So a few days ago we got one of those Christmas mailings from a charity, St. Josephs School or something, for Lakota kids in South Dakota. It had the usual address labels and stickers for Christmas cards, plus a not too shoddy dreamcatcher. I'm always slightly annoyed by big, glossy charity requests that seem to cost more than what they're asking you to donate. I thought the dreamcatcher was a nice touch, and I looked over the packaging, wondering if it had been made by the kids or something. Nope, Made in China. Kind of took the shine off it.
Wouldn't the money to commission knick knacks and stickers and postage be better spent on, oh, I don't know, the kids you wanting me to send money for? How much of my money will go to the next knick knack from China?
On the bright side, Connie, it was probably made by Chinese kids....
The Guardian in the UK did a graphic-novel retelling of the US election:
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It's pretty awesome.
We're lucky-haven't gotten snow yet.
AND YOU BETTER NOT TILL TUESDAY.
Nora beat me to it, so let me just add DITTO
Connie - direct mailers like are successful. The knick knack cost pennies. and since it was from an organization you do not have ties with, it was a blind mailer, which is worth them spending the extra pennies on in order to potentially bring in a new donor. New donors are gold and donors cost less money to retain that to initially get.
And the "gift" is to guilt you into sending money, basically. And it works! On average.
people, you are not chatting enough.
people, you are not chatting enough.
Let me fix that by burbling about my new amazing boss! Who is sending me to a conference the first week in December IN VEGAS! Whoo! Seriously, I had to apply for a corporate Amex and everything.
You could read this, which I thought was from the onion, but in fact, is not; [link]
I just drove CJ and another Search & Rescue kid to a HUGE fire. A retail space behind Whole Foods (rumored to be an incoming H&M) had its insulation catch fire. The smoke had just turned to white when I dropped the boys off.
I'm now ensconced at a Pete's, trying to stay in the area while they do their thing. I'm always jealous of the nommy holiday coffee drinks since I don't drink coffee anymore. But they have pumpkin chai and it is NOM. The gal was also selling me on some Solstice Tea, which is an Earl Grey variant - may need to buy some to have at home. It smells SO good.
