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Match It For Pratchett

Mar 16, 2008 23:26

I'm sure most of you have heard about this through Neil's blog or some other source, but in case you haven't, here goes.

A few days ago, Terry Pratchett donated half a million pounds(about $1 million) to Alzheimer's research. Fans have set up a website, Match It For Pratchett, with, as one would assume, the goal of matching Terry's donation. The ( Read more... )

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beetle_breath March 17 2008, 17:31:25 UTC

The Luggage auction would be awesome, if it weren't limited to just people in the UK. =(

Thanks for the info.

daughtersofisis March 18 2008, 01:55:51 UTC

Good on him! And you, for spreading the word. Thank you! *scurries off to tell folks*

it_grrl March 18 2008, 06:35:03 UTC

You're welcome. It's good to know I didn't come off as preachy or spammy.

mellonikan March 18 2008, 04:25:46 UTC

Oh yeah?! Well, I'll match your Sun article with one from the Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/14/npratchett114.xml

Seriously, a person can't do a good thing without making a big controversy out of it... =/

mellonikan March 18 2008, 04:57:48 UTC

*without the media making....