As some of you may have heard, on 7/7/2007 my buddy noneck Noel embarked on an audacious (outlandish?) seven month trip to each of the seven contents (getting the theme?). Back when we suffering in a past job together, I encouraged Noel’s scheming about this trip, never thinking he’d actually do it. And then he did it.

So, in any case, I feel a bit responsible for his current predicament of being almost out of money in India. He has raised about half of his (very modest) goal of $7,777.77 to finance the entire trip and departed with the hope he’d raise the rest along the way. He’s asking for donations in increments of $11.11. That’s lunch money. Go give him some.

He’s blogging the trip, producing video pieces as he goes. He also says he’ll give you a copy of the book he writes about the trip upon his return.

If you’re indifferent about this trip and if helping assuage my guilt is an insufficient reason to give, consider schadenfreude. Think of your $11.11 as a NASCAR fan thinks about his ticket purchase — it’s buying the opportunity to see a crash. The longer Noel travels, the more opportunities for twitters about ghostly hallucinations and blog posts about “delhi belly.”

And if you really don’t like Noel or this trip, just think of your $11.11 as the cost you pay to keep him away from you. Something for everybody. You really have no excuse. Now go.

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