Got to run

While you are waiting for the results to come in to see if my strenuous training routine has paid off for the Teganuma Eco-Marathon -- results due around 2:00pm Sunday Japan time (6:00am Blighty Standard Time) -- why not sponsor me here. All the money raised will go to buy books for folk in sub-Saharan Africa. Why should you make a donation? Let's review:

• Reason #7: What with the global financial meltdown, money's not worth anything anyway.
• Reason #6: Donate even a little, and then I'll stop going on about it, and get back to funny videos of cats on treadmills and mildly subversive swipes at Republican presidential hopefuls.
  
• Reason #5: Using your credit cards to make a charitable donation is like giving twice - not only will you help the poorest kids in Africa, but you will also alleviate the credit crunch thus oiling the wheels of capitalism (which oppressed the continent in the first place). Er, on second thoughts...
  
• Reason #4: Every five pounds (¥1,000) raised means four new books for the poorest people in the world. If they read all of them, they are more than qualified to be Vice President of the USA.
  
• Reason #3: Consider a donation a small repayment on the hours of fun you can get from reading Tower Tales.
  
• Reason #2: Sub-Saharan Africa is pro-Obama.
  
• Reason#1: If you don't help these folk, who the hell will?