Kilted to Kick Cancer

Okay, so I’m at Blogorado, and one of my gun blogger friends asks me,”So when are you shaving half your mustache?” I replied that since I hadn’t won the fundraising challenge, I wasn’t shaving anything. Of course, they asked me what it would take to get me to shave my mustache and wax my junk. $150,” I replied, not taking ...

Okay folks, this is it. With the support of some generous vendors (all of whom I'll be spotlighting in coming days), we put together prize packages worth over $1,000 each. It was a spirited competition, with side challenges and counter challenges, dares, double-dog dares, bribery and shameless begging by all participants… … and we've raised $22,475.55 in just 30 days. ...

I started on September 11 at 357 pounds. This morning, the scale read: That's 15.8 pounds lost in 19 days, and another $60 in donations to Kilted to Kick Cancer. Thanks you, Jen and Christopher, for the push. Hopefully by next year, I'll be able to hold you to that $100 pledge.

There are only 24 hours to go in the Kilted to Kick cancer 2012 fundraising challenge. Right now, it looks like we've topped $20,000 in donations, still well short of our ambitious goal of $50k but still far more than last year's total of $12k, which took us several months into 2012 to achieve. Don't take your foot off the ...

The fundraising total for Kilted to Kick Cancer 2012 stands at $14,762.55 as of 10:30 CST today. The fundraising challenge ends at 23:59 CST on Sunday, September 30, although everyone is free to continue to donate, or solicit donations, after the deadline. Current standings are: Jay G.                                             $4,235 Stingray                                         $1,705 Kelly Grayson (ineligible)          $1,205 Michael Hast                                $1,037 Old NFO                                        $825 ...

Okay, you EMT's and firefighters, I put up a sweet offer for discounts and the chance to win some quality EMS and fire study software, and I get exactly zero offers? C'mon guys, I know we're all broke, but we're not that broke. Okay, let me 'splain it to you. No, ees too much. Let me sum up: Hit either ...

To support our Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraising efforts, the folks at Knightlite Software have generously donated a nice selection of their products for donors to our campaign. For the first 25 people to donate $20 or more to either of those links (just forward me your tax-deductible donation confirmation email), I will give you a voucher worth 25% off ...

One week to go in Kilted to Kick Cancer 2012, and the fundraising total stands at $11,608.55 as of 12:30 CST today. The running for the three prize packages has heated up with offers to shave mustaches, half-shave mustaches, junk waxing, motorcycle waxing, beautiful women in black vinyl catsuits, nerds offering to sing "Call Me Maybe" or "Born This Way," ...

Nine days to go in Kilted to Kick Cancer 2012, and our total stands at $10, 538.55. I'll post standings in the fundraising challenge Monday morning. The good folks at Knightlite Software have generously donated a selection of their products to support Kilted to Kick Cancer.   Here's what I'm prepared to do. We 're gonna call this the 20/25/25 ...

A week or so back, reader Ross challenged me to post a pic of myself in a Star Trek redshirt and my kilt. All, here you go, Ross: Now go hit that PCF donation link harder than Ike hit Tina. Get kilted!

Several of the kilted bloggers and readers raising money for Kilted To Kick Cancer have personally been touched by prostate cancer. Either they have had it, or a close relative has. It stands to reason; 1 in 6 men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetimes. 1 in 36 will die from it. And just this week, prostate cancer hit ...

Jay G. has thrown down the gauntlet. If he wins the KTKC fundraising challenge, he’ll shave off his soup strainer. As Jay puts it: Who else puts their mustache on the line??? I’m your huckleberry, Jay. But I’ll go you one better. If I win the KTKC fundraising challenge, I will shave off exactly half of my mustache. I’ll go ...

Nine days ago, reader Jen and reader C (Miss C? Mister C? Semi-omnipotent being, like Q from Star Trek TNG?) challenged me to lose weight, in return for which they’d each donate $1 for each pound lost before September 30, and an extra $5 for every 5 pounds lost. I weighed myself on the morning of September 11, and put ...

For those of you eagerly vying for the schwag in Prize Package B, feast your eyes on these: Queen Anne dueling pistols   That's a matched pair of Queen Anne dueling pistols by our kilted gunsmiths. Barrel work by Joe Speer, lock tuning and polishing by Mike Taunt, stocks custom-carved from Bastogne walnut blanks, custom brass hardware and engraving by ...

Okay folks, we're at the halfway point, and as of 1630 today, September 16, total funds raised stands at $6,805. Looks like we're not going to meet our lofty goal of $50,000, but if we hustle, we can certainly still beat last year's total! Standings in the fundraising challenge are as follows Totals are those donations raised between 00:01 CST ...