A fistful of dollars.. and a few dollars more.

First off I want to thank everyone who came to my Fundraiser/30th birthday party this past Friday and left me $637 dollars richer (at least until transferring it to the Society the next day). My only regret is that before taking the wad of cash to the bank, I didn't spread it over my bed and roll around in it like Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal. Before I proceed further... some backslapping is in order.

• The fine people at Adams Mill bar certainly deserve your future patronage. They were exceedingly generous with their outstanding second floor bar space, and the staff was top shelf.
  

• Niall, thanks for helping set up and co-masterminding the effort in general.

• Alexis and Mark, let the world know that your beautiful minds came up with at least half of the pub trivia questions.

• Team Lymphomaniacs, you proved your mettle as champs. No one can ever take that away from you... even if those Google shirts you won don't quite fit. (by the way I can exchange those for you)
  

• Best call of the night goes to Andria for re-donating the Ipod nano she won in the raffle to an equally deserving KidsPower DC cause.
  

Great effort all around and I really hope everyone who attended had a good time. This past weekend cut my deficit in half, as I'm now 1 grand shy of my mandatory goal. Not too shabby.

However, I think I've nearly bloodsucked everyone that I know. So I'm open to any suggestions on how to raise the rest of the money. I was reminded that I forgot to sell "ad space" on my body, as suggested by Josette. So if anyone really wants to brand me with marker like a cow... I'm open to reasonable offers.