Blogathon 2009 – The 24 Hour Toll

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Post #38 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

19 hours into Blogathon and there are some silly things going on over here. People are overtired and some may have consumed one too many energy drinks. Regardless, spirits are high and good times are still ahead. Here’s a quick static time-lapse of my friend Duane’s desk at Blogathon.

How Duane gets through Blogathon



Blogathon 2009 – Nucks Misconduct

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Post #37 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

The following guest post was contributed by Sean Zandberg of Nucks Misconduct

I have been blogging about the Vancouver Canucks and the NHL since June 2004. The reason why I started putting thoughts and rants to keyboard in the first place was because of a close friend of mine nicknamed Temujin who ran a political blog called West Coast Chaos, Alanah McGinley (formerly of Vancouver Canucks Op Ed now of Canucks And Beyond fame, and a couple of her Crazy Canuck friends who I also in turn followed: John and Rebecca Bollwitt.

It’s amazing how much we have evolved since then. It just goes to show that if you start a site and you want to be successful you have to stick with it and work hard at it. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Blogathon 2009 – Whale Impaled on Cruise Ship

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Post #36 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

That’s probably the most morbid title I’ve ever had on a blog post but it’s something that happened today in Vancouver. The Sapphire Princess pulled into port (which we can see from our position here at Workspace) with a (now) deceased fin whale stuck to its bow. John Biehler, who was visiting us at Blogathon, walked over to the cruise ship terminal to take some photos.


Photo credit: John Biehler on Flickr

Photo credit: John Biehler on Flickr

His images ended up getting picked up by the Globe and Mail. It’s a pretty sad tale but I am happy that our friend got some exposure for his images, despite the grim circumstances.

Blogathon 2009 – As it Happens

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Post #35 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

The following guest post has been contributed by by Jane Victoria King.

Mum always used to say, “Everything happens for a reason, you won’t realize it now, you will later.”

Hard to take when you’re down and out. When something has gone wrong. When you can’t for the life of you figure out why. And the only thoughts that come to mind are “WHY ME?” Along with the emotion anger, maybe depression, and possibly dismay. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Blogathon 2009 – Private Mojave Concert

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Post #34 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Prior to their concert at the Railway Club tomorrow night, Mojave stopped by tonight to play us a personal acoustic set in support of Blogathon. Note the lightning blasting through the sky in the background… nice effect (I think they may have planned that).

Mojave has their own blog and you can follow their updates (including show announcements and other band info) on Twitter @mojaveband.