EN’s bi-weekly transition into Pentathlon Nation continues with this post about fundraising that includes a completely shameless plug to help arm the Canadian Olympic pentathlon team. As I’ve always said, if you’re going to buy anyone a gun, buy a Canadian a gun. As always, thanks for writing this JER and thank you for reading.
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From JER:
Our pentathlon girl Donna has been embraced by the warm, weird arms of the internet. In what is one of the most awesomely titled blog posts of all-time, boingbong’s Mark Frauenfelder asks What kind of heartless monster wouldn’t help a nice Canadian girl buy a laser gun?
Recently, Donna called in to the public radio/podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! to talk about her upcoming date with Olympic destiny. The show’s hosts took pity on this amazing Canadian who manages to combine two world-class vows of poverty — PhD studies and pentathlon — and turned to the online masses to raise funds for a new laser pistol for Donna. An account was set up on funding platform indigogo; a goal was set of $2900. Twenty-four hours later, pledges are climbing past $3000.
Thank you, dear internet. We always knew you loved pentathlon and also Canadians.
Buy Donna a Laser Gun at indiegogo
