Polychrome Heroics Pool Announcement

[ng_moonmoth]

Tentacles lurk under the surface of this sale's quarter-price pool. I'm starting out targeting all three poems in the Kraken thread (total $125 at quarter-price). Anyone who'd like to sponsor something from the sale at quarter-price is welcome to join by making a small but significant contribution to the pool targets, and then contributing toward the target of their choice. That poem will be added to the pool target list.

Every time pool contributions come in to fund the least expensive pool target, I will add another poem to the target list. If you haven't selected a target for yourself and would like to recommend one, please do, and I will use that one. Otherwise, I will pick one myself.

Hoping for good participation!

ETA: I will stop taking pledges around 6pm PDT (UTC -8), to allow any late joiners to settle accounts in time for a timely forwarding to ysabetwordsmith. There's still some time!

Comments

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Covering the first three Rutledge poems <<

That at least gets Ahzan to Rutledge and a safe place to rest.

>> And then that should leave enough for me to also pick up the poem about Cas and the cookies (I believe it's $14.75 at quarter price) <<

"If You Can't Change the World"
Story Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Cas celebrates Homemade Cookies Day.
116 lines, was $58, sale price $29

$29 ÷ 2 = $14.50

Re: Here's a thought

[fuzzyred]

Thank you for the price correction; my brain isn't altogether here right now.

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

I know that feel. It's why I used a calculator. Prosthetic math.

Re: Here's a thought

[fuzzyred]

That is an easy way to do it. My brain was gonna enough that I couldn't be bothered to pull up the calculator on my phone, and I always double check my math before sending money for poems to make sure I got it right.

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

I keep a calculator within arm's reach on my desk. If math is easy, I can do it without, but for anything complicated I use it. The key is to make using the calculator easier than not using it. I have a hard time remembering how to set up math problems, but now search engines will autocalculate things like "What is 33% of 2,649?" or "45 is 66% of what?"

Re: Here's a thought

[fuzzyred]

Ah, that makes sense. And having search engines that autocalculate is great. I often use google when I need to convert from imperical to metric values for recipes because I can never remember the conversion rates off hand.

Re: Here's a thought

[ng_moonmoth]

OK, fuzzyred and I have corresponded. The pool is now in for the entire Kraken thread, the sequence of four Rutledge poems, and "If You Can't Change the World". Those could be marked as purchased by the pool. Still hoping for some more funding to close a small gap on the fourth Rutledge poem before opening anything else.

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have marked those accordingly. You may want to check and make sure the listing is correct.

Re: Here's a thought

[ng_moonmoth]

Markings were correct before today's activity. librarygeek and mama_kestrel have joined, and added some more targets as listed below in their comments. There is also some discretionary funding for another buy, which I will allocate according to subsequent activity.

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

Okay, these are the ones mentioned. Shall I mark them?

"The Hog Knows the Tree"
"Daddy Tortoise Goes Slow"
"The Melting Pot"

Re: Here's a thought

[ng_moonmoth]

Yep. Them's the ones.

Re: Here's a thought

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have marked them accordingly.