Yeah. Good Times.: OH MY GOD I'm doing a giveaway!

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

OH MY GOD I'm doing a giveaway!

EDIT: I closed comments so that I can pick a winner somehow.

I know, right? ME? The most PR unfriendly blog EVER? Well, actually, I'm sure there are other blogs that are more PR unfriendly than I am, I mean... I don't even have any porn! (mental note).

Anyway, I happen to be in the possession of a number of copies of Big Daddy's awesome new book Big Daddy's Tales From the Lighter Side of Raising a Kid With Autism. Did you even know there was a lighter side to this shit? I, for one, was not previously aware of that until this book arrived at my doorstep the other day. THANKS Big Daddy!!

Anyway, I decided to do a giveaway. Put something in the comments explaining why you're too cheap to buy your own copy when they're only $10.99 fer chrissakes! I'm not entirely sure how I will pick a winner, but I will pick one and announce the winner on Monday. Or Tuesday. Or Sunday. I don't know what day. It might be completely random, I might just close my eyes and stab my finger at the monitor... who knows? I'm capable of pretty much anything, really. Enter as many times as you want; I mean, what the hell, why not? Oh, and there are a few of you who are not allowed to enter because I'm planning on giving you one of these. For example, if I have recently asked you for your address..... don't enter. Seriously.

And just in case you think I'm lying about actually having this in my possession, you untrusting bastards, I've taken a picture of said book lying next to one of Child 1's intricate drawings of a BART station as proof. Kind of like when you take a picture of a kidnap victim holding up a newspaper with today's date on it to prove you actually have them.

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tmbmt 8p · 726 weeks ago

Oh I'm totally entering for this one! I'm not cheap, I'm just dirt poor. I'm trying to earn enough Amazon gift certs by searching on swagbucks to get his book, but if I won it I could buy stuff I really need instead.

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SquashedMom 74p · 726 weeks ago

ME! me me me me me I want one! and I'm not too cheap to buy one, I'm just going to take forever to get around to it. And I never win anything. So, Me!

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Pixi · 726 weeks ago

OMG, you bit the bullet! That's a great giveaway, though! :)

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Big Daddy · 726 weeks ago

My pizza budget is so high nowadays that I can't even afford a copy of my own book. What? I can't enter?
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tulpen · 726 weeks ago

Wait. That's a real book? I thought it was a fucking joke.
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Big Daddy · 726 weeks ago

It's both!!!
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Kelli · 726 weeks ago

*snort*

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Claire · 726 weeks ago

I'm getting in on this because I need a book for MY giveaway. Thanks. Re-gifting is "de rigueur" don't you know.
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sharon · 726 weeks ago

I'm neither cheap nor poor. But you Americans are known to be so parochial by the rest of the world. Show that your not by sending the book Down Under. Like Oprah, but better.
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Lizbeth · 726 weeks ago

I need a door stop. Pick me.
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akazookeeper 60p · 726 weeks ago

I too cheap to buy a copy because that's just how I roll, but I'd love to read it....and then most likely mail it to my sister who DOES in fact have a kid with Autism.

I can't believe you sold out and did a giveaway. J/k Sort of. No really....I'm kidding :0)
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Jennifer · 726 weeks ago

Pick me! Just 'cause I'm sitting in the middle of a raging blizzard right now and would love any sort of book to read!

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allisonfrohriep 1p · 726 weeks ago

The GFCF diet is breaking the bank here and I don't know how I could live without a copy. You know you want to give it to me anyway.

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One Rich Mother · 726 weeks ago

Why am I too cheap? 7 children one income. Need I say more?
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@Special_Happens · 726 weeks ago

Why am I too cheap? Because I don't even know what a BART station is, and I don't own a dictionary to look that up either...
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Tessa · 726 weeks ago

I can't believe I actually want this shit, much less trying to win a copy, but you know I have three autistic kids, right? I need the laugh. As to why you should pick me? Well, I happen to know a troll who visited you once, and she could be persuaded to insult you at random, if you'd like.
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pixelpixie83 · 726 weeks ago

I am not too cheap--and for once, not too poor (thanks income tax refund!)--but pick me anyway. Because I will read it, and when I'm done, I will put it on the "take shelf" at work (did I mention I work for a major publishing company?) And then someone there could possibly pick it up. And then they might read it and love it and mention it to an editor friend. And that person would read it and love it and say "think of all the marketing opportunities during Autism Awareness Month!" And then their people could call his people and next thing I know, I will be running into BD and Griff in the elevator at work (did I mention it's a glass elevator and totally awesome?)

So if you pick me, there is a small chance it could result in an awesome elevator ride. Hey, it could happen.

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Cactusinyrpants 59p · 726 weeks ago

You could give it to me, it would be the only Autism related book I own. Which would make it stand out on the book shelf, thus becoming a conversation piece. This would then propel Big Daddy's book out into the mainstream, then become #8 on the NYT's best seller list, after which he would become famous and leave us all behind as the forgotten little people he used to know.
And that will make it all worth while.

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prairiepride 19p · 726 weeks ago

Please pick me! My son has had multiple meltdowns today and I really need the laugh. Plus, I am spending all of my discretionary income on ABA and don't have the $10.99 to spend. I think I am one of Big Daddy's biggest fans - whenever I think I can't take autism one more minute, I pull up his blog, have a big laugh, and somehow manage to get through the day.

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autismandoughtisms 31p · 726 weeks ago

I'm so cheap that I need to win this, so that I can read it first to see whether it's worth spending the $10.99. Or...

It's not actually $10.99, it's $13.8164 in New Zealand dollars, so it's not reaaally cheap, it's just mildly not expensive. Or...

I know where you live. So if you don't give it to me I'm going to go get it myself. (Don't worry, even if I knew where you lived, I'm not flying there just to steal a book, that would be very non-cheap of me). Or...

Giving it to me would distract me from writing posts with ridiculously long names about far too serious topics. So you'd be doing a public service by stopping me from filling up the internets.

Etc :)
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Megskitchen · 726 weeks ago

I really REALLY want to read it, but the truth is, we just bought a table so we could eat as a family, so we have NO extra money for the next couple months.

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MarsupialMama · 726 weeks ago

I love a good competition and sooooo wanna win this!! My bras are all coming apart at the seams cause I can't justify spending any spare cash on some new ones, all the money I have automatically goes my little miniature people. If I buy a book it's a functional book on how to help with whatever aspect of autism, so this book would really just be for me to enjoy rather than for me to use to make life better for the family.

So **yay** awesome giveaway and I hope (am sure) whoever wins this will get some good laughs!!
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Lynn · 726 weeks ago

I am just commenting. This is not an entry into the giveaway.
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jillsmo 103p · 726 weeks ago

What the hell is the point of THAT??

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Kelli · 726 weeks ago

I could really use it to wipe my ass. I'm almost out of copies of my book....

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jillsmo 103p · 726 weeks ago

I have one of yours, too. You want I should send it to you?

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Kelli · 726 weeks ago

Better send both. I'm full of poo...
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@AutismMaven · 726 weeks ago

You could give it to me, since it will be one of the very few actual paper books I own. I have an ipad, so it's not about the money, its about the principle! I simply can't be bothered in my spare time to drive to a bookstore or to actually go through the multiple steps it would take to order it online. If I have to exert more effort than that, it's just not worth it. It's the only easy thing in my life, and I simply refuse to compromise. :D

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Tina · 726 weeks ago

Well, poop! I already bought the book!

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Brandon.in.Idaho · 726 weeks ago

I'd love this book, but I'm too cheap to pay for it. I'm saving up to drive down to Cali to visit my kids, and that's gonna be an expensive trip.

Cool giveaway though! This means more than just a simple giftcard or stuff...
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karacteristic 28p · 726 weeks ago

Wait. Is the drawing part of the giveaway?
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Ashley · 726 weeks ago

I'm too poor and, well, probably too cheap as well. Workin' my butt off to get my hubby through nursing school so he can make the big bucks. Wait. Why are you laughing? Oh right. They don't make big bucks. Now I need the book 'cause I'm depressed about having no life and no sanity so that when he graduates we'll still be poor. Just poor and exhausted. Oh well, maybe he'll be able to get me a discount on my Lexapro. =)
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solodialogue 73p · 726 weeks ago

I already have the book. I want the drawing of the BART station! It's awesome!!
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alexandra · 726 weeks ago

Honey, this isn't a giveaway, it's lovin on your peeps.

I'm in.

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Amanda · 725 weeks ago

If it's not an ebook, it's just not on my radar these days. I'm such a dork. Plus ebooks are way cheaper. Lots are even free - like this giveaway.

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patty · 725 weeks ago

Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! I've been planning on buying a copy, but just never get around to it. I'll sit down at the computer with the express purpose of buying a copy and then I get distracted by some stupid political email someone sent me saying that Obama was born in Mars and I forget all about it....

I am cheap, though, too. I mean, I reuse aluminum foil, for crap's sake.
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Brian · 725 weeks ago

I'm too cheap. I spent all my money on Just Me and My Dad. 4 books down for the boy. And I'm terrified of you.

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