So, let’s review the week in DonorsChoose fundraising:
- Atheist baiting netted about $60, from three donors.
- Appealing to your better nature brought in zip, zero, nil, nada. Not one person donated to the highlighted proposal after I posted that.
- Offering to stab myself with a fork brought in $200 yesterday.
You all suck.
No, that’s not true– your generosity has been very impressive. The Uncertain Principles challenge currently stands at $3,118 raised, from 39 donors, second among ScienceBlogs, after Pharyngula, which gets more than 20 times as many pageviews as this blog. I’m flattered to have such generous readers.
But, honestly, “I’ll stab myself with a fork” is what spurs contributions? If I promise to post pictures, will that get me another $200? Because I will…
For those keeping score at home, the “stab myself with a fork” threshold is $3,552, and “read and review atheist screed” is $3,802. “Allow Richard Dawkins to stab me with a fork” threshold is $4,802 plus whatever it takes to get him here to do it, and “a year without atheist baiting” is $6,000. The deadline for all of those incentives is the end of the day Friday, so act quickly if any of those things appeal to you.
There is also a standing offer to write blog posts for $30 donations, and a chance to win Seed/ ScienceBlogs swag. So there are plenty of reasons to donate, even beyond the obvious “helping needy school children” thing.