Do you recall the Alien Space Ship invasion from April 20th? In the name of cVillain, I offered myself to the aliens and have recently returned to earth. While they couldn’t probe me because of my thunder and lightning powers, we did sit down to plan the next party.
I explained that cVillains and 106.1 The Corner had OFFICIALLY raised over $2,100 for the HIV/AIDS Services Group! They decided they wanted to be involved in our next party. While the ideas for an “Illegal Alien” party on Cinco de Maio were quickly shot down due to fears of the Feds and their fallen Area 51 comrades (and some earthly, political correctness issues), we decided we wanted to throw a party in which all aliens were invited.
The details require top secret government clearance, but will soon be released to the public. We are leaking the date of the party: May 25th! Trust us, the party is going to be amazing.
This time, we will let YOU pick the charity and will give all event proceeds to that charity! Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon. We hope to raise more than $2,100 for the charity of choice.
Rules…
- Submit an entry by adding it to the poll or voting on one that has already been added.
- Entries must be submitted no later than May 3rd at Noon.
- We will choose a final list of 3 to 10 non-profits based on the number of submissions.
- The final charity will be chosen before the party on May 25th.
- If we detect any cheating, we have the right to disqualify any entrant.
- Charities must be approved 501(c) 3 organizations.
- All proceeds will go to the charity that you choose!
- We can change the rules.
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Related posts:
- Final Voting for the Space Charity Party
- Official Space Party 2008 Details
- Space Party Leverage…err…Photos
Please please please vote for the SPCA! Pleeeeeeease. I will buy you a drink at Oxo.
I was the first vote for SPCA, shen! Me wuvs the wittle kitties and puppies. Although, they’re all worthy causes. Can’t go wrong, on this list.
I will buy you a drink at Oxo
Why not take that money and give it directly?
/I know you already give more than your fair share…
may 25th? but that’s my brother’s college graduation!
/he doesn’t want me there anyway.
You owe me a drink
@3: That’s bar code for “I will give you a free drink”. Thanks for trying to bust me in front of the Ay Bee See.
/more than you know!
I don’t seem to have the functionality to add a choice (or a vote), but I’d like to see Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville added. I haven’t seen Indie Dork around these parts recently, but I recall him (or her?) having a Cvillain hammer-swinging (no, Thor, not that hammer) time at one of their job sites.
SPCA!
Okay. Who added the Belmont Dilapidated Porch Foundation? B’Yo, we’re not replacing your porch.
/unless you ask nicely
//and provide drinks
Er. I was, um, just as surprised as anyone that that, well, um… showed up there. So its not real?
/I have drinks!
Hey Hey! Three votes! Take that homeless puppies!
.j-o-k-e, shen. for the love of god, it was just a joke.
B’Yo, maybe you could team up with some of the other recipients and work out a deal. Habitat for Humanity could send supplies, while the Girls and Boys Club and Camp Holiday Trails each send labor. Just tell the kids it’s a field trip!
/still bitter about serving as slave labor as a child
Awesome idea… and we could harness the shelter animals to move the heavy stuff! And pass out condoms!
5 votes – oh god, not another uncus
It begins.
Im sensing that I will be getting no
freepaid for drinks from Shen anytime soon.Condoms what?!!!
For ASG.
I still have like a billion condoms from when Planned Parenthood crashed escafe one night. Since I am in the velvet closet, I have very little need of them.
@16 Particularly if you’re making the animals do heavy lifting.
Poor animals in jail.
They can live under the porch! Everyone’s a winnar!
Some of the cats are so frightened, they hide in their litterboxes all day, laying in their own feces. The $ we raise could buy them little cat beds.
There are skeletons of postal workers in the crawl spaces under holes in rotting porches in belmont. Those postal workers had families. Little kids go to sleep at night wondering why daddy’s route never ends.
/check your email shen.
Just so everyone knows, the porch is gonna get axed.
The SPCA needs $ for blankets to wrap around sick little puppies, people.
Just so everyone knows, the porch is gonna get
axedfixed.I will only vote SPCA if I can come out dressed like a guinea pig. It’s all the rage on the catwalks in Milan right now.
/eek..eek
@ 24 Who axed you?
@ 27 You should see what they are wearing on porches in Belmont. Rowr!
@25: Gud. Way to waste your votes y’all. Did you vote for Nader too?
@27: Totally.
Shen- Raise big bucks for SPCA & they might neuter Yo for free!
God forbid we have any fun. Silliness? Right. Out.
Like I’d take money from homeless kitties. Like SPCA is not insurmountably up in the voting, anyway. Like I didn’t send out disclaimers to everyone I could, just in case. Like this little internet thingy is a now like a national election? Like you know what? Fuck it.
Have fun saving the world, y’all. Just make sure you don’t smile while your doing it, otherwise people won’t take you seriously. I’ll leave the rest of the lemonheads on the coffee table. Im sick of sour.
omfg, I voted!
I’m a sick kitten supporter just like anyone, but gotta thank you, Thor, for including the Boys and Girls Club!! The summer is quickly approaching, during which the Club is open 9 hours each day, offering kids in our community a safe place to have fun while school is out and their parents are working. Sure, this list is full of great causes, but I couldn’t resist plugging the one that tugs at my heart-strings the hardest. VOTE BGC!!
re:33… excellent point Hoodatbe. I personally am saving my vote until the last minute and then I will sell it on Craigslist.
so, how ’bout them mets ?
I dunno. Never met them.
/ba-doom psssh
we should invest in our future, and give the money to AA!
American Airlines?
Charlottesville Tomorrow! Charlottesville Tomorrow! Rah rah rah!
Wow, Boys & Girls club came out of no where. Did they hit the turbo button?
We need no Turbo, we got support. Who ever 33 is, You’re my hero. BGC ALL THE WAY!
Hey Melissa and Hood, how abouts you support the event by coming to the party !
No! I’m going to be out of town for the party!
/Going to be in Vegas. Should probably stop complaining.
puppies are so much better than boys and girls.
can’t wait for the party deets!
@44 Is that because puppies can’t tell?
Trying to add MACAA Head Start as an entry but I am unable to do so..
This party’s on a Sunday?
Is that a typo? This party’s on a Sunday?
That’s going to cut into my backyard badminton-ing while drinking, but I’ll make that sacrifice. For the puppies. Or the children. Or whomever, actually.
How about an anybody-but-Habitat option? I’m still bitter about the loss of the ravine out back.
Maybe I should just start a charity called Habitat for Pileated Woodpeckers. We’ll knock down houses and plant tall trees with bodies stuffed in the cavities.
Oh. Wicked double post. I blame Wordpress, which told me I had “already posted” my comment, but it didn’t appear (even upon refreshing; I swear!). So I changed it, and then resubmitted, and then both versions appeared.
/and then I got a pony
and the pony was– was a unicorn! and then….
that sunday is the sunday of mem. day weekend, braaaaaaaaahhhhh.
that sunday is the sunday of mem. day weekend, braaaaaaaaahhhhh.
Oh. Well, in that case, broseph: word ‘em up. (Though I may still have to work Monday.)
SPCA was just awarded $400,000.00 today. I just watched it on the news! I think we should give it to the B&GC Kids. Maybe if we do the kids will gain a sense of Belonging, Usefullness, Influence, & Competence, thus they will adopt the puppies and kittens!
I’d love to go. Been waiting for another ‘villain party, but will be out of town.
How did the Boys and Girls Club get 80 votes since this afternoon? Something fishy is going on.
Perhaps all the boys and girls are exercising their right to vote, which they are encouraged to do.
@ 55. Its called mass communication! Email and TXT. msgs. work
@ 56. AMEN!
When is the voting over?
Melissa, the voting ends Saturday, May 3rd at Noon.
Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon.
Thor – you better believe I’ll be at this party, with some of our voting block in tow, too! I know the game ain’t over yet, but regardless of who wins the game – Hooray for the internet – HOORAY FOR CVILLAINS!!
CRUD – I will be begining a long drive back to the ville from Little Rock on the 25th and therefore cannot go – alas – will make sure to get some peeps to the party to whoop it up for the cause – thanks again, Thor!
@57: So getting a bunch of your non-Villain friends to come on here and sway what is supposed to be the Villains’ choice…seems fair. Not. And it’s obvious you’re “M” as well in #53. You probably even work at the B&GC so this would really help you out I bet.
Can you feel the love that charity inspires?
We are all villains, its just that some of us don’t know it yet.
don’t see a clear way to vote – but put me down for the Boys n Girls Club.
@ 63. Actually, I am “M”’s long time friend! Same passion! Thanks for the multipule persons though! Maybe I can get all this work done by lunch with two of me!!!! All of us are Villain’s. Hurry for the kids vote!
Thor- I too will be out of town, but I will encourage my peeps to attend the shindig!
@Shen… please be nice to our new visitors. All non-profits need money and we are throwing a party for a good cause. Sure, people have different ideas of what the best cause is, but is that any reason to rip on BGC for having a lot of loyal members?
I’m sure a lot of them will come to the party to help support things. SPCA has an email list too. We wanted to make this a little competitive and someone’s gotta be second place. Anyway, this is the first round, so if SPCA makes it to the final round, then you can rally your troops and go for the gold.
joster… probably because someone from your office already voted
Also, and this is a presumption, this will not be the last villain charity party. If whomever’s charity does not win, then perhaps next time. I imagine the BDPF will be getting hooked up around September of 2010…
/geezer villains.
Watching these votes is like a NASCAR race! Computer4kids takes second place and is HOT on the tail of BGC which still has a 4 length lead.
Watching these votes is like a NASCAR race!
I can’t help but wonder which one will crash and burn first?
So, still no idea why I can’t vote. Is it my company’s use of ancient IE 6.0 (yes, and please hold off on the Firefox/Opera/Safari proselytizing, I know already!) that keeps me from voting? Any Villains care to help me out?
Everyone, if you are having problems voting it’s probably because someone from your computer or your same IP address has already voted.
This typically means that you can’t vote from the same household or the same work if someone has already done so. We do that to keep people from voting multiple times on something.
Maybe someone from your office/school/bathtub/IP addy already voted, Stormy.
is like a NASCAR race!
Except it is short roughly 2000 left turns.
So, B’YO you are saying they are racing into a vortex?
How come only one person at a business can vote?
fingers crossed they’ll be no crashing and burning . . what i think is cool is seeing other non-profits that i didn’t even know about – like “ourspace community center” which i now plan to learn more about. thanks villains!
Thanks Thor & Street. Sucks to work in a place with hundreds of other people who are similarly disenfranchised. Now I know how Michigan and Florida feel.
Nope, no vortex. But if I had to venture a guess, I’d say we are racing into the hurt feelings and animosity that only a truly good cause can generate.
/humans are very odd.
Now I know how Michigan and Florida feel
No, that would be more like i you went around installing IE 6 on all the computers against the wishes of the IT department, and then vociferously complained when it didn’t work.
/went there.
@77 elec. There is no perfect way to keep people from voting twice. If we didn’t enable the IP tracker (and at the same time restrict voting to one per workplace), people could clear their cookies and vote a lot of times.
In the future we could do it through unique email addresses. That may be more of a pain, but it would let anyone vote with a working email addy. What do you think about that?
@77 Ourspace community center is located in the basement below the Tea Bazaar. (414 E. Main St., Downtown Mall)
@82: I have 6 email addresses. Couldn’t I vote 6 times?
Email addys matter not. Ip’s are where it’s at. Literally.
If we didn’t enable the IP tracker
*cough cough* proxy servers *cough*
with a working email addy
yahoo, hotmail, gmail work… Im good for at least 8 votes!
Whatever happened to the honor system? Are we not honorable?
UVa can’t even maintain a working honor system. How are we supposed to?
thanks Street! right under my nose and i didn’t know it!
UVa can’t even maintain a working honor system. How are we supposed to?
Well, that’s it, really, you can’t. You can’t maintain anything for anyone else. The only person’s actions you are responsible for are your own. Its that golden rule thing you may have heard word of… its pretty cool actually.
@87 i think it works pretty well, actually.
@83 I think email would be better than IPs. We have 100+ employees, but only one gets a vote? Plus the poor souls who don’t have a connection at home. As far as IP’s, I could take a notebook and vote at every free WI-Fi in the area. I think there is the same possibility for multi votes that way as there is for multi email addresses.
We have 100+ employees,
…but only one computer?
Why not have the people who come and participate vote then and there? Its their money thats being raised…
I’m voting for Relay for Life. Won’t you join us May 10th/11th at The Park (North Grounds UVa adjacent to the JAG School). We’re aiming to raise $300,000 in the fight against cancer. Join up, donate….see what Relay is all about at http://www.cvillerelayforlife.org.
Wow, Whats up with the animosity here. Thor has it right. IP’s. There will ALWAYS be loop holes. There isnt a flawless voting!! Keep it the way it is. The voting has some people going crazy mean.
If you really want to drive around to all the WI-FI spots and waste your gas at this price, then good job to you for being competitive! If you want to utilize your contacts in your contact list, then way to be competitive.
Im not sure if some of these people can handle a little competition. Every one just needs to Chillaxe! Deep breath in… hold it…!… and exhale! and one more time…!….!…!! Good! Congrats to the Comp4kids and BGC people for their lead. Wheres all the Porch people though! Hey, they can still come back. Apparently its NASCAR up in hear!
@92 100+ employees, 100+ computers, NOT 100 unique external IP’s
@67: Um, it’s lame because it’s become no longer about which charity the Villains want to support the most but about which charity knows the most people to come on here and vote. The people who work at the SPCA are too busy helping animals to send out mass emails and text messages to all their friends. They do not have an email list either.
Thor, please make MACAA HeadStart part of the charity line up..
It’s ok Shen, regardless of who wins, I will also send something to the SPCA. I try to to regularly bring them bags of dog food since I need to buy it anyway, but I could probably do more.
@96 Whoa! Sounds like someone needs to eat a grilled cheese and calm down. No puppies will be harmed if the SPCA doesn’t win the vote. With all the time they are spending helping lil critters I’m sure they don’t have someone monitoring this site, crushing cats every time another charity besides them gets a vote.
I’m for the boys and girls club, too, but can’t figure out how to vote. Maybe they should teach how to vot at the boys and girls club.
I already danced on a cube in a nonexistent skirt and got hit on by skeevy old men for B&GC this year. SPCA gets my vote.
Also, I like doof’s idea @93.
Also, also, how much money did B&GC make at the Big Gig? Because I had to scrape my jaw off the floor after that live auction…
Albemarle Home Schoolers Odyssey of Mind Team? Really? If they win the vote, are we really going to give them all the money? I mean there are b’yo needs a new porch. We need to get our priorities straight.
I like doof’s idea too but it may confuse matters from a marketing perspective
Since when is a high school OD team a charity? This has become ridiculous.
It’d be like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” charity function.
/Can’t actually attend, so going to stop chiming in now.
@106 I wonder. Similarly, isn’t Children, Youth and Family Services an arm of the government? People need to remember that anything they add to the list has to have 501(c)(3) status. A worthy cause is not necessarily a 501(c)(3) organization.
I actually think it’s pretty cool how into this everyone’s getting (minus the animosity). This is folks getting worked up about giving money to charity, not over whether or not bud lite constitutes a mandatory bar option – i wouldn’t go so far as to say we’ve evolved (’cause I don’t wanna), but this is new territory for Cvillain.
And sure, most folks may never come back to the site again after voting for their personal cause, but to see so much hype about a mere $2,000 is impressive. Yippee for everyone’s competitive drive to support a cause.
I mean there are b’yo needs a new porch
I know right? Puppies and kids, pschaw!
Also, from the looks of the totals, the kids already HAVE computers and are networking them into a coordinated vote-bot attack.
@108, groups that fall under 170(c)(1) (instrumentality of government) of the IRS Code frequently meet requirements for receiving charitable donations and Thor can decide if they should benefit here.
/Part of a foundation that gives away cash regularly
//anyone else hear that Big Jim’s is closing for good today? That rumor is making its way around the interwebs again (See thesabre.com http://www.thesabre.com/message_board/general/2008/April/30/615848.php for details)
One Vote per IP Address!?! LAME, LAME, LAME. And not too bright. There are all kinds of scenarios where many people or computers are hidden behind a single IP address. Offices, proxy servers, even some ISPs have multiple unrelated customers all sitting behind a single IP address.
Not too bright of you Spunky Bears, either. In response to a desperate plea on behalf of poor starving kittens and puppies I took the time this morning to contact over a dozen people I know here who seldom or never read the crappy bloggy. And all but two told me that they were blocked from voting. So you’ve not only killed the virus that feeds your marketing strategy, you’re IRRITATING CUSTOMERS! Arrrghh!!
Come on guys, you have people logged in. Why don’t you just limit it to one vote per user name? I admit I might have 10 or 20 different usernames. But I would never use them to cheat on the vote. Unless it was for a good cause like Puppies & Kittens…
Besides, if I really want to cheat and you are going to use this lame IP address thing, I can always use my 3 Class C address blocks with an IP-changing script and send you hundreds of votes. But of course I would only vote for the One True Cause. God’s Chosen Cause. The Cause of the Righteous. (That would of course be Puppies and Kittens.)
Excuse me now, I need to get back to my consulting client Bob Mugabe…
Odyssey of the Mind is probably not a non-profit, so I imagine it would be disqualified.
look if it’s really such a nightmare problem, why do we have almost 600 votes in less than 12 hours?
hey, we aren’t perfect and we have received 5 complaints or so out of 600 votes… that’s not too bad for a bunch of Villains
You computer geeks need to get a grip. Who gives a rats ass about IP’s and wormholes for spelunking into the depths of computer voting systems. Just vote and quit your whining. SO MUCH DAMN WHINING ON HERE!
I love my dog and cat, but guess what. Their still just @#$%ing ANIMALS!!!!!!!! “Oh, but what about the kittens and puppies?” Guess what, they over produce and their populations need to be cut back, life sucks. The SPCA is an awesome organization, my dog is straight outta the joint. She’s the prettiest little girl on the block. But, out of all the organizations in this list you want to give money to some freaking animals. YOU GOTTA WAKE UP AND SMELL WHAT YOUR SHOVELIN. Help needy people. Because even though they are never going to snuggle with me in bed, they are humans and deserve help.
Might I drop a line for Camp Holiday Trails.
This place helps really, really sick kids and gives them a chance to feel like a normal kid. They get to go to camp and be outside and play. Without the medical staff at this camp, these kids couldn’t go. I can’t imagine being a little kid and having some obscure disease that rules my life and keeps me from having a normal childhood. I loved camp as a kid, it was fricking paradise!
FOR GOD SAKES, GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE!
Here here, Clarence! I’m all for helping pups but hey, gotta round that shit out a lil bit. Kids need help, help the kids this summer and then maybe all the princesses mincing around like geishas in their heels on the mall won’t get jacked up by roving youths during the dog days this year. I can testify, I may be normal on the outside but my urges to kill are under control thanks to well meaning adults who intervened when I was younger. And think of it this way, by helping potential serial killers, you’re probably still helping puppies and kittens cuz that’s how it all starts, usually.
Maybe we should drop a line for SARA while we’re at it. Yay diversity.
For some reason, i don’t have an ip address, but I wanted to vote for Rivannah Trail Foundation.
@114- Sorry. I thought this venue was about being bored, activist, mouthy and alchoholic. I’ll try to put the first three on hold and focus on the alcohol.
Cheers,
Jay (hic)
SO MUCH DAMN WHINING ON HERE
Pot meet kettle.
i don’t have an ip address
I will take care of that for you, hold on….
There you go buddy. Good luck beating puppies and kittens tho….
re: Pot meet Kettle. Is this about being BLACK? Naughty naughty, playing the race card!
HEY EVERYONE!! It looks like there will be many, many more causes for parties in the future…Isn’t that a good thang? And, please don’t be so clickish…..this concept has widened the readership/awareness/participation for the CVILLAIN! More is always better…more parties, more villains, more charities, more money…..hurrrahhhhh!
I am trying to raise awareness about some forgotten people living outside of the scope of most people’s attention. A Guam-based AIDS Service Organization (GUAHAN Project, http://www.guahanproject.org/index.php) with very limited funds provides HIV prevention and care services to impoverished people who live in the U.S. affiliated Pacific region–American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam–which suffers enormous health disparities due in part to very limited Federal assistance, and in part due to the post-colonial era annual per capita income: for example, it is only $2,900 in the Marshall Islands, and $2,300 in the Federated States of Micronesia. For comparison, the U.S. annual per capita income is $46,000. This organization and the fragile societies of incredibly unique, indigenous people it serves really need support. A small donation to the GUAHAN Project can make a huge difference in stemming the tide of HIV in these small, culturally rich enclaves that could be destroyed by HIV/AIDS.
If this subject interests you, I can provide pictures and documents to further illuminate the situation.
I appreciate your time, and wish you all the best in your work.
ditto, ditto!!
it’s aaaaaaaaaalllll good!
Byo… gmail incoming.
new rule for voting…..
If you vote, you have to come to the party!!
it’s aaaaaaaaaalllll good!
Except my porch.
/joking! settle down…
@128 new rule for voting… If you vote, you have to come to the party!!
…and if its your first night at charity fight club, you have to fight.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY!
i can’t wait for charity fight club fight night fight.
i’ll wear my tyler durden outfit and take home marla singer, or whoever looks the most like her.
You’re missing the point Clarence. (Imagine that?) The point is not which charity is more important, it was which charity do CVillains want the money to go to from a CVillain party? Thor should have chosen 5 or so charities and let us vote, us meaning registered CVillains. But some yahoo had to go and mass email everyone he knows and make this about which charity has the most contacts. Now it’s out of our hands, and become a free-for-all joke.
P.S. All these charities are equally deserving of the contribution. But common sense should let us see that we should have set up a more restricted voting system to have avoided this chaos.
/y’all love when it when I complain because it brings the discourse
/muthafuckin’ rockstar
i figured the internet polling lesson was learned with the whole mascot debacle.
i figured the internet polling lesson was learned with the whole mascot debacle.
We did learn a lesson. After voting ends, Thor will have a “recount”, and he will pick the winner. Right now, I’m going with SPCA because ‘nanigans is the most outspoken.
Yay! More restrictions please! Internet: serious business.
C’mon echo… I pitched a fit too!
/is surprised the gobbler ip fund isn’t doing better…
Yeah, but Thor already threatened to axe your porch, so it would take an UNCUS revolution for you to win.
we’ve got the whole internet cheating thing figured out.. just you wait and see!
p.s. This thread is officially the “Bitch and Moan” Award winner for 2008.
Could you all keep it a bit more quiet? Some people are trying to drink their beers in peace.
yeah, i can’t believe you guys spent this gorgeous day inside on the computer fighting with each other.
/working on my tan so no one mistakes me for a vegetarian.
You can find out more about the Albemarle Homeschoolers Odyssey of the Mind team on my blog and also in last Sunday’s Daily Progress, pg C3.
I just got an email(with hundreds other people in the header) that urges me to vote for one of the listed charities….. kinda ticks me off that this just became a source for a group to jump in and get the $$$$.It was one thing when those folks who regularly visit the site voted and choose to give, but this ridiculous. I gave to the AIDS/HIV Support Group and received a lovely note of thanks, but I did that by choice. I give to many of the groups that have tried to usurp this proposed fund raiser, but I’m starting to rethink who gets my $$$ because of these games here. Just saying………….not whining.
they’re not games…THEY’RE SHENANIGANS!
Parlie, you’re not trying to play shenanigans are you? I don’t think she’d appreciate that very much.
@144……..I did vote for the SPCA earlier………I had a difficult time not saying that parlie, but it wasn’t the SPCA soliciting votes from me.
i think echo and ditto should have a cage match. no fisticuffs, voices only, cagematch.
the money will go to the deaf.
Pardon?
i said,
you know, it doesn’t really matter.
That’s hilarious. You’re still an asshole, though.
Oh, wait. I broke the no name-calling rule. Come here ya big lug!
/awkwardly hugs parlie
i guess. i kind of still want to fight about charity though. this charity fight is like a dog fight, even, but for blogs!
stanley, you be the disenfranchised fast food workers’ union, and i’ll be dogs that want free hamburgers.
GO!
153: You should save your doggie-style for the other thread.
Woof.
gimme a fuckin hamburger.
156: Here.
you have magnificent sideburns.
You’re a sideburn.
What did I miss today? I was out busy saving the lives of future America to participate in the piss and moan contest!
I think thats a good thought to have the voters attend the party. I think we may need extra security so that shenanigans doesnt come at the Comps4kids and BGClub people! Its a full on cat fight in here… without the 9 lives! Man Im funny at Mid night!
What did I miss today?
The internet happened again, basically.
Oh! And there was an orgy or something.
But I repeat myself.
if i vote for BTDF, does my aye come with a free towel?
/it should.
cVillain Restaurant Purchasing Fund
Fuuuuck. I knew I should have held onto my vote. B Yo’s House of House, Electro and Tartare. Raw beats, raw meats.
/meetin’ the beat & beatin’ the meat
I’m confused.. what restaurant are we purchasing?
Computers4Kids
@Silvia… are you guys a non profit?
Thor, start here, and read the comments.
I have no clue, but I bet it would have the best food/patio/DJ/roof patio/wines/veggie dishes/tartare/ ambiance/service/location/clientèle/style/happy hour/bathrooms/food fights this town has ever seen.
We should have a full on food fight! When was the last time anyone has had a food fight! Plus, if we do it out side, the animals could eat all the left overs and then we will be serving the SPCA by feeding animals for them! Its a win win!!! Okay, minus the oranges being pelted at someone 50 miles per hour, we might have a TINY problem; I know Dr.s!
We should do it at a place that no cares about being banned from, like Applebee’s or Denny’s.
Do we even have a Dennys here? I’ve lived here since Sept. 07 and have yet to find a Dennys! O.C. Cali is where its at; theres one on every corner, right next to the 24 hr. fitness!
Nope, no Denny’s here. The closest one appears to be in Fredericksburg.
First time poster here. So tired of shenanigans. I lurk cvillian, because I’m a nosy cville native and I like to see what’s going on, but I don’t really care much to post. So- you haven’t seen me here before, and I don’t go out much, because I don’t really want to, but I likely know lots of you guys. Shenanigans, why shouldn’t I vote? Sure, I got an email, and sure I sent it on to some people who care about cville. I’m fine that cvillian is a bit cliquey and insiderish, and I’m also fine with the fact that I don’t choose to participate by posting, but I do by reading. Perhaps more of these mystery voters are like me than you realize.
@ 174 Pity you don’t post more, you have an awesome log in id…
/vote early, vote often!
omfg an outsider! GET HIM!
GET HIM!
Get him what? An ice-cold beer and some nachos? A Segway, perhaps?
get her, misogynists.
If your name was mommyrock, that would have been more clear.
get her, misogynists.
I have absolutely nothing at all against miso soup.
Ya, just so everyone knows we have 20,000+ people who read this site on a given month and I’m pretty sure most of them don’t comment/post. I wish they did though.
Also, as this is a site about Charlottesville, I don’t have any problem with other people getting a bunch of their friends to vote on here. It’s not like this is a private site. Although if you guys want to pay for a private site, we can charge subscription fees
/don’t think anyone likes that idea
Although if you guys want to pay for a private site, we can charge subscription fees
We can has pr0n?
Hooray, pr0n!!11!
i’ll pay extra if we can kick gobbler out of the internet.
he doesn’t even have an ip address…
/he has a towel.
that’s a great idea.. we should auction banning people.. if they reach.. say $1,000 dollars we will ban them from the site…
/kidding!
@174: Another lurker brought into the light by me. Welcome. Have some Pepsi and Poprocks.
@181: I don’t care how many people read this site. They ain’t a true Villain till they post.
If wordpress didn’t crash after 400 comments, we could require them to make a post.
@ 187 Arbiter of true villainry! I always thought they weren’t a true villain til they had a towel. I stand corrected.
@188:We should have a Free for All confession booth just for lurkers. They could just pop in, say whatever they want, and never post again. Oh, wait, that’s THE WHOLE SITE. Wtf people? Say something. We can hear you breathing.
@189: We are currently compiling the 2008 CVillain Handbook/User’s Guide. Stay tuned for updates.
YES, the Albemarle Homeschoolers Odyssey of the Mind Team is non-profit. We are affiliated with a non-profit 501c organization. The EIN no. will be provided when it is required. The mission of the organization is to nurture creative problem solving in a team environment for students all over the world. This is something Corporate America has been spending millions of dollars, trying to teach/train employees to work in a team. These kids are learning incredible life skills in a fun atmosphere.
Thanks for your support,
Coach
@ 191 I loved you on Cheers.
@191: Still doesn’t sound like a charity to me.
Is the “home schooler” part based in religion? Fess up…
What gives? My request has been ignored TWICE @ 46 and then @98, but alas! I’m just hoping that all the voters are willing to put their money were their mouth is and in addition to the MASS Emails that are being sent out in support of their own charity are also PLANNING to attend the party and ENCOURAGE their supporters to do so as well.
—–(planned on stepping of my soapbox , but it collapsed underneath from me b4 i had the chance)
everyone, trust us, we will reward those charities that come to the party.. announcement coming soon.
In fact, it’s going to be hard to win unless you show up at the party!
I still want to know if the home schoolers are of the ‘young earth’ flavor or not. I have nothing against home schoolers per say, but I would feel odd giving my cocktail money to someone teaching kids that jesus rode a dinosaur.
And the silence is conspicuous.
Drinking for the kids just seems kinda wrong anyways.
VOTE FOR SARA SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AGENCY!!!!!
Why aren’t more people voting for AA? We’re all gonna need their help one of these days.
This is my group of anonymous alcoholics.
*welcome echo*
CVillain: Drinking for those who quit.
w00t vote for girls and boyz club yall peace out!
Albemarle Home School Odyssey of The Mind Team winning the popular vote? I call BS on that one.
I say we give the money to whichever charity has the most drunk people at the party at 1:30. That way you can’t just show up and claim a prize. You have to party.
/Bonus points for a tuxedo t-shirt
@204: I know. I think those creative little sonzabitches are hacking.
Did you notice that Patience Crabstick fell off the face of the earth ever since she started homeschooling. I think it is a sect and thus should be swarmed by SWAT teams with tear gas and DNA test kits.
(from 191) We are affiliated with a non-profit 501c organization
Which we will not name. Of course.
A little research reveals an internet savvy (hitting up various message boards for votes) and very small group of home schoolers, although I’ve yet to determine if they are of the “Leviathan was a brontosaurus” flavor. If I had to guess, I would guess there’s some serious well fed post hippie action going on…
“Corporate America” in caps? You know what I blame? Society.
Whatever this group is, from the photos on the coordinator’s blog, they sure as hell don’t seem as hard up for cash as almost any of the other charities listed above. Why not sell one of your many late model cars (check the slide show!) if this trip is so important? And slandering public school? Ooof. Its the only option for some working poor. Homeschooling is a pretty boojy option you should feel grateful to have. Folks like me aint got it.
Not to go all ‘nanigans on you, but this is pretty lame. I will definitely be campaigning in the finals – for anything else.
Care to clarify Odyssians?
at least they believe in dinosaurs. there are plenty of schools out there that don’t.
and shenanigans @200, you can’t just steal jokes from parlie @37. it’s uninternethical.
i hate the word i just made up.
@206….I echo echo’s thoughts
I also also agree with 206. Brilliant suggestion! I hope AA doesn’t win in that case.
As of 6hrs ago, I am single to mingle again. Im down for a great party on the 25th! I will be the DD.
Re 197/209… Our “conspicuous silence” is due to the fact that we are a small group of working families who don’t have time to banter back & forth about who’s getting drunk at the party. Some of us may be well fed, but that’s relative. I know some well-fed people who work for charitable organizations.
The coordinator’s blog, to which you refer, is not directly related to our Odyssey of the Mind team, but rather her own personal blog where she shares her own personal opinions, photos, etc. Since she blogged about our recent success at state competition, she mentioned it here to give us validity, because someone had questioned it. Don’t shoot the messenger.
Albemarle Homeschoolers is a sectarian group with no religious affiliation, for those who are wondering out loud. We are regular people. Not scary. Really. Not nearly as scary as some comments on this site. Please tell me you don’t really lump all homeschoolers together as either religious fanatics or barefoot hippies. Isn’t this the 21st century? Suddenly I feel like I’ve been transported back to 1959. Weird. Trust me… “WE” are from all walks of life… just like “YOU.”
(For the record, I drive an old Ford station wagon when I’m not using my feet to get around.)
@214, sorry, people are not supposed to be mean and sling attacks. Folks, you know better!
@213 Thinker… The Dumper or the Dumpee? We like to know stuff like this. Also does your reference to being “..the DD” refer to your rack? If it does I admire both it and your marketing skills.
@214, While I do not lump all home schoolers together as hippies or religious fanatics, there does seem to be a common denominator that I believe is the sticking point perhaps for B’yo but definitely for me and that is, despite not being “well fed” surely you have enough money on one income to have a parent around with your kids all day. I am not so naive as to think it is one parent all by themselves and understand there are group activites etc but surely when not actively educating, you are planning materials for your next turn. So you are opting out of the very, very fine public school system to do it yourselves. Thats pretty high on the hog livin to me. And a choice. To opt out of a community cooperative system such as public education that we all have a stake in and choose to do for your self. Fine. But that does not seem the same as organizations that work for the greater good for our community. Shenanigans is passionate about the SPCA, probably because she hates seeing puppies and kittens starving in our community, “M” is all over Boys and girls club, again community oriented. While I appreciate children are a part of the community, and your kid could be my gyno one day, you are opting out of the community at large to have your own “community”. Probably a pretty exclusive one. Not trying to be aggressive, just sayin why your group may not sit right with folks using the reasons it doesnt sit right with me.
@ 216- Mutual Seperation. Designated Driver! Not sleezy, traditional! An yet Im on here….
@ 217- Well Said! I agree. A motion anyone? a first? a second? all in favor say “Aye”(apparently we’re pirates) and any not in favor say “nay” (cuz apparently you’re a horse) . And its solved
Well stated 217
I’m all about homeschooling, unschooling, whatever you feel best fits your family balance, but I wholeheartedly agree with Rosey M. If I choose to homeschool my kid, I wouldn’t ask for charity money.
@ 207- At least their creative
@219- Motion!
B’Yo- You’re funny!
I agree that the money should go to a group that helps the community as a whole. If it does, we ultimatly help serve the same population. Maybe in the future, you can petition to have your group added. Then Thor or whom ever the moderater is at that time can add it.
@217… “surely you have enough money on one income to have a parent around with your kids all day. I am not so naive as to think it is one parent all by themselves” (lol) … wow… I wish. Two of us in this 4-family OM team are single parents. Speaking only for myself, my income puts me in the category of “working poor.” People have a skewed perspective of homeschoolers, why & how they homeschool, how or if they contribute to the “greater good” of our community. Geez! As homeschoolers, some of us actually have more time to be involved in volunteer activities, charitable causes, etc. and we ARE! In my household, community service generally takes priority over academics. As for the value of public education, I guess that depends on your personal experience. We’ve been there. Had a good run for several years; but when your child starts getting beat up & administration does nothing about it, then it’s time to make a change. I appreciate that I have the choice to homeschool. I don’t bash public education & don’t judge those who choose it. At the present moment, homeschooling is our preferred option. In another place & time that could change. I’m not stuck in either decision & open to what is best for my family, given our current set of circumstances. But I’m not so bothered by people having differing views about schooling, charities, the worthiness of one cause over another. It’s the sense of division that I feel from various comments here… the assumptions, the judgments… makes me want to puke.
223… might want to give the Cisco a miss at 9am… it can do that to you. Have a nap and a greasy fry up and you should feel better.
I don’t bash public education & don’t judge those who choose it
Oh. Then I must have misunderstood this. Or any of the other “messages”.
is a sectarian group with no religious affiliation
Unless you meant to use the word “secular” (a word I learned in my inner city public school) I am not sure what you mean here.
the sense of division that I feel from various comments here… the assumptions, the judgments… makes me want to puke.
Oh, I see. We make you want to puke, but you still want our cash. Got it. Well, good luck in the contest!
Pity you don’t have time to banter back and forth. I live for that sort of thing.
@223 You’re totally right, there are a lot of assumptions (hellooo internet..). I only know what I see and hear. What I see is you asking to participate in a charity event to support a competitive academic event that serves as a talking point during college admissions to (hopefully, oh please please please) an IVY LEAGUE school. Regardless of what I think is a deserving organization, sponsoring a competitive event is not what I call “betterment of community”.
Now, if you’re gonna puke, calm down and go get you some Dramamine or something. You sound like you need a foot rub or some tension tamer tea. For pete’s sake, it’s just the internet.
@225 Yeah i was thrown by the sectarian thing too! I hope they don’t find out where I live and lace my hood with IEDs!
@223 and anyone and everyone. We have a problem here and it isn’t going to be solved with the current flow of things. Rose M @ 217 wrote nothing to acquire a puke fest. I personally have MANY issues with what you wrote. First of all, Good! I’m glad that you are in the community, but for you to come out and allude the thought that you have more time to be involved in the community is ridicules. I am going to go so far as to say How dare you. SPCA is all about the community, yes, they’re just animals but you can’t tell me that your heart doesn’t ache a little every time you see a dead cat or dog in the road. These people are gracious enough to house, feed, and protect them. B&GClub is entirely about the community. How great is it that they are working many tireless hours in hopes to raise money to build bigger and better facilities for the youth in OUR community which does include your child and the other children being Home Schooled. Let’s face it; the economy isn’t doing so hot. Its going to come to a point very quickly where even households who are doing okay and have TWO working full-time parents will have to pick up another part-time job each. The Club will have the opportunity to have its doors open for extended hours at multiple locations to help aid and inspire these youth and keep them off the streets and getting into trouble. If there was a problem with administration not handling the situation, YOU GO UP THE LADDER. If you have enough time for Home Schooling, you have enough time to go up the ladder. Its your kid YOU MAKE AND FIND THE TIME! “I don’t bash public education”… BULL! You do plenty of that when you blame the very people running public education as to why you have been forced to make the decision you are currently living. It’s really not that difficult to get law enforcement involved if your kid is getting beat up. I’m not saying that I don’t believe that your kid was getting beat up. Instead you take your kid out and then the bullies find another kid to beat up on! Yes, that other kid isn’t your concern, only your kid is, but if you claim that your all for the community then you would/should/could have taken the steps to get things fixed. Who knows, some Charity that is more stable and has a more sure foundation could have been established because of you. My bigger issue with your statement is the following “In my household, community service generally takes priority over academics.” Are you nuts! Did you really write that! I am almost speechless. If you’re teaching your kid through home school, teach your kid. The reason for home schooling is to get a better education, not to spend academia time picking weeds! I pray for the sake of your kid that you really didn’t mean what you wrote and you were attempting to drive home your point! Good luck in whatever it is that you meant… I cooled off before I responded; can’t say others will do the same
My vote a long time ago went for the fur, but one itsy bitsy tiny point, since this thread is really scary.
People who choose private school or home schooling do allow more tax payer dollars to be spent on the children currently in public school, since they send their kids elsewhere. Peace out.
Chill out Thinky-Winky… just let it go. No one is going to win this one, and it will spoil a good Friday full of fun bullshit and philosophical witty banter. EVERYONE is right if it feels right to them… oh but no cash.No no no. Bollocks to that idea.
Don’t be scared double lo. Its merely folks of divergent opinions debating points at hand, which, as long as its kept civil, is always more interesting and productive than preaching to the choir. And your point is well taken, although I think a bit moot. No one is saying that folks shouldn’t home school their kids if they want to. I fully support that choice for anyone who has the economic means to do so. I feel the same way about catholic schools. What puts a heaping helping of umbrage on my breakfast plate in this instance is that they would 1) bash the public school system, 2) bash us, while soliciting a charitable donation, and 3) the generally dismissive air of vague superiority that seems to permeate the exchange.
I still don’t know what this group is all about except somebody got beat up and ergo the public school system en masse is deeply flawed, they have no time to be nauseated by differing opinion, and they want us to donate a heap of money so some kids can go on a trip to do some contest or something that, should they win, would be twisted into an indictment of the inferior nature of public schools. I asked for clarification, explanation and correction and received nothing but venom.
Perhaps Iliad of the Mind would be a more apt title… but who knows?
I haven’t seen anywhere where Odyssey of the Mind is a 501(c)3 organization…I’d like clarification on that..all I saw was mention of some possible affiliation or something. To me it looks like the money wouldn’t even be going to an organization, but a team of kids who I’m sure have worked hard and deserve to go to the world championship type thing…I just don’t feel like that was the point of this. Maybe I’m repeating what everyone else is saying but figured I’d throw in my two cents. I feel like if we give money to this team it’s not going to benefit this community…it’s going to benefit a few people directly.
okay.
after reading through all this(minus the computer/voting theme).
it seems there has been some tendency to identify what makes a charity that serves the /entire/ community. -good.
and that is what we, as villains, would like to party for. -good.
it also seems there is some doubt that the OM team is a charity that serves the community, and not what we would like to party for.
I’m gonna put my quarter in here, and say it would seem the OM team is looking for a sponsor.-something different than a chartiable donation.
Perhaps they could use problem solving skills, brainstorm for ideas, plan and execute said plan to raise the money or find sponsorship legitimately. Since unless the concept has changed since way back when we had to walk uphill both ways in a snowstorm to school, that is pretty much what an OM team is supposed to be learning, and one would assume that to be learning so as to apply skills in life.
good luck.
-interesting thread.
Byo, Rose, Thinker, you are all up in it and I love it. Making great points.
Regardless of homeschooled vs. whatever though…
all in all, a club is not a charity. And that’s that. This OM team should not be included in the vote.
except the Boys n’ Girls Club – fo’ sho’ a charity! and a fantastically worthy one, in fact!!
Oh yeah, sorry. I meant like a school club.
thanks shen – no sorry nec, just um, ya know, keeping up . .
everyone knows my stance on children & kittens, so i won’t address the merits of your respective charities. i think the voting should take place contemporaneously with the ticket buying. that way lurkers/emailed-intruders could vote, but they’d have to contribute their $15. kind of like “no taxation without representation.” kind of.
I am home schooling my kittens.
all kittens should go to public school.
I have found the towels at public school to be inferior.
We entered this contest based on rules posted.
Organization needs to be 501(c), non-profit, must get highest number of votes…period.
I cannot even begin to debate on worthiness. Personally, all the organizations listed are extremely worthy, and so many more million organizations not listed are very worthy, and also the old lady across the street…however the rules are 501(c), non-profit, and must get highest number of votes.
I am not going to pitch our organization’s worthiness because it has not been required by the rules, truly want to respect the rules posted.
I truly do not want to pass a judgement on other people’s preferences or lifestyles or needs…we cannot coexist on this mighty planet if we did not have diversity.
We are overwhelmed with the support we have received.
In Peace,
Coach
@241: your kittens will grow up socially retarded.
@244: You forgot to mention my favorite rule, “We can change the rules.”
“Organization needs to be 501(c), non-profit, must get highest number of votes…period.”
Where in the hell did you see that rule, Coach?
1. its 501(c)3
2. “Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon” The poll being conducted is simply to narrow the field… “We will choose a final list of 3 to 10 non-profits based on the number of submissions.”
3. NOWHERE does it say “the charity with the most votes wins.” Winning could be determined simply by being the last charity added to the list (or the first?) fewest votes cast? Worthiest cause?
4. As already pointed out: “We can change the rules.”
Organization needs to be 501(c), non-profit, must get highest number of votes…period
@246 Coach must have meant that period to be a comma, or perhaps a semicolon.
/what this thread needs is a good grammar cop to top things off!
Oh for the love of pete, let’s try this again, shall we?
Organization needs to be 501(c), non-profit, must get highest number of votes…period
And all you have claimed is some mysterious “affiliation” which for some reason you will not name. Let me break it down: What is the NAME of the non profit that you are, or are affiliated with?
nd also the old lady across the street
The old lady across my street is not very nice. I aint giving her bupkiss.
I am not going to pitch our organization’s worthiness because it has not been required by the rules
And god forbid you do anything that is not required, especially when there is a creepy air of mystery hanging about your whole group? What do they do? How would the money be spent? What are your core beliefs? Do you have a website? I would think you would WANT to pitch the merits of your organization to such a wide audience. That is, unless there is something you would rather not bring to light for fear of not being able to cash in.
truly want to respect the rules posted
Quite frankly, at this point, I do not believe you. I believe that you want to follow the letter of the law and not the intent in order to get that big pinata full of dough. But thats just my opinion.
truly do not want to pass a judgement on other people’s preferences or lifestyles or needs
You would rather just have your minions do it for you? Some of the car messages propagated seemed awfully judgmental to me. But that’s ok, I have no problem with you judging me or my choices. We are not here to assess personal life choices or discuss the relative merits of various forms of education. What we are discussing is the mysterious rise in voting of an organization that no one knows and even the “coach” seems conspicuously unwilling to explain even the first thing about, even when asked directly.
We are overwhelmed with the support we have received
But not from the villain community, whose alcohol soaked duckets you seem to have this bizarre sense of entitlement towards. What if you, by spamming message boards far and wide (yes, I have checked into it) managed to get the most votes in our extremely local contest and we decided just to bump you and say no, sorry charlie. What would be your recourse? This isn’t American Midol, this isn’t the lottery or the Publisher’s Clearinghouse. We are just a bunch of freaky lunatics who take tartare, towels and cocktails very seriously and hey, wouldn’t it be nice if our shenanigans could help the community somehow? It doesn’t have to be you, especially if you won’t deign to make even the slightest explanation as to what your organization is, even after be asked repeatedly.
In Peace,
You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
In closing, we’re villains. Be amazed at our celebrational generosity, but beware our righteous umbrage. Our crotches are on fire, our towels are at hand and our silliness can move mountains. So sayeth Scowly.
@244: See title of post: Choose the CHARITY. Thank you.
awesome.
Pants on FIRE Byo…please someone get the man a beer!
/I want a t-shirt that says ‘Beware my Righteous Umbrage’… you should get a copyright on that asap.
wouldn’t it be nice if our shenanigans could help the community somehow?
I help the community!
/get drunk
cooking broccoli and carrots increase the amount of carotenoids as compared to raw
increases, sorry
I’ll have what ff is having.
Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth? What is their purpose? Is it a group for sexually active minority minors?
ff is about 11 posts and 4 days behind the rest of us. we should donate the charity money to her.
AIDS/HIV Services gets my vote.
BTW, my border collie just got accepted to Duke, and she went to public school.
BYo… pass it here when you’re done.. that’s some gooooood shit.
Wooo… no doubt. Here you go…
Wait. Where was I? Oh yes…
Im home schooling all my carrots.
BYo …LMAO…I could home school my kids if I didn’t have such nosey fucking neighbors. I know they would call me in to the cops after a week and report the freshly dug graves in the backyard and the cobwebs on all the toys.
/”Really Officer Bob… they all went to live with their eccentric Aunt Gorgonzola in Antarctica”
If I home schooled my kids, then who would I blame when their life goes to hell? Carrots and kittens, well you kinda expect them to go the delinquent route, so no biggie… but my precious little snowflakes? When they are on the swing shift at Domino’s, I certainly don’t want to be (perceived to be) responsible for that.
my border collie just got accepted to Duke
LaCrosse Scholarship?
1 hour 5 minutes
1 hour 4 minutes 59 seconds
1 hour 4 minutes 58 seconds
/I wanna cheeky little bottle of fizz
Why is UNCUS not on this list?
Hey don’t speak about it , Be about it…
http://www.macaa.org
Monticello Area Community Action Agency
I vote for Computers4Kidz
I didn’t even realize there was such a commotion over my comment until this morning. I do not have children on the OM team. I stated that in my post. My blog is not representative of the team or it’s members or of OM. I didn’t write “school drools” on the car window, my child did. And if you want to pick a fight with her . . .
Have none of your kids, who go to public/private/parochial schools, ever complained about school? Did _you_ always go to school with a smile on your face? Were you or your children waiting to hear if there would be a snow day this winter, or some snowy winter years ago? If you are all perfectly happy with how the schools are run, I guess good for you. Though I hear that teachers complain about those SOLs. Actually, I’ve heard teachers complain about them, so I’m not basing that on hearsay.
The AlbemarleHomeschoolers group, if you went to the website as some claim to have done, says, in part:
“Please respect varying opinions and backgrounds. We are a secular (not religiously affiliated) list valuing diversity and tolerance. We appreciate and accept that everyone hs’s and parents in accordance to their own methodologies, styles, philosophies and conscience, and are united by our common love of our children. Each family and child is unique and valued here. Please do not include religious or political opinion or admonishments, and note that you can be banned from participating in the list if you do.”
And just to make it more clear, I am not religious, I run the list, and I don’t care if members are fundamentalists who believe in creation or are of any other religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs, so long as it’s not made an issue on the list. I don’t remember what other commenters might have requested, so sorry if I’m not making you happy because I homeschool my kids and think schools are messed up.
If there were an OM team that was composed of private school kids, requesting consideration for this donation, and they were a charity, would there be such a fuss? 10% of school-aged children are attending private/parochial schools–they’re out of the system too. Nobody seems to have a problem with that.
And as far as money goes–homeschoolers don’t spend $15K on private school tuition, don’t get free books via public schools, it’s all out of our own pockets, or from the library, and many of us make financial sacrifices, as well as professional (in choosing to stay home), to educate our children. Some homeschool a couple years and some for 12. You can’t make generalized assumptions about “us.”
It’s interesting to see how much anger and ire a few homeschoolers can bring out in people. Touching a nerve somewhere?
I just noticed something.
@217 and 221–You wouldn’t ask for charity money, but is it ok for the government to take it for you, by force if necessary, from all taxpayers, to pay for the government schools? Because then you don’t have to ask for money? At least people have a choice when giving their money to a charity. There is no choice with the government. They just decide what they need and take it. And spend it on whatever they want to, not necessarily what you want it spent on, like wars in other countries maybe? Just an example.
@272- My kiddos did public school but I concur…it’s interesting to see how judgmental some are of others who do their own thing…
The modern liberal in America is sometimes the new Nazi…beware
it isn’t a real internet argument until somebody gets compared to a nazi.
And here’s dancing
hitler!
/steadfastly refusing to be serious for even a second.
i have an idea.
how about all ya’ll homescoolers write up a post, and then we can discuss homeschooling.
(or not).
but i don’t think cvillain considers you a charity.
i, for one cvillain, do not.
and this is noe=t a thread where i will discuss homerschooling for more than two sentences.-the same i have shared my opinion with all close friends with children who have asked me, the same i will live by if still in this society when/if i have children to care for: i believe your children will have to interact with the public school kids the rest of their lives. they should go there- it’s the time you spend with them when they are home- home school them then all you can- they need to know you care about their minds and their thoughts and their feelings- that’s what parenting should be.
@274 Oh honey, that’s so sweet! As a veteran, I love spending money on wars and can’t wait to send your kids to one! Bwah ha ha!
No really. I choose to pay taxes and am prepared with food water and weapons for either a) the inevitable seeming turn of our country into a police state or b) the zombie revolution.
So I worry not about the forceful taking of anything of mine (my person, my stuff, my money) cause I keep it simple.
And yeah, I would still be in a snit if it was a private school soliciting from our dear cvillain folks and then trash talking, obfuscating etc
Now, go get yourself some beer and relax, get your salad tossed, its the weekend do whatever it is you do to unwind, booby trap your house for the feds, whatever. For pete’s sake, its just the internet.
do you really keep a stash of food, water, and weapons? is that a real thing that people do?
They say blueberries are also very good for you.
@258 I am not.;)
@272, Silvia, I don’t think anyone is talking about homeschooling. I would like to think most of us who participate on this site are pretty understanding when it comes to how we choose to educate our children by homeschooling, unschooling, private or public. What people are questioning is why they should donate money to your homeschooling group instead of a group who helps the community through outreach work. It’s not an us versus “you homeschoolers” fight. I homeschool my own child but I don’t expect any handouts, because of my choice. Thanks for your comment and visiting the site. It’s been a very interesting debate.
@280 Yeah, why? Don’t you?
Listen, in an emergency, say zombies for example, I’m not gonna save your ass ‘cuz you forgot to get you some ballistic and edged weapons. Shit, even a good kitchen knife will do. Although I’m sure you’ve got some stuff you could improvise: a claw hammer, crow bar, honing steel, cast iron fry pan. Any of these items are good to brain a zombie (or person) with.
@282 I would save you in the zombie revolution. You sound nice!
i would save you too rosey m. and I would save Parlie so he could bring us cold bevies and give us mani/pedi’s
Sheesh.
Look Silvia, nobody cares what you do with your kids or whether you are religious or anything. Touch a nerve? Hardly. Pick a fight with your child? Whatever. I don’t need your opinion on public schools, taxes, education or anything really. All I asked, and have yet to receive an answer for, is 1) what is the name of the 501 3c you are or are affiliated with, and 2) how would the money be spent? Easy peasy, or one would think…
Of course I am beginning to believe you are more interested in your odd martyr complex than in answering those simple questions. So here, ready? You are a rebel, and outsider and independent thinker. Your daring decisions to buck the system will go down in history as a shining example of maverick educational theory. I stand in awe at the courage it must take to trod the course that you have selected for yourself and your progeny. There. Are we satisfied? Can we now get on with the business of answering two simple questions?
Or, you know, you could toss out another tirade about almost anything BUT the topic at hand. We’re flexible like that.
And it keeps the thread alive!
Rose… with respect it is clear that you have no previous experience whatsoever dealing with zombies. I took a LeCreuset skillet to one recently and it still got back up and continued on it’s way to Beer Run…. albeit with its head at a 45ª angle.
ROSMY
@290 Ah but a chain saw must have fuel! You have to be proficient at close quarters fighting, a skillet is handy for slowing them down, the honing steel and sahrp knife are for the wetter aspects of an attack. No if we are just talking about your ill prepared neighbors with no food or water, well a skillet will indeed work fine to decommision them.
I read something in the middle about wanting “lurkers” to post something. While I occasionally post, I usually don’t. Not sure what the point is, really. By the time I get to a thread, everything has usually been said, and then it’s gone off in a dozen new directions. Like this one. I didn’t have time to read the 2nd 100 comments. Don’t know what’s going on, how chainsaws relate to this party, or what “ROSMY” might mean. That’s all cool, because I don’t really need to know. Just saying — that’s why I don’t normally post — there’s enough random stuff here already.
you too, brutus? i was going to ask @291 what rosmy means.
Et tu Parlie?
and you?
@294: ROSMY is Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth. I asked about it @257, but no one explained.
wow! I am a ROSMY kid. that would actually be amazing… if there was a place for cville youth besides 216… and rest areas… XO
B-yo used the term “boojy”, revealing that he is, in fact, part Black.
Cvillain Addict: “Goddammit all you lurkers, post something and participate! We’re friendly!”
[A Lurker finally decides to post something and emails all her friends to participate in a poll on the site, thereby increasing Cvillain's traffic and face in the community, ensuring a little extra longevity and income for the site.]
Cvillain Addict: “Hey you goddamn lurker, what the fuck are you doing saying that dumb shit and bringing all these new people to our site?”
I gotta go with Boy&Girls Club. They do some really great work helping Kids get a good start in life – something that ain’t always readily available for lots of their clients!
B-yo used the term “boojy”, revealing that he is, in fact, part Black.
Betcha can’t guess which part… tee hee hee.
hah, lagrape… I gotta do another internet etiquette post cause of this thread!
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