A brief word for charity AKA a Curt Shilling

So I don’t usually like to use this space to implore donations for friends (attention, yes, but not money), but our good friend Allison is running her second ever marathon this June and decided to use the opportunity to raise some money for a really worthy cause. The Lymphoma Leukemia Society raises money to help fight blood cancers of all kinds and can use any help they can get. Obviously, there are a ton of worthwhile charities out there, but this one is a special choice for Allison particularly because it provides a place where people can train and go through a physically challenging endeavor to show their commitment and dedicated support to help find a cure for these diseases, i.e. it asks for more exertion than the act of signing a check. Now, if you know me (and if you’re reading this now you probably do), you know that I’m the type that gets tired driving 26 miles. The thought of a good friend running that distance, over the course of 4 hours or so, is pretty damn inspiring. Plus, Allison and her fiancée Jamie introduced us to this tragic-comic karaoke bar right up the street from us, one the great hidden treasures of the city, so I’m hoping that putting up an outpost in my little corner of cyberspace may help pay her/them back somehow. Good luck, Allison!

And for those of you caustic, soulless bastards to whom the above display of humility has no bearing, please feast your eyes on this guy, who, apparently, really digs America. Trust me, it’s worth the click.