{"id":210,"date":"2007-04-01T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2007\/04\/01\/fundraiser-for-mda-research\/"},"modified":"2007-04-01T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T22:53:00","slug":"fundraiser-for-mda-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2007\/04\/01\/fundraiser-for-mda-research\/","title":{"rendered":"fundraiser for mda research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaevent.org\/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=495df056-e5df-476b-a237-ee998df8d6c3\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047505527749088610\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/files\/blogger_import\/67-jailpic.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> i&#8217;m not sure which of my clever students or coworkers ratted me out, but i&#8217;m going back to jail on may 17. this is gonna <em>seriously<\/em> mess up my <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwegian_Constitution_Day\">syttende mai<\/a> plans.<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the deal: the good people at the muscular dystrophy association tell me that some well-meaning friend <em>nominated <\/em>me for one of those jail-n-bail-charity-extortion things. they think i can somehow raise $1,200 to help the kids and adults mda serves in their local clinics. for the research-minded, each $65 contribution buys <em>one minute <\/em>of mda research to find treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases. hmm. can that be right? it must be <em>really <\/em>good research.<\/p>\n<p>don&#8217;t worry. before committing, i made sure that it was a reputable organization and that <em>mda <\/em>actually stood for the muscular dystrophy association &#8212; and not, say, the <em>missile defense agency<\/em> or <em>minnesota department of agriculture<\/em> or <em>methylenedioxymethamphetamine<\/em>. if you&#8217;re so inclined, i set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaevent.org\/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=495df056-e5df-476b-a237-ee998df8d6c3\">page for donations<\/a>. if i get any, maybe i&#8217;ll set up a jail n&#8217; bail to benefit the felon fund. if each reader just contributes $400, i&#8217;ll be back on the streets in no time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;m not sure which of my clever students or coworkers ratted me out, but i&#8217;m going back to jail on may 17. this is gonna seriously mess up my syttende mai plans. here&#8217;s the deal: the good people at the muscular dystrophy association tell me that some well-meaning friend nominated me for one of those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}