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		<title>Merry Cow-mas and Happy Heifers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I just found out that Nathan Bransford is donating by the pound, er, comment, to Heifer International on his blog.  And I figured, what the heck&#8211;why not spread the holiday beef, um, cheer, and play along?  (Seriously&#8211;I&#8217;m not touching that last sentence with a ten-foot candy cane.  My fellow Purgy AWers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I just found out that <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/">Nathan Bransford</a> is donating by the pound, er, <em>comment,</em> to <a href="http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.183217/">Heifer International</a> on his blog.  And I figured, what the heck&#8211;why not spread the holiday beef, um, <em>cheer</em>, and play along?  (Seriously&#8211;I&#8217;m not touching that last sentence with a ten-foot candy cane.  My fellow Purgy AWers will know what I mean when I say GIANT PORK CHOP).  </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how it works: for every comment I receive between now and midnight <del datetime="2010-01-04T19:48:10+00:00">tonight</del> December 31st, Pacific time, I&#8217;ll donate $1 to Heifer International.  We&#8217;ll cap it at 200 comments&#8211;basically because I know that ginormic holiday Visa bill is already out there somewhere , just biding it&#8217;s time before swooping down and giving me a coronary. But that&#8217;s another <del datetime="2009-12-23T22:31:00+00:00">depressingly morbid thought</del> topic.  Oh, and also, because that&#8217;s what <a href="http://www.amandaplavich.com/2009/12/23/ho-ho-ho-and-lots-a-cheer/">Amanda </a>did, the cool OPWFTer who clued me in to this great idea.</p>
<p>I mean, seriously, wouldn&#8217;t it be cool to say you&#8217;ve given someone a cow for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Christmukkah?  Even if it&#8217;s only like, half a leg?  (I know, I know&#8211;morbid again. Sorry.)</p>
<p>So, in the comments section, just type your name, city/state you&#8217;re from, and tell me either your favorite holiday yummy OR what you&#8217;d name one of Santa&#8217;s reindeer, if given the chance.</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by! </p>
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