{"id":4133,"date":"2012-07-26T21:45:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T04:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2012-07-26T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T03:22:58","slug":"7-quick-takes-reasons-you-should-come-hang-out-online-with-me-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4133","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Reasons You Should Come Hang Out Online With Me Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So tomorrow (or today if you see this on Friday) is <a href=\"http:\/\/peacefulwaters.org\/brett\/?cat=9\" title=\"Brett's Blogathon 2012\">Brett&#8217;s Blogathon 2012<\/a> and I&#8217;ll be blogging for 24 hours straight on things starting with the letter B.  Here are 7 reasons to <a href=\"http:\/\/peacefulwaters.org\/brett\" title=\"Blogging for Brett\">come join me<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett's adoption account\">make a donation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The funds go toward helping Brett&#8217;s adoptive mommy and daddy bring him home.<\/strong>  Is this not a cute kid?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/brett.jpg\" alt=\"Brett\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about getting him to the States so he can have some physical therapy and stop having to crawl everywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I might actually post a webcam video of me doing something <del>embarrassing<\/del> hilarious.<\/strong>  C&#8217;mon&#8230; YOU KNOW you want to see me dancing the Timewarp at 3:00 a.m. or singing camp songs at 5 a.m. to keep myself awake.  No promises that I&#8217;m going to do any of that &#8212; it&#8217;s a small house and I&#8217;d like both Jon and Daniel to get adequate sleep &#8212; but something cool might get posted and you don&#8217;t want to miss that, especially if it might be useful for future blackmail.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My evil twin is guest-posting and talking about beer-making.<\/strong>  You think *I&#8217;m* delightfully snarky?  I don&#8217;t hold a candle to him!  And yes, he is seriously talking about beer-making, which is one of his hobbies.  My task tonight is shrinking the pics he sent me of the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m giving away an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\" title=\"Amazon.Com\">Amazon.Com<\/a> gift card to a lucky donor.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s not a Keurig or a Kindle Fire but it will enable you to buy books, music, household appliances, or anything else that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\" title=\"Amazon.Com\">Amazon.Com<\/a> sells.  It&#8217;s not based on your donation amount so you could actually end up coming out ahead on this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett&#8217;s mommy and daddy are out there somewhere and they need to see him.<\/strong>  Seriously, I fully believe that Brett&#8217;s adoptive parents are out there somewhere and that they could possibly find him via my <a href=\"http:\/\/peacefulwaters.org\/brett\/?cat=9\" title=\"Brett's Blogathon 2012\">Blogathon<\/a> for him.  If you visit, make a donation and let people know what&#8217;s going on over there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What else are you going to do on a Friday night?<\/strong>  It&#8217;s not like the Olympic opening ceremonies are on or anything.  Oh wait, they are.  Darn!  Still, you should totally come on over and see what I&#8217;m posting.  It might be something interesting to do during the Parade of Nations when some unpronounceable country is parading through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, someone needs to get to the States for care.<\/strong>  Dude&#8230; this kid needs a mommy and a daddy.  He also needs physical therapy for his CP.  Let&#8217;s look at Brett again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/brett.jpg\" alt=\"Brett!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can you really say &#8220;no&#8221; to this kid?<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\">ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So tomorrow (or today if you see this on Friday) is Brett&#8217;s Blogathon 2012 and I&#8217;ll be blogging for 24 hours straight on things starting with the letter B. 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