5 Iterformunny what?

I find my self scrolling through a thread on Slashdot, a dismal past-time I know. I remember when Slashdot was full of pertinent information. Well thought out articles. Stuff that matters. Not so anymore. All things are 5 something. No! They are not! I came across (one of too many) a comment that had been modded to 5 Informative. What is this brilliant comment you ask?

"It's not a devil, it's a daemon."

This kind of thing happens when dumb people mod comments by smart people. Comments that are jokes for smart people. Was it funny? Sure. Was it a 5? No, absolutely not, a 2 maybe. Any other gems? Oh yes, a good old fashioned 5 Funny.

"Butterflies!!!"

Okay I admit that there is some context missing, but I don't care how hard you try 'Butterflies!!!' does not warrant a 5 anything.

"How about multiple desktops?! Native...that don't suck!"

Insightful? Maybe. Interesting? Not really. Funny? Sort of. Informative? No. Troll? Probably (but that covers most of Slashdot's current readers). 4? Umm.... no! I'm done ranting for now, besides there are so many 4 and 5 comments (at the time I started this there was nothing less than a 4) I absolutely must read!

*pfft!* 5 that!

> $250,000!!!!

Just a quick note because I got an update from the chair of Relay for Life. The final counts haven't been completed but the current tally places the event at over $250,000 with David's Dragons at (presently) $8167.11!!!!! That's simply amazing, over 250,000 chances to fight back!

Good show all!!

Be sure to come back next year!

Campbell Cancer Relay for Life

Cheers all,

I've been forwarding this around to people at work, friends, social networking Interweb and now my tiny alcove of the Blogosphere.

Here's the gist of it, The Campbell Cancer Relay for Life could use some help on the 11-13th of July 2008. Anything, anything at all, would be graciously and humbly appreciated, a donation if you can, a bit of time to help the relay (hand out water, help with sign up, etc), even a shout-out of support would be great! If you can help that's great please contact myself (morgan.lake@gmail.com) or George (georgebc@gmail.com) directly. If not, that's fine too. We're all busy, it's short notice and even the most noble people can't champion every cause that comes their way. We get it. Please, do me/us a favor though. You know people, they know people and they know people, please pass this message along to one friend, relative, co-worker who might be able to help.

If you read the quoted message below (contact information and other details to be found here) you'll see that the team you'd be supporting was started by Joey when (a little math tells us) he was seven after his family was tragically affected.

Subject: Campbell Cancer relay for Life volunteer and donation info
To: morgan.lake@gmail.com

We are in need of volunteers as well as donations for this years Campbell relay for life. If you have time or your company give you time off work to volunteer we could use your help.

The event is 24 hr relay on the Campbell track on the 12th and 13th of July starting at 10am. We also need help on Friday the 11th of July to set up starting form about 1pm. If you can help or have questions e-mail me at georgebc@gmail.com. If you would just like to donate ($5 is fine) send it here http://main.acsevents.org/goto/joey_carney

For more information about the relay or to form a team go to campbellrelay.org

The following is from my 9 year old god son and his mom.
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Fwd: Letter from Joey
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Hi,

Would you please help me fight cancer? I am walking in this year's Relay For Life on a team for my dad called David's Dragons. We have someone on the track for 24 hours and raise money to fight cancer. Would you please help sponsor me?
Thank you.

Joey
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/joey_carney
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Hi all. This is Kim Carney helping Joey out. Each year we walk in the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Campbell and raise money for cancer research and education. Joey is the co-captain of our team. It is at his insistence that we started a team in the first place.

We were driving in the car a few months after David passed away and saw the ACS Relay for Life at our local Community Center. Joey asked me what it was and I told him, those were people raising money to fight cancer. He was quiet for about a block and then said. "We should do that Mom. We should do that." I told him it was too late to do it this year but maybe next year. I figured he would forget all about it.

The holidays came and went and mid January Joey asked me when we were starting our team for the Relay. I was so shocked. We created our team David's Dragon that week.

In the past two years we have raised over 10K towards finding a cure. Relay is our chance to strike back at cancer. It has struck our family twice in three years. We've had enough. Please join us. Join our team. Create your own team. Come to our fund raisers. Sponsor Joey. Think good thoughts. Be healthy. Enjoy every minute you have.

Sincerely,
Kim Carney
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/davidsdragons

I'm doing this this year for:

• Joey because he's a hero.
• Kim because she's a fighter and a survivor.
• My uncle Matthew and Grandmother because I miss them and wish I'd gotten the opportunity to really know them.

Thanks so much all!