Cats Laughing Kickstarter Countdown to Sunday 12:59 AM EST

[gerisullivan]

The Kickstarter clock just turned over to 28 hours to go on the campaign for the Cats Laughing reunion concert at Minicon 50.

The campaign currently has 282 backers and is just over $20,000, which means that not only will the reunion concert happen (complete with rehearsals beforehand), it will be Livestreamed, there will be a concert CD, and a

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[don_fitch]

Oh, I'm delighted this is all going to happen. I'm not, however, going to take part in it, because I've resisted getting PayPal or anything like it -- I simply can't trust myself in that situation and would end up broke or milliions of dollars (give or take a few) in debt. Have Fun.

[gerisullivan]

I grok you. I avoided having an eBay account for more than a decade, and estimated that saved me thousands of dollars. Fortunately, I gained the required skills for resisting temptation and in most of 15 years, I've bid on only 11 auctions there and won 9 of them, never for more than I was willing to pay when I first bid.

My Kickstarter record isn't quite that pristine: in just under 3 years, I've supported 10 projects counting this one. There are certainly lots more I'd like to help fund, and looking around Kickstarter during the Cats campaign led to my supporting two of them. One is clearly for business, which helps a bit

w00t!

[lsanderson]

WooT!

Thanks Gerri!

[mplscorwin]

This post was a lovely first read of the day. (And of course, it's always joyous to hear someone excited about something that you, yourself, are gleeful about. Really glad we got the DVD funded. David and I had pretty much agreed at onset to do our utmost to deliver the concert video whatever happened; I feel fortunate indeed that we'll have the resources to make artistic and technical capabilities the fulcrum.