You have once again come together in strength and solidarity and are providing a great service to the world.
In this era of unimaginable disasters in Haiti and Chile, when children are fighting over clean water, homes to live in and food to eat, you have answered the call!
In the middle of the worst financial crisis our country has seen in nearly 100 years, you have opened your hearts and your wallets.
When $10 can buy a mosquito net to prevent malaria, or condoms and other AIDS prevention can be made available to those in need, you have chosen to give, give, give!
In the face of 1 in 9 houses entering foreclosure, a 10% unemployment rate, and thousands of people dying every year in the US for lack of health care, you have done the impossible!
You have raised over $1400 in just a matter of days.
Since you’re in a giving mood, there’s this little piece of property I’d like buy in the Caribbean. I only need another 19 Million dollars to do it.
Or, you could try clicking on one of the links above and donating to an actually worthy cause. Donate on behalf of “Jared’s Motorcycle Fund.”
maybe their old radio show should be “clearly they are romantic” instead of that R word i refuse to use after reading redneck momma’s blog post about the R word
BTW jester~i dreamed i was helping you tuck last night ROFLMTO except i’m having to use a cane today to walk from being on my knees so much yesterday{sadly it was due to helping my mother by painting an 8′x12′ panel for bible school}
damn i’m glad you posted about this so i could take some of my pain away w/ snarkiness!
i would give a huge donation somewhere to know how much adam donated to the cause
Charlene – I’ve never “tucked” so that’s quite the dream you have. Sorry the pain is bad today!
Excuse me while I vomit. I truly did not believe there were enough schmucks out there to make a dent in the “fund”. Sometimes humans disappoint me.
Now, if their marriage ever goes down the tubes – wonder if he’ll have to give the bike to her since the overwhelming generosity of her
sheepreaders helped make it possible?Peeking – I’m sort of surprised that it took as long as it did. He won’t have to return the bike, it’s not likely to match her shoes.
it’s almost as fun to watch as mckmama and her mckchristianity train wreck!
WOW at least 2 train wrecks spending towards each other at the speed of the internet~~
maybe we should start a “pool board” on when it’s going to crash and burn
If trainwreck “a” is traveling 350mph east on a track, and trainwreck “b” is traveling at 140mph west on the same track, at what point do they meet?
.-= Crystal´s last blog ..I’ve got a need, a need for speed. =-.
Crystal – I suspect it is somewhere near Epcott.
Yup, when people are losing their insurance and having a tough time paying for medical care, God knows the world just became a better place because a bunch of morons donated to such a worthy cause.
It’s just too bad that they don’t have the good sense to be ashamed of themselves. I’m sure she thinks this makes her much, much different then her brother because people GAVE it to her instead of her stealing it. Morally, it’s just as wrong and I think it’s even more disgusting.
A friend of mine agreed with you on your other post. That maybe one of them closed the donation gap all by themselves. It’s a funny strategy. Stay quiet, don’t respond (because that did so well for Tiger Woods, right?) and then show us by raising the money quickly.
CP said it best –
“If not, every time Jared rides that bike, he will have to understand that he got it because someone else rode his wife.”
Finally! – It’s definitely an odd way to conduct yourselves… keep silent, raise the money, and pretend there’s nothing going on. Perhaps they think I don’t have enough readers to matter? One more misconception among many. If they only saw my email inbox.
Wow…
I can’t get enough money to pay for this quarter of school but at least someone has a fucking motorcycle now.
Wow.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Epiphanie Give Away! =-.
Sarah – Clearly you need a boyfriend with a rich wife. Vahid won’t mind, right?
Also, why do I always keep forgetting to subscribe to comments? (insert blond joke here.)
OMFG jester~ i just got back from the chiropractor first appointment~ and i can ACTUALLY FEEL THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET WHEN I WALK!
sorry but i just had to shout that out! i honestly can stay i think i started losing feeling in my feet before ken died~ it was so gradually i really didn’t know i couldn’t feel hardly anything
the only pain i have right now is the fact that my feet and legs feel like they’ve been “asleep” and are tingling to wake up! i can’t recall going to a chiropractor since dad died~
needless to say, i am ready for my legs to stop tingling{they’ve been doing that for the past 3 hours} it took me 2 1/2 hours before i felt comfortable enough to walk up the handicap ramp i built for dad when i built this house~~
i know this is off topic, but i just had to tell ya since the last thing i saw before i left was “sorry about the pain” and i didn’t have time to respond~~
i *guess* i’ve just helped too many men tuck~ LOL you mean all gay men don’t tuck? LOL i guess if you don’t have to hide your package in panty hose and a tight evening gown you don’t do that!
i have definitely put too many pantyhose and evening gowns on men~other than my 2 dear dead husbands the bestest friends i ever had
later~ i’m headed for the massage chair!
How much lower can she sink?
How much more disrespect can she show to her loyal sycophants (and one or two friends?)
Donna – That sounds like a challenge.
It didn’t surprise me in the least. Any of it.
.-= Nobody™´s last blog ..Freedom of Speech? =-.
it is easy to see why the asking for money post was deemed tacky or inappropriate by a lot of people. while i chose not to donate, i didn’t think the post was the worst thing ever. i mean, i remember britt and adam asking for money so that hilly could go to philly for tequilacon. i don’t remember the internet spewing hate posts over that and it was certainly a luxury type situation. sure, i benefited from that fundraiser because that was the first time i met hilly, but i wasn’t outraged that someone tried to do something nice for someone else, regardless of whether or not the live under the same roof.
we all know i am friends with britt, but if i take that out of the equation i can still seriously ask the following question:
if other bloggers can put tip jars up on their sites, why can’t britt? (is it the fact that she told us what she wanted to do with the money that angers folks so much? maybe some people would not have been angry if she said “hey, we are all looking to make a little extra money so i’m firing a tip jar on the side. if you consider my writings entertainment, perhaps donate as much as you would spend on a magazine subscription?” i’d rather know what the money was slated for, personally.)
for the record, my gut reaction when i read the post was to think that i would not donate because, as a single woman, i only have me and my income to rely upon in order to survive and thrive. as much as i love jared, i decided not to donate. this post makes me want to change my opinion on that mentality, though. instead of waiting to buy something motorcycle themed for his birthday (the day before mine) i might actually throw a few bucks towards the motorcycle fund now.
Hello – Surely I don’t really have to explain the difference between a group of friends taking up a collection for someone who couldn’t otherwise afford it to join them at a party a few years ago and a wife who has spent most of the last year telling the internet what a terrible husband she has and alluding to him being unfaithful, all the while she was boffing someone else, asking for donations to buy the husband a motorcycle. There’s nothing wrong with putting a “tip” jar up on your site, just as there’s nothing wrong with running ads on your site. However, when you are constantly writing about all the “commas” you get in checks for your writing gigs, and trips and shoes and “Prom Parties” that you’re attending or hosting, it’s SUPER tacky to ask for money for a luxury item. Especially when you have other friends who have been posting about the loss of their HOUSE. It’s self-centered, self-serving, egotistical.
Well Hello throw in a couple bucks for me too while you’re at it. Poor poor poor Jared, not really he’s grown and can make his own bed, but still he deserves some pity. Also if you don’t mind pay for her kids to get real haircuts too. I mean their mother can’t spare it because she has so much to buy for herself, but surely you can. Is that how it works now? Mother blows money on party costumes, furniture, dinners, vacations, shoes, clothes, cars, expensive skin care, makeup, hair products and services and the father and kids have to rely on her “skills” or the Internet for basic needs and toys. People like you have labels, it’s enabler, not friend, ENABLER or USED works too. Good luck with that.
No need to bash on Britt’s children, please. She may be many things that some people dislike, but Britt is, far and away, a very good mother. Those kids are happy, healthy and well-adjusted. I agree with many of your other points, but really felt the need to speak out about this particular area when it comes to Britt and Jared for that matter. They are good parents and they do love those babies very, very much.
.-= CP´s last blog ..About the Drama…last words on the subject. =-.
CP I was not in any way bashing on their children, please accept my apology for not being more clear. Their children are adorable and I’m sure they are loved. My point was she seems to put herself before her children a lot. I thought of the post where she gaped up the lil girl’s hair and then thought about all the bragging about 200.00 worth of hair care products, makeup etc. Add that to being angry at her and you get my comment about not spending the money for a real haircut. At the same moment I realized it’s not my place to judge her and remembered the grace and privacy I was given when I messed up. So I took ten steps back. I’m praying for her, their family and friends to heal from this and move forward. It’s all so damn sad and heartbreaking. One last thing and then I’m done. None of us can know what is going on in her heart and mind, it could be a hell none of us have known. As we’ve seen with her before what she “shows” us doesn’t always reflect the truth.
My apologies as well for being presumptuous. I have my own feelings with regard to Britt. Regrettably, I am filled with mixed emotion, but our friendship is over. However, I am the type to get incensed when children are brought into any issue that stems from the stupidity of the adults who make the choices in their lives.
I, of course, include myself in this…because lord only knows, I have fucked my children up on more than one occasion due to self centeredness.
But you learn, you grow, you evolve.
And you pray they forgive you.
Thanks for writing.
.-= CP´s last blog ..The Needy vs. The Greedy =-.
I always think it is wrong to put a “tip jar” on your blog. However, there are some exceptions. There are a few bloggers who we all know mutually who have VERY sick children who require weekly visits to cancer care doctors. Put up a tip jar for THAT and I will be filling it up on a weekly basis.
As I told Britt in an email, my first knee jerk reaction to her “fund” was to take out my credit card because well, this is Britt. I love her. I care about her. She is asking for my help and…
Wow. I just remembered. I am losing my home. I am in foreclosure. Matter of fact, at that time, I had two weeks to get out of my house or the bank was slamming locks on the front door. This was not due to MY financial irresponsibility, but that of the person who owned the home we were renting with the option to buy. They were literally stealing our rent payments and not paying the bank. I told Britt about this and admittedly, she said something wonderful. Offered for my family to come stay at her house if we needed to. Very sweet gesture. Impossible, as I have a child who is in school here…but nevertheless, a sweet gesture.
Sweeter still would have been a tip jar saying “one of my closest friends is about to be homeless. can you pony up a few bucks to help get them into a rental ASAP until they have the funds to re-pay everyone who helped out”.
Now that, in my book, would have been a worthy cause. Sure, I would have killed her due to dying of embarrassment…but THAT would be an appropriate reason to put a tip cup on your page.
Hell…I had 72 hours to get the hell out of my house and even “I” didn’t go so far as to ask my friends for money. And I don’t think a home could be construed as a luxury item by any stretch.
But, for those first 30 seconds after reading, my impulse was to give money to my friend. Because she needed me. Because she asked me to.
I only wonder how many people had the same knee jerk response and felt a sense of obligation because they cared about Britt.
.-= CP´s last blog ..About the Drama…last words on the subject. =-.
Hello –
Look, I don’t blame you for needing to defend your “friend.” But, I certainly question your choice in friends.
A good piece of advice a friend gave me, “if they will do what they have done to their OWN SPOUSES, then WHY would you expect them to treat YOU any better?”
You are defending someone that will undoubtedly disappoint you in the end.
Well said, my friend, well said.. She’s just a conceited bitch online and in real life.
yes.
Becky, if I recall, the trip for Hilly was a couple of years ago, right?
That would be before the economy went to hell and her “friends” were losing their houses and jobs and before people knew she was fucking her BFF.
It was before she dumped the poor schmuck she married. It was when people still thought she had a modicum of care for them. It was before she showed the world she is a liar, adulteress, deceiver.
Or am I wrong?
Wow. Not sure I’m gonna touch that one.
As an adulteress myself, I have no stones to throw. And, in a twisted way, I understand what she’s doing. We really do weave a tangled web. I can’t believe some of the shit I did to cover up my affair.
But freedom from that web, while very costly, is the most amazing feeling. I highly recommend it.
.-= TSM/30somethingandcrazy´s last blog ..New Blog, New Life. New Start. =-.
TSM – I have never seen you get on your blog and characterize your husband as a cheater who doesn’t fulfill your every whim and desire. I’ve never seen you go to lengths to blame him for all your unhappiness. I’ve also never heard you routinely judge and sneer at people. You’ve certainly never begged for money for a luxury item under false pretenses. To think you might be close to the same category as either one of the dynamic duo is laughable!
And still no acknowledgment of meeting her quota…no thanks, no ‘yippee!’ no nothing.
So as well as being a lying, deceiving, unfaithful, entitled, righteous, money-grubbing, self-important, egotistical whore, she’s also an ingrate.
Just saying is all.
How can she possibly acknowledge it without mentioning the detractors? It’s been more than a week.
I think they assume that if pretend this post doesn’t exist that it will go away and they can keep on ear fucking each other on their blogs and Twitter unchecked.
I know if it were me, every single comment would be like a needle in the heart.
I keep hoping, in my happy little rose colored heart, that she sent personalized email thank you’s to each of her contributors.
At least, that’s what I would want people to believe about ME.
yeah. she’s not me. okay.
.-= CP´s last blog ..Facebook Conversation with the Hotband. =-.
considering it was only about $75 that readers sent in, yeah…the few were thanked.
i’m just amazed that you are holding on so tightly to this, to something you clearly don’t know enough about. what is your real issue? never mind. i really don’t care.
.-= hello haha narf´s last blog ..Happiness =-.
When your own actions cause people to turn away from you and make disparaging comments against you, there’s not much you can do when you brought it on yourself. If they have hearts that feel the prick of the needle, they have only themselves to blame.
Their silence on the matters isn’t helping them much either.
I know if someone accused me of sleeping around on my husband, I would lose my mind and there most definitely would be posts…but then, I wouldn’t do that.
Donna – they have told enough people about it that even as egotistical and arrogant as they are, a denial will only look that much worse.
Maybe they hope that I have such a small readership and am so insignificant that they don’t have to respond.
Whatever. My concience is clear.
Can’t lose your mind over the truth. Nothing to scream about.
.-= CP´s last blog ..Facebook Conversation with the Hotband. =-.
Not quite small enough, I guess. It only takes a few people to see it, then it just goes word of mouth. So how high have your stats risen the last week? And I bet you’re being totally stalked by one or both of them as they must be rabidly following the comments.