Jay Furr's LiveJournal

Carole's now at $350!!!

Apparently there's still time to donate to the Penguin Plunge. I thought yesterday was the deadline but it turns out you can keep on donating today until 6 pm or so Eastern time.

Even $5 or $10 helps. The URL to donate is:

http://www.firstgiving.com/jayfurr

If you already donated, many thanks!

The Penguin Plunge is tomorrow, and thank God for the weather! We got something like a foot to eighteen inches of snow on Wednesday evening and Thursday and that's going to make the event much more fun. Running over bare grass to the lake isn't nearly as exciting as wandering around in foot-and-a-half deep snow, shoveled paths and heated tents or not.

I was only able to raise $450 this year, down from last year's much higher total. A lot of the folks who donated in previous years simply never responded to invitations to donate, darn their hides. :) I suspect that after the fifth and sixth years the enthusiasm to keep on donating on behalf of the same person for the same silly event gets a bit less. Carole raised $185 on her own, so between us we're at $625. I'll be chipping in more on my own, but still, a two-person total of $625 isn't bad. It puts us in the upper third of the teams participating, many of which are made up of a lot more than two people.

The analyze-everything part of my mind is curious if the organizers are seeing total receipts fall off as the event becomes a bit more old hat. Participation really took off a couple years after I started taking part, but I wonder if there's going to come a point where people get tired of the whole thing and stop being as free with their donations.

I'm looking forward to it anyway. I just wish I could take part and watch the thing. I thought about taking my digital camera in the drink with me, in its waterproof housing, but I don't think pictures taken through a frozen film of ice would be all that exciting.

The Penguin Plunge is in a week and a couple of days. Carole hasn't yet raised the minimum to take part, although she's started rattling the branches at her employer.

If anyone would be interested in donating on her behalf, the link to donate is:

http://www.firstgiving.com/carolefurr

Thank you in advance if you're able to help out by contributing. All funds donated go, as always, directly to the Vermont Special Olympics.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I've know I've been quiet over the last month journal-wise. I was on the road, busy, but said "Once Christmas gets here I'll have a week off and can bring my journal up to date."

Uh huh.

Here it is New Year's Day and tomorrow I've got to go back to work, sans livejournal updates.

I'll try to post something sometime, but frankly, I suspect y'all will get along okay even if I don't.

But in the meantime, I thought you might find the video I made today amusing. It's about the Penguin Plunge and I hope that after viewing it you might be interested in pledging on my behalf to Special Olympics Vermont. If you'd like to pledge, visit http://www.firstgiving.com/jayfurr.

Happy New Year, again! May everyone have a happy 2008!