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Seeing as the weekend after Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, I thought it important to let our loyal fans know about a change in the schedule for the fourth annual iteration of the Battle Against Dysentery, the Geeks’ yearly charity extravaganza. I’d like to think of it as a “Bad News, Good News” kinda thing.

The Bad News is that we will not be holding the Battle Against Dysentery on it’s traditional date, the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving. The reasons for this are many are varied, and mostly having to do with money. We know that the current financial situation has made the lives of our fans tighter than ever before. Some of our fans are balancing out the gifts they can give with the charities they can give to, and in rare occasions, what they’ll be eating this coming month. This dichotomy hurts our fans, and our causes – we don’t want you to have to have that fight in your brain about who to give to. We also don’t want to have that fight in your brain to have reaching our goal be an uphill battle. We want to have everyone be happy, and to have a wonderful holiday season.
So, with this in mind, we’ve decided to step back and let other organizations fight for the attention of holiday revelers, and this general feeling of goodwill.

This doesn’t mean that the B.A.D. is gone, retired or missing. Far from it…remember, I said there was good news about this whole thing.

The Good News is that we are planning to have the B.A.D. return in the spring, and we’re plotting something big to take place at the same time. As always, it’s a gamble around here when the Geeks start to plan things, but I am very much looking forward to the Fourth B.A.D. launching a little closer to when the Oregon Trail settlers might have launched, around April or May. So, I urge you to stay tuned for that.

And while you keep us in the back of your mind, I urge you to keep two very worthy organizations in the front of your mind. We have loyally served Child’s Play and Hillcrest Educational Centers for the past three years, and I would hope that if you can, you would do the same. Please click on the two links I’ve placed above, and give what you can – even if it’s just a $1 each, you’ll be making a difference in the lives of children who need your help.

So, with that, have a wonderful holiday, and keep Geeking On, True Believers.