{"id":121,"date":"2007-05-07T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2007-05-08T06:13:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T14:13:50","slug":"and-its-not-even-my-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/121","title":{"rendered":"And it&#8217;s not even my birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a long time listener to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeknewscentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geek News Central<\/a> podcast and to celebrate his recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeknewscentral.com\/podcasts\/archives\/2007\/03\/gnc20070316_250.html\" target=\"_blank\">250th episode<\/a>, he asked 10 listeners to call in for a very special gift box. Due to my ever-so-early 5:00 AM drive in to work, it wasn&#8217;t hard for me to leave him a quick voicemail. I don&#8217;t know if I was the first, but I was one of the ten as he announced my name the following episode.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward today and I was the happy recipient of quite a nice hand-crafted box of very thoughtful and Hawaii-oriented items:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/dsc02813.JPG\" title=\"A gift box from Geek News Central\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/dsc02813.JPG\" title=\"A gift box from Geek News Central\" alt=\"A gift box from Geek News Central\" height=\"388\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From left to right. Back row: Lion Coffee catalog and 7 oz of Fancy Roasted Coffee, Hawaiian Host Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts, a Tiki Candle (&#8220;Ku&#8221; the god of war), a good luck cat (inscription &#8220;Ten Million&#8221; for much wealth). Front row: Aloha Bottle Jacket, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blubrry.com\" target=\"_blank\">blubrry<\/a> sticker and stress ball, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podcastconnect.com\" target=\"_blank\">PodcastConnect.com<\/a> pen, and a note card. Not pictured: A teak napkin holder.<\/p>\n<p>The card reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Geek News Central Ohana<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on winning a gift box on my 250th show. I apologize for this taking so long but we have been crazy busy. I appreciate your support of the show, and hope that you enjoy the selection of goodies that my lovely wife picked out. Each box was a little different as we picked stuff up piece meal.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for being such a great supporter of the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Todd<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was a very generous gift and I really appreaciate the effort and expense. 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