I have these noble small group friends. My new Jesus friends in Boston. Some of these people (or just one? I don't know) started an organization called One Home Many Hopes, which provides a home to orphaned girls of Kenya. I know. Amazing. Boring. What does it have to do with me?
Well, a mass email went out today for folks to help One Home Many Hopes win some money from Virgin America, which is giving away $25,000 to the two most popular Boston charities. All I had to do was register and vote. I usually hate this kind of stuff but after messing up at work today, I thought I needed to do some good. So I voted.
Then I voted again.
That was where things went wrong. Terribly wrong. Not only is voting twice dishonest, it also takes votes away. (Shhh... NOBODY tell my new small group this, please. They think I'm holy. Probably because I always make everything into a competition and then beat them out for kingdom points.) I took votes and money away from orphaned Kenyans.
And then I clicked again just to make sure that the votes really did go down... it did.
On my end, I've asked Lenny to make up for my bad, but if you so feel compelled, please vote on behalf of One Home Many Hopes. They really are great. And I really need you to cover for me.
Caveat: You need a Boston address, so please make one up. I like the zip code 02120 because it's palindromic. Just enter your info and click on the airplane on the left. Lenny said that they chop off a finger for every fraudulent vote. Gak was more pragmatic:
Gak: You should only feel guilty if they lose by one vote... but you don't really need to feel guilty since another worthy cause will have won. See, you can have your whiskey and drink it too.
Runner Up Quotes Du Jour:
1. Young Bo': I have a bladder the size of a kiwi.
2. Zvi: I also hate the Chinese.
Laura: (appalled and gasping)
Moi: Racist!
(Context: at lunch, I had rattled off things that I hated- carrots, ginger, cilantro, and added Chinese people for kicks. Unfortunately for Zvi, no one had heard that line except for him. And I didn't explain that to anyone when he uttered his joke. Consequently, Laura is now afraid of Zvi.)
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