One of the blogs I have in my RSS feed is Karmalized, the images and thoughts of a person here in Austin. I don’t know Kristin, but she was listed by the Austinist as a top Austin blog last year and I enjoy her photography.
In her latest entry she offers up a “pay it forward” game that she found on a friend of a friend’s blog. The description (stolen a few times over now):
I will send handmade gifts to the first three people who leave a comment and tell me they are interested in playing. In order to play, you must have your own blog and you must continue to ‘pay it forward’ by promising the same thing to your readers. Now, as far as the handmade gifts go, I don’t know yet what they will be. I also don’t know when I’ll get them sent. You may not receive the gift tomorrow or next week, but I do promise that it will get to you within the next 365 days! Sound good? I think it sounds great! Remember, I will be choosing the first three people who respond by leaving a comment on this blog post. The requirements are that you have your own blog and are willing to send out three of your own homemade gifts (whatever you want to make, no rules or limitations here).
Interested? Leave a comment.
Want to play but don’t have a blog? Start one and join the millions who indulge in social media.
Either way, I’ll send you something special and hand crafted – maybe I’ll have the twins help me. Now what to create…
Nice to (virtually) meet you today, Joe! This comment shouldn’t really count towards the pay it forward post since you are passing this on from me and we’d end up in a weird vortex of gift-giving – I just wanted to swing by and say thanks for keeping it going. :)
See…you, too, can pay it forward and get amazingly nice comments like these.
Not to mention a cool hand-made gift (the best kind any day).
Sweet! I am in, a good way to break up the between season monotony!
I want the gift but I don’t know that I want to start a blog–Lots of uncertainity there!
Kelly -
Ben has the right idea. In order to get an excellent hand-crafted prize from the depths of Austin, you’ll need to have a blog. Sorry.
Ben! I’m so glad a cycling friend took me up on the offer. It’s much more fun (in my book) to create something for someone when you have the same passion. Best of luck this year. We’ll talk soon.
- jd
Alright! Alright! I started to get a blog so I can get the handcrafted gift from you and the twins! Also now
I can get all political on everyone!
Check it out! http://kellydoyle.wordpress.com/
What? It is not a spiffied up enough blog for you? Hey it is relevant to Kalamazoo news and what is going on. It is controversial. And I even added a photo. I even think it is a good tag line to start–it refutes the other groups tag line which is God Hates Fags! Mine is My God Loves Gays! I think it is pretty darn good!
Yes, it’s a great and controversial blog Kelly. But let me ask you, how do you know that God loves gay people? Or doesn’t for that matter?
Because he told me!
So now God is a man?
Yes because he is you and me!