tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post6684672314415102022..comments2023-07-05T01:37:23.858-07:00Comments on 40 Days of Giving: Day 40: The Finale, or the First Day of the Rest of Our Livesazjauthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07258812893943159574noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-71228816940577145442010-04-01T22:57:17.059-07:002010-04-01T22:57:17.059-07:00If I, indeed, did post twice, I am quite thrilled ...If I, indeed, did post twice, I am quite thrilled to read my excellent points redundantly, as should you be! Congrats on your pie-in-the-sky math when compiling your meager losses during your LENTEN giveaway, I'm sure that The Lord Of String Theory blessed you with his gift of an "Official Obama Debt Calculator" to come up with those jaded numbers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-66938213048374230402010-04-01T11:32:07.274-07:002010-04-01T11:32:07.274-07:00Thanks, David & Brigid!
To "The Anonymou...Thanks, David & Brigid!<br /><br />To "The Anonymous One" - I have no role in the posting of comments, it's an automated system and I do not activate the screening of them (although you make me regret that decision). I didn't post them twice, you must have.azjauthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258812893943159574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-32879535324369948982010-03-29T14:32:36.281-07:002010-03-29T14:32:36.281-07:00Congratulations, Andrew and Amber!
Andrew, best o...Congratulations, Andrew and Amber!<br /><br />Andrew, best of luck on compiling the book. I look forward to hearing about its completion!Brigidhttp://www.actuallygiving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-51699178456775786302010-03-28T22:39:06.498-07:002010-03-28T22:39:06.498-07:00Thanks, Zimmer-Jones, for posting my comments twic...Thanks, Zimmer-Jones, for posting my comments twice - you should read & absorb them X 1000, maybe you'll get a grasp on reality, eventually.<br /><br />See ya in the "critical dimension"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-14531767572048312742010-03-28T22:23:54.607-07:002010-03-28T22:23:54.607-07:00"...and I'm certainly not too sure how I ..."...and I'm certainly not too sure how I feel about the new do (although Amber claims she likes it), but ... it was (relatively) painless, and the hair will be used to make a wig for a child with medical hair loss, which is a far better use than being on my sorry old head! For that matter, my hair will probably be a bit healthier now and this [may prevent the slow thinning that I was beginning to notice]. So, once again, this act of giving holds within it a reward, which has been a recurring theme throughout this experiment, and is of course the very concept that inspired me to start it in the first place."<br />______________________________<br /><br />Your "reward" is your refusal to recognize that you have MALE PATTERN BALDNESS??? The only "recurring theme" that I've seen during this entire debacle is MASSIVE EGO OVERLOAD based on living in unreality!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"The final two donations are in honor of my friend Robert J. Sawyer, the science fiction author who wrote the novel FlashForward, which provides the basis of the ABC television series of the same name. (He's known for many other things, but at the moment that's the biggest one.)"<br />______________________________<br /><br />Nothing satiates an egomaniac like name-dropping, does it? Maybe I can try some name-dropping...let's see, who's another crazed, long-haired ego-maniac? Charles Manson!! What a coincidence!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"Early on, I reached out to a handful of friends and asked for some ideas of charities they like to give to, so that I could profile them. Unfortunately, the 40 days slipped by faster than I really anticipated, and I didn't get to focus quite as much on profiles of individual charities as I would have liked ... but still, these two charities are incredibly worthwhile, so I decided to split the remains of our giving money between them: <br /><br /> * The Huntington's Disease Society of America<br /> * American Diabetes Association"<br />______________________________<br /><br />WOW, you actually picked charities that didn't give you the ego-rush of buying breakfast for people who would most-certainly stroke you?! I guess that this was one of those days when you weren't "really a cheerful giver"...<br />_____________________________<br /><br />"I think some of the results of this project will absolutely fascinate you."<br />______________________________<br /><br />Your story is as compelling as a lecture on string theory...but I guess YOU would take that as a compliment! 'Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-3418048458722424672010-03-28T19:49:12.512-07:002010-03-28T19:49:12.512-07:00(cont'd.)
"...and I'm certainly not ...(cont'd.)<br /> "...and I'm certainly not too sure how I feel about the new do (although Amber claims she likes it), but ... it was (relatively) painless, and the hair will be used to make a wig for a child with medical hair loss, which is a far better use than being on my sorry old head! For that matter, my hair will probably be a bit healthier now and this [may prevent the slow thinning that I was beginning to notice]. So, once again, this act of giving holds within it a reward, which has been a recurring theme throughout this experiment, and is of course the very concept that inspired me to start it in the first place."<br />______________________________<br /><br />Your "reward" is your refusal to recognize that you have MALE PATTERN BALDNESS??? The only "recurring theme" that I've seen during this entire debacle is MASSIVE EGO OVERLOAD based on living in unreality!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"The final two donations are in honor of my friend Robert J. Sawyer, the science fiction author who wrote the novel FlashForward, which provides the basis of the ABC television series of the same name. (He's known for many other things, but at the moment that's the biggest one.)"<br />______________________________<br /><br />Nothing satiates an egomaniac like name-dropping, does it? Maybe I can try some name-dropping...let's see, who's another crazed, long-haired ego-maniac? Charles Manson!! What a coincidence!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"Early on, I reached out to a handful of friends and asked for some ideas of charities they like to give to, so that I could profile them. Unfortunately, the 40 days slipped by faster than I really anticipated, and I didn't get to focus quite as much on profiles of individual charities as I would have liked ... but still, these two charities are incredibly worthwhile, so I decided to split the remains of our giving money between them: <br /><br /> * The Huntington's Disease Society of America<br /> * American Diabetes Association"<br />______________________________<br /><br />WOW, you actually picked charities that didn't give you the ego-rush of buying breakfast for people who would most-certainly stroke you?! I guess that this was one of those days when you weren't "really a cheerful giver"...<br />_____________________________<br /><br />"I think some of the results of this project will absolutely fascinate you."<br />______________________________<br /><br />Your story is as compelling as a lecture on string theory...but I guess YOU would take that as a compliment! 'Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-74522118078754360852010-03-28T19:48:10.702-07:002010-03-28T19:48:10.702-07:00"Still, the fact is that by setting a goal to..."Still, the fact is that by setting a goal to give in this way, I turned it into a bit of a chore. From time to time, I'd reach the end of the day, exhausted, realizing that I hadn't really given anything ... and I can honestly say that, at those moments, I wasn't really a cheerful giver."<br />______________________________<br /><br />A real Mother Teresa YOU are, aren't you (or is it Father Teresa? Or did your father go by the name Teresa?? Not that there's anything WRONG with that!)? Face it, you simply had bad days because your ego wasn't being stroked!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"But the project was what it was, and today it ends ... and my work of turning it into a book which people will want to buy begins. I'm actually really looking forward to it, and I have a great deal of confidence that the giving experiences I've had in my life and in this forty days will prove compelling enough to get the attention of a publisher."<br />______________________________<br /><br />...and if it does get published, I'll cut off all of MY hair...all 1+ inches of it! What a "dreaded give" that would be!<br />______________________________<br /><br />"After Mom's truck was unloaded, I then proceeded to my dreaded give of the day ... Locks of Love. Yes, you are correct, I came nowhere close to reaching my $10,000 goal for Heifer International in 40 days, and originally I set this as a condition for me to contribute my hair. The problem is that it just didn't work, so I was left with a decision ... either give up or not. We decided not. Amber and I remain committed to raising the $10,000, even if we now realize that a 40 day time limit is perhaps a bit limiting (at least in our current situation)."<br />______________________________<br /><br />So, the truth rears it's ugly head: you are NOT "Andrew Zimmerman-Jones-Carnegie" with scads of money to burn. You don't HAVE $10K to give; you want the respect given a philanthropist without having the means to BE one. Look up "delusional" in a dictionary, there are several photos of you there (pre & post-haircut!).<br />______________________________<br /><br />"And since we will raise the money, I figured I might as well go ahead and donate the hair now and get it over with. It feels strange to be without the tail..."<br />______________________________<br /><br />Who are you, Mr. Ed??? A ponytail on a guy in 2010? Get real...you could & SHOULD have given ANOTHER wig's worth. (cont'd next post)<br />______________________________Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-85628741688304521782010-03-28T18:52:38.471-07:002010-03-28T18:52:38.471-07:00Dan Zanes supports Heifer International !! : http:...Dan Zanes supports Heifer International !! : http://fashionableearth.org/blog/2010/03/28/dan-zanes-giveaway/Fashionable Earthhttp://www.fashionableearth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-65448941453668037722010-03-28T18:52:13.734-07:002010-03-28T18:52:13.734-07:00Great, I mean.Great, I mean.David Hirtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583593750597493253.post-43713344553816479532010-03-28T18:51:35.833-07:002010-03-28T18:51:35.833-07:00Congrats Andrew. This was a grat venture on your ...Congrats Andrew. This was a grat venture on your part.David Hirtnoreply@blogger.com