer a prize for those who successfully completed NaBloPoMo, but the organizer never responded to either of my emails. I guess it's OK for others to offer their blog merchandise, but not offensive little old me. However, if you are a CUSS reader who successfully completed NaBloPoMo, email me (my email is on the right side of the blog), and you can have any short sleeve t-shirt or mug from the CUSS store. If more than one person is a NaBloPoMo champ, I'll do some sort of random drawing at the end of next week. Just because the official NaBloPoMo people rejected me doesn't mean I shouldn't try and make good on my offer. Holiday spirit and all that shit.
Back to growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, this last day of November brings the news that former member of the House of Representatives Henry Hyde from Illinois died. Rep. Hyde did everything he could to ensure that low income women had few options for terminating pregnancies by blocking federal Medicaid funds from paying for the procedure. On the other hand, at least he was slightly less hypocritical than his anti-family, pro-forced-childbirth colleagues, as Hyde supported the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant. This important money helped low income parents pay for safe places for their kids to stay while they worked or went to school. I won't call it even, but at least he tried to help families even as he coerced them into living by his religious beliefs.
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Although I didn't fulfill my NaBloPoMo obligations, I DID pick up a dwarf and decapitate a deer this month, so I think I ought to be rewarded with a CUSS mug.
ReplyDeleteOkay, okay...I don't deserve it. But I'd be willing to exchange sexual favors with you for a coffee mug instead of actually earning it. How would that be?
Ask your husband if he'd mind. I'm sure it'll be okay, guys love that sort of thing. Lori, however, might kill me, so I guess I'll stick with the "dwarf and decapitation" rationalization.
So...do I get the mug?
Flattery will get you everywhere. Email me your address and I'll hook you up.
ReplyDeleteHey! I actually fulfilled my NaBloPoMo obligations! No cutting, Ev.
ReplyDelete(Okay, okay, Ev can cut. But only because I really enjoyed reading about the dwarf and the deer. Why am I suddenly expecting Snow White to burst into song?)
Suzanne — in case you were serious about thinking Eden was snubbing your offer of a prize, I really doubt that's the case. She's trying to streamline the running of NaBloPoblemas, but I think switching over to Ning may have caused as many problems as it solved, with the blogroll being deleted and all. Things do fall through the cracks, unfortunately.
Put me in the drawing! I'm happy to say I posted every single day this month.
ReplyDeleteCountry Mouse - I didn't really take it personally. I figured that the powers that be were busy and there was also a chance that my email wound up in a spam box or something. This actually is nicer in that I can give a prize (or three) to people I actually "know." Glad that you are in the drawing.
ReplyDeleteAverage Jane - Delighted that you are in!
I did not post every day, but you already know that if for some reason you had an extra mug, I would take it.
ReplyDeleteI would love a mug! Ev's comment was great!
ReplyDeleteDamn It! I didn't see this in time!
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