Book giveaway

[hank solo]

Who's going to win... Can I shake the hat a little?

 

[CRBSMILE]

And what, pray tell, will be going on while you're distracting us with all that shaking?:DCRB

 

[zenguru]

Can I shake the hat a little?

Are you sure the hat's the only thing you're gonna shake?

 

[chronic]

Send them to George Bush. Maybe while he's counting off his years in prison he will learn to read.

 

[zenguru]

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. .

and you have to have more than 50 posts under your belt. Sorry newbies.

I have more than 50 posts now. Am I in the running?:D

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I have more than 50 posts now. Am I in the running?:D

:D Quality, not quantity. ;)

No wonder you have become so active. Good job on that.

 

[mjp]

We'll close the entries now. Let me figure out some way to choose a random number then I'll tell you who gets which book. I was going to have Carol pick a number but she's off at Ann Savage's memorial service, hobnobbing with the noir crowd.

Stand by.

 

[mjp]

Twice as many people threw their hats into the ring for And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks, so you only had a 1 in 10 chance of winning that one. Those who wanted Sounes had a 1 in 5 chance. Winners are:

Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
Gerard K H Love

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
Lolita Ginsoski

I used random.org to choose a number between 1 and 100. The list of names for each book were listed and repeated until the list reached 100 lines, for example:

Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
etc., etc., up to 100 lines.

Lottery results have been verified and certified by Buddy, who is an aging Border Collie. But he's a straight shooter. Doesn't go for any funny business.

Congrats to the winners, PM me your address and I'll get these out this week.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Obviously, The Border Collie favors the Corgi. Thank you mjp and Thank you Buddy!

I hope all of the faces are intact and not blocked out as suggested.

 

[CRBSMILE]

mjp, were you keeping a close eye on that dog? I think those dogs may have been in cahoots! Ahhh, America! ;) Congrats to the winners. Kurt, don't be surprised if you get an official letter from UNCLE, he just may want that book back!:)CRB

 

[Bukfan]

Congrats to the winners! - Kurt, it's a very nice bio, even if Uncle ain't...

 

[zenguru]

:D Quality, not quantity. ;)

No wonder you have become so active. Good job on that.

Gosh dang it! All for naught!:mad:

Now I'm gonna pretend to get drunk.:eek::p:cool:

 

[Lolita Twist]

Winners are:

...

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
Lolita Ginsoski...

Congrats to the winners, PM me your address and I'll get these out this week.

Ahhh! Thank you so much! :D. *Sending PM* :D

 

[Lolita Twist]

Thanks so much mjp :)

Mr & Mrs. G

 

[R. Ginsoski]

Much thanks, MJP.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Yes, my arrived last Thursday. Something made me stop what I was doing and go outside to meet the Postman before he shoved the book into my tiny mail box. Thank you for the telepathic precursor, mjp. You are the king.

 

[mjp]

Don't thank me, thank Alex Littlefield at Grove press. He sent the books to give away.

 

[james]

Twice as many people threw their hats into the ring for And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks, so you only had a 1 in 10 chance of winning that one. Those who wanted Sounes had a 1 in 5 chance. Winners are:

Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
Gerard K H Love

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
Lolita Ginsoski

I used random.org to choose a number between 1 and 100. The list of names for each book were listed and repeated until the list reached 100 lines, for example:

Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
etc., etc., up to 100 lines.

Lottery results have been verified and certified by Buddy, who is an aging Border Collie. But he's a straight shooter. Doesn't go for any funny business.

Congrats to the winners, PM me your address and I'll get these out this week.

why am i not included?

 

[mjp]

That example uses the names of people who wanted Sounes. You were in the Hippos list. Notice that you don't see Lolita Ginsoski in the example either.

 

[Rekrab]

Ah, a random number generator. I've used those a few times in my database work. My favorite is the one (forget exactly which website does this) that generates a series of random number based on the real-time twinkling of star light. Now that's random. I used a series of numbers from that generator to do a selection of records for an auditor -- impressed the hell out of her. Okay, I'm a geek, I confess.

 

[informal]

damn nearly a month to late! i have 50 posts dont i?