Wipe Your Feet

I have over-saturated your internet today. I’m sorry. It began with a post about the X Factor on Grantland, and continued (and will now end) with a post about Five Dollar Friday at GOOD. Remember Five Dollar Friday? I hoped it would explode and become a phenomenon, but it never did, maybe because $5 became less and less expendable; even so, it was one of the most fun and most rewarding projects I ever dunked a toe into, and I hope that one day it will become A Real Thing. If you haven’t ever given five bucks to a blogger, non-profit website, starving musician or artist, you might want to try it some time and add a #5df hash tag to make others wonder, “Huh?” and perhaps get on board themselves. I’m not hinting here: I just got married and plan to win the Mega Millions lottery soon (so I have lots of silverware and will soon have millions of dollars), but for Wikipedia, Planned Parenthood, your favorite bloggers or your friend’s band, five bucks can mean a lot. If you inspire other people to participate, we could lift more moods than thousands of prescriptions for Abilify. And it would still cost less than your copay.

Back into my bat cave before I cease to exist in this worldly dimension, and only lurk in the shadows of Stumbleupon.