I’m going to bed now.
Blogathon is over. I’m proud of the money that you pledged in support of First Book. Your 32 pledges raised $658 to buy books for needy children. (It’s not too late to contribute, by the way.)
I’m glad I tried this. I didn’t know if I could do it. And it was a slog. I’m amazed that I lasted all 24 hours, that I was able to make every single post. (Some were better than others). But I doubt I’ll do this again next year. The type of entries required for an event like this just don’t match my writing style.
If I do participate in the future, I’ll change the terms from the default “one post every half hour”, which is just too quick for me. I’ll ask for sponsors based on a “one post per hour” rate instead. This should give me time to create higher-quality content.
For those of you who missed my marathon posting session, I’ve made things easy to find: all of the Blogathon posts reside in the new Funny Money category. (“Funny money” was my theme for the event.)
Here’s an abridged version featuring my ten favorite posts (in no particular order):
- The British monetary system, demystified, in which I provide a chart to explain the old system of pounds, groats, and farthings.
- Man vs. skunk: a photo-essay isn’t money-related, but it’s funny.
- The Engraveyard: Money of many nations features beautiful money from around the world and allegorical stock certificate engravings. Sounds dull, but it’s neat.
- How to earn a 177% rate of return on booze sounds great to me, though Jeff doesn’t like the math.
- The lessons about money from the World of Warcraft entry doesn’t involve real money, but some of the things I learned in-game are applicable to the outside world.
- Lattes, iPods, and Masterworks discusses a handy way to look at money: rather than thinking in the abstract, compare the things you want to things you already own and love.
- The Wealthy 100: a ranking of the richest Americans, past and present (where the “present” is 1996).
- Stupid thieves fail at complicated bank heist.
- A sure sign you have a spending problem.
- Using dollar-bill origami to turn your money into art.
And, in case you haven’t seen it, the last entry before Blogathon featured 10 expert tips for saving on car insurance from somebody who works in the industry.
Finally, special thanks to my sponsors. I appreciate the contributions you’re making to First Book. I’ve managed to delete the list of people who sponsored this site. When I have it reconstructed, I’ll post it here. Thank you. Childhood literacy is an important cause. If we can turn kids into readers, we can help them go far. Readers are leaders.
I’ll be back on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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One post every half-hour?! Wow. I had no idea…I thought once an hour would be challenging enough. Anyway, congrats to both you and Nick for completing the marathon! I learned a lot from both sites
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Ya, great job on making it through the marathon. Keep up the good work!
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Congrats for makin’ it through!
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Congrats JD! Eat, get some sleep, and then get back to work!
I kid.
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Hey, JD, well done!
You know, Blogathon rules are not meant to be absolute. You could easily stay within the “every half hour” one by posting “hey, I’m still working” every .30 — that would be acceptable even if you weren’t doing it in order to put together more complex entries. We’d really like to have you back next year!
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congrats looking forward to reading on my lunch hour in work
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Great job!! I enjoyed browsing through your blog and even learned a thing or two! Congrats on making it through the ‘thon!
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[...] Last month, Get Rich Slowly readers pledged $964 for First Book, a charity that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. First Book wrote to share another way to help: Thank you very much for raising money for First Book in the Blogathon! I was wondering if you would be willing to help First Book again by promoting our current fundraiser on your blog. [...]
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