9622.net

...and that page is here.

d'oh!

as if you did that. :)

Does one need a credit card to use Paypal? I mean, I have a credit card, but it's always (and I do quite literally mean always) at its maximum limit.

You can use a credit card, or link directly to a checking account, i think.

note that it takes a few weeks to get a paypal account, if you don't have one.

Once I donate then can I become a monkey's brother, since this is Meta's primative brother?(note, I'm joking)
And yes same problem with crash, not cash, but my credit, it is summer time.

note that it takes a few weeks to get a paypal account, if you don't have one.

unless you can look at your statement online. it only took a couple of days for me. you just have to get a pin number from the charge on your statement.

they have a way cooler webmaster than we do.

Did that monkey have a pompadour?

Okay, I have a paypal account. Now what?

click

Go to "click here" and then "Make a Donation".

Now take off your pants and rub egg salad on your shins.

Today is egg salad day!

Cool. Done. And remember: I want that brick to say something dirty. Like "Spank Me." or "What are those monkeys doing to themselves?"

Hey, and since I now have paypay, I slung a few fistfuls of coin at MetaFilter, just 'cause Matt's a debugging demon these days.

It's also my birthday! And charity begins at home. There weren't any CDs or beer nuts in the post, as some charmers had cruelly led me to believe, so at least acknowledge the damn date, willya? ;)

* breaks down; "Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime?" rising slowly as members of the Pathetic Attention Getters Association start to move adroitly among the audience, jingling their bracelets, breasts and collection boxes *

Happy Birthday, you lovable attention whore! I'd have remembered earlier, but I left my PalmPilot at home today.

I wrote down your address when you mentioned it in a thread last year and I was going to be all cool and "Happy Birthday" and you'd be like "WHa? Howdya know?" but then you just went and spoiled it all by saying something stupid like "I love you."

Anyway, happy 100th birthday, ya boozy geezer.

happy birthday miguel. more later.

umm. make that, "I wrote down your birthday." Sorry. I'm drunk already.

Happy Miguel Day!

Kafkascampi is quite the philantropist these days.

Miguel, I tried and tried to send you a happy birthday email, but your damn inbox is full.

Anyway, happy birthday. I'll have a Port for you tonight.

Would it help if those of you with your own blogs put links to our monkey cause? I don't have a blog, I'm just asking.

Miles ahead of ya.

I just put a separate link on my blog, not for the 9622 donation. I think we can rustle up 100 clams. And maybe some money too.

100 clams? Dude, I'm sure the clamato people can help us out.

Reason #1001 of "Why I have a ManCrush on Kafkaesque":
The Legend of Elvis and Monkeyboy

Seriously. I nearly cried.

Shucks.

Nice story, cold chef, of derserving the full credit, kafkaesque.

I liked it.

but no mancrush.

Should we put it up for a vote as to what will be put on the brick? Senator Donglas Resin has been suggested.

I like "9622.net"

Simple and yet enigmatic.

No, no, no.

It must be from Enrouille Bonheur.

9622.net
Cool. And it gives us the appearance of permanance. Instead of some fleeting, wispy thing.

Otherwise, I'd suggest Rev. Funbags and the Loupy Troup

My vote is for 9622.net as well. Simple, elegant, and I can only think with glee of the looks on the faces of those curious enough to say, "9622.net? What in the world is that?"

*type click type click Enter*

Oh.

Oh, dear.

Plus, it gets top slot from those who link alphabetically.

And bottom slot from you!

You know, people go on about how great it is on top (*whine* "I just can't any other way"), but the bottom's got its definite perks.

9622.net: my bottom bitch

ha!

you could even get really crazy, and link 9622 on top for a bit, then in the middle, then somewhere towards the top again, and then on bottom. spice it up a little, ya know?

"Donglas Resin " is oddly touching, but I'd also suggest the right to the point and all inclusive "9622.net".

Well, at this point, we're not even close to $100. We're at, like, $45. So the point is moot.

(Wow, Zen moment there. We've come full circle with the return of "moot".)

Can we buy a handful of gravel with that?

Hmm. Up the donation amount to ten bucks?

I was wondering where we were.

Or, I guess we could wait for others who haven't donated to do so. No rush, really. See where we are after a few days?

The current tally, after paypal fees, is a pygmy-marmoset-like $37.22. That includes a second contribution by one member, and another's generous $20 donation. It doesn't include my contribution.

I just sent for the pay-pal thingie! I really did! Wait for me-e-e-e----

If we can wait until pay day (end of the month), I can throw at least another five spot. (yes, things are tight like that).

Oh, sure, Adam. You can afford a beautiful new tiki redesign for your site, but who loses out? The monkeys. Always the monkeys. You sicken me.

I find it kinda funny that we're doing this so the monkeys will find gainful employment--not so the disabled folks can get a helper.

Or at least I'm am.

And yeah, those tikis must have cost a fortune.

pfeh.

I find it kinda funny that I'm considering shattering my own spine so that I never have to wipe my own mouth again.

"Heeeere Gizmo..."

coldchef, i find it interesting that you speak as if you're currently wiping your own mouth at all.

The tikis were a gift! I swear!

*hides outrageous bill for tikis under magazine*

$37.22?!

Ah well. The best laid plans of mice and monkeys, I guess. Still, let's just collect whatever we can and send it on over. After all, it's not about the brick.

The shiny red candylike brick....So beautiful!

good god man, give people time!
*insert obligatory quote re: patience by yoda/obiwan/mr. miyagi/batman/etc. here*

Wouldn't it be great if you could really interchange all those profound mentor types?

You could have mr. miyagi fighting Darth Vader, yoda snipping Bonsai trees, Batman living in a swamp, and Obi-Wan harboring secret fantasies about Robin's utility belt.

I think this could be a reality with the magic of colorforms.

When I was a kid, I wanted to invent a camera that would let you insert your friends into your favorite movies.

It would work like this: Say you want to be in Star Wars. You just point the camera at yourself and hit record. Then, when you watch the movie, instead of whiny-ass Mark Hamill, you'd see yourself, learning the ways of the force and lusting after your sister.

If you had a crush on say...Tonia, who sat three seats from me, you take her photo with your special camera when she's not looking, and...suddenly, she's Leia.

I think there may have been a few technical issues to work out, but man. That would be a cool frickin' toy. I really, really thought that it wouldn't be hard to invent a camera like that.

i can totally see yoda snipping bonsai trees. i have now redecorated my zen place* to include that.

*similar to Happy Gilmore's "happy place," except without the midget on a unicycle.

suddenly, she's Leia

...or jenna jameson? me like.

I am currently flat-ass broke (checking account in red, credit card maxed, no cash in pocket, change in couch cushions already gathered up and spent) so I will have to pass. For now.

If my company stock makes a sudden upward surge, I may sell some options, or if the kids start bitching about "Why don't we get three meals a day any more?" in Grandma's presence and she takes pity and gives me money, then I may be able to participate.

There's no pressure on anyone. Give what you can if and only if you feel like it.

It ain't no thing.

I'll send some euros skilfully hidden in one of the CDs as I have no credit cards, no checking account, no financial reputation to further ruin.

Miguel gets by on his ruggedly handsome looks.

Current update on how many ducats toward the brick? Just curious if I should throw more money at it.

Posted by: readymade on July 26, 2002 04:56 PM

I say don't sweat it. Give it a week. Unless we start getting threatening phone calls from Capuchin monkeys. Then, we panic.

You all will be happy to know that Grandma came through with two Benjamins, so the wee ones will be getting lunch for the next few days and I have purchased enough cans of beer (30) to make it through the weekend without killing them. I will not, however, be donating money to the brick fund.

Now, brothers and sisters, put down those torches and pitchforks and hear me out. While I was in my deeepest depths of near-suicidal flat-busted depression (that would be the point at which I was drinking my last beer and not knowing where the next one was coming from) I was poking around the Helping Hands site, and found this little gem of information.

It just so happens that I have a rather clapped-out Jeep Wagoneer: which has simply been darkening my driveway for the past two years. This seems like the perfect opportunity to:
A) Get rid of the Jeep and make the wife happy,
B) Assuage my guilt for not having any monkey-money, and
C) Provide me with at least a token tax credit.

I must admit that I was rather disappointed that the Jeep won't actually be going to the monkeys themselves (I know how the little fellas love to drive 4X4's), but in clicking the "submit" button I gained some measure of satisfaction nonetheless.

So, put down the rope, there will be no lynching today.

Actually, I've heard you get full Blue Book tax write-off when you donate a car.

The donation form indicated that you get wholesale Blue Book, which I figure is about $500, based on what I know about dealer markup versus what the NADA guide shows for "low retail", although I suspect they also adjust it by region which could actually bring it up some. Either way, getting it out of the driveway and giving some money to a worthy yet quirky cause is the most important thing.

Current Brick Total: $41.82.

Paging Mr. YHBC, please report to the tax preparation center. Mr. YHBC.

* tax man in the house *

Crash, you can deduct the "fair market value" of a vehicle you donate to an APPROVED charity. The folks in question indicate they have 501(c)(3) status, so they should be okay. The letter that they have to send you accepting the donation will indicate their status, and their tax I.D. number.

Now, the IRS has never officially said that Blue Book Value = fair market value, but lots of charities will imply that it is so. In point of fact, the charity is supposed to say that it is your responsibility, as the taxpayer, to put a value on your donation, which it is. Generally speaking, though, the IRS will not bother to contest a value you put on a vehicle donation when it is backed up by a Kelley Blue Book value or similar - just not the full retail value. Go to www.kbb.com, enter the information for your Waggoneer, and shoot for a "good" condition. If that seems over-optimistic to you, shoot for "fair" condition. You will at least get a defensible value that you can put on the vehicle.

Next, to actually deduct the value you place on the vehicle on next year's tax return, you will need to have the charity sign a Form 8283, Noncash Charitable Contributions. I'll email you the link to the IRS website where you can print one out (don't have it in front of me at the moment). That's the form that claims a value for the contribution, indicates that the qualified charity did in fact receive the contribution, and that you received no other monetary benefit for making the contribution.

Finally, you will have to itemize your deductions to take advantage of the deduction, of course, so going through the whole process does you no good whatsoever unless all your itemized deductions put together (charitable contributions, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, medical expenses to the extent they exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income and other deductible expenses to the extent they exceed 2% of your AGI) are greater than the standard deduction you would be able to take anyway.

Send me an email if you need any other help on this. Glad to get to use my own unique talents to help out for a change!

Thanks, Commish. It's good to have someone with some legitimate tax background confirm this stuff (although I have yet to be audited on any return, even that kind-of-flaky one I filed in the 80's that claimed an 80-10-10 depreciation on my Mazda truck that I used for deliveries as an "independent contractor". Boy, I really thought that one would throw up some red flags, but I guess the IRS wasn't too interested in a couple filing jointly with a combined income of $17K, heh).

Wow. I love 9622.net.

An update:

We've so far collected $55.42 for the monkey helpers. That's after paypal fees.

GODDAM IT! Pay up you miserly bastards!

Heh.

Can we buy half a brick? A briquette?

A pebble? A grapenut?

I'm poor (no job, full time student, etc.), but I ponied up $5.

Please, won't someone think of the monkeys?

Sadly, scribb, the monkeys are all I ever think about...

Jesus god damn Christ, I can only delete these freaking comments so many times!

*head explodes*

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