Comments on: Update of Lindy Hop situation (updated x3)

By: wanderingwino

wanderingwino — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:21:03 +0000

@Scott: OUTSTANDING!

@JLA: And what are the details for the contributions themselves?

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:08:05 +0000

Muah! Good on you, Scott!

Have fun Justine! You asked for it!

By: Dave H

Dave H — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:53:29 +0000

*cheers wildly*

By: scott

scott — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:34:15 +0000

I hereby pledge an amount equal to $5000 minus all amounts previously pledged.

This sh*t is on!

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:32:19 +0000

Given all the time I’ve wasted at the NYPL in the past 30(?!? OMG 30 ?) years, put me down for $30.

Any chance of a YouTube of the two of you, once you’ve mastered the Lindy?

By: stacy

stacy — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:59:08 +0000

I’ll donate $25 myself. Two good causes in one!

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:44:49 +0000

Shelia Williams has contacted me to say she is in for $100. Am putting it here for ease of counting.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:08:57 +0000

£20 to my local library. Feel free to round it down to $20 to make your calculations easier.
Blame Scalzi.

By: mimbles

mimbles — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:31:35 +0000

I’m in for $20, you can blame Scalzi

By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:55:30 +0000

Damn recession… I can only donate $10.

It’s half because I want the Lindy Hop to happen, other half because as a New York City resident, anything that supports our library system is something worth giving to.

Damn recession… I want to give more!

By: Justine

Justine — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:18:49 +0000

Thanks everyone for being so generous. Sort of.

Eric: We’re a long way from five thousand. I’m feeling pretty relaxed. Remember whatever happens the library gets the money.

By: Pam Adams

Pam Adams — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:44:32 +0000

$25.00- blame Scalzi for sending me.

By: eric luper

eric luper — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:40:05 +0000

Okay, I’m in for $100. It’s only 10% of what John Green pledged, but I’ll be willing to bet he sells 10x the books I do. What’s the total tally right now?

By: Joyce

Joyce — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:28:25 +0000

I’ll pledge $20

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Here from http://whatever.scalzi.com/. I’ll put in $25.

By: merovin

merovin — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:49:34 +0000

I’m pretty broke, but I pledge $5.00. Helping a library and getting you to Lindy Hop? At least worth that.

By: ntsc

ntsc — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:18:02 +0000

Re: Plantar fasciitis

Ben Gay, or equivalent may do wonders for it. My hand surgeon recomended it a while back and it doesn’t bother me very long on days it flairs up.

I don’t know you but Scalzi and his cat made threats.

$20

By: Adam Rakunas

Adam Rakunas — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:07:26 +0000

I’m in for twenty. The Lindy Hop, hell, any swing dancing is fun.

By: DG Lewis

DG Lewis — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:50:33 +0000

Well, now that Scalzi’s dispatched his minions of charity do-gooding, you’re in for it. $100 gets me a Supporting Friends of the Library membership (and I even live close enough to the city that we can make it a family outing for the four of us come December) and gets you 2% closer to $5k…

By: Doselle Young

Doselle Young — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:50:29 +0000

Just stopping by to pledge $250.00.

Will you be flying home to Australia for the free health care?

By: Gini

Gini — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:38:13 +0000

I think it’s really great that you’re getting people to donate to the NYPL! I completly agree with you about how much we need them these days. I hope (for the library’s sake, of course) that you’ll be lindy hopping in no time .

Also, I totally sympathize about the Plantar Fasciitis – that hurts SO bad. I had to get $200 insoles last year from my pediatrist. So I hope that feels better soon!

-Yet another minion of John Green

By: Camille

Camille — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:31:06 +0000

$50 US

By: wanderingwino

wanderingwino — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:28:06 +0000

$50. Libaries need all the help we can get. And we all expect video posted here or at http://whatever.scalzi.com/ when you’re done!

By: Pegkitty

Pegkitty — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:28:00 +0000

John Scalzi sent me over here to pledge. And more importantly, I expect his baseball-bat-wielding wife and Twittering cat would back him up on this. I’ll kick in $15 for you to learn.

By: D.

D. — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:18:47 +0000

Frankie Manning, the "Master of Lindy Hop" died last week. The obit, besides being interesting in its own right, has a video link which should have examples and suggestions for YouTube searching. I won't have money for a couple of weeks, unfortunately.