It’s postcards and music time!
All the details on options for writing for Ohio Issue 1 and for Virginia – and images of postcards – are always available in the sidebar. To make it extra easy to find, I have copied it just below the postcard image.
Chime in if you know about others good post-card writing options for OH or VA.
Also, send me a photo of your postcards and I’ll post it in the thread and add it to the link in the sidebar.
(click the image to see a bigger version)
Mousebumples
I’m here! Hoping my postcarding will be good luck for the Brew Crew! 🍻⚾🧢
Eta – adjusting my script, figuring I can mail the rest of these next week. Instead of mentioning when early vote starts, I’m just asking people to “Vote early or on Election Day – Nov“. So long as postcards arrive after Oct 11 (when early voting starts), I should be good. 😊
Emily B.
Hello! I’m writing postcards to Virginia voters through Reclaim Our Vote/Center for Common Ground.
Mousebumples
@Emily B.: oooh, that looks to be a new org to me. Thanks for postcarding!
Scout211
Popping in to post this:
Click over to see a great pic of the two of them.
WaterGirl
@Emily B.: wow that looks great! With those numbers you can’t possibly work only in Virginia, correct?
I’m not at my computer right now, but I will add your postcard in for Virginia to our post carding information that’s in the side bar.
WaterGirl
@Emily B.: please send me a photo one of your completed postcards without an address of course her name so I can post it in the thread!
H.E.Wolf
Hello all! WaterGirl, I just sent you a postcard image. It isn’t for the sidebar, because you already did me the honor of including one of mine. :-)
H.E.Wolf
@Emily B.:
Looks like a great organization! I like their focus on BIPOC voters: the backbone of the Democratic Party.
https://www.centerforcommonground.org/reclaim-our-vote
Scout211
Music to celebrate MyKevin’s really bad, no good day:
Lizzo Good as Hell
Mousebumples
Music, in honor of My Kevin…
Hit the road, Jack
Autocorrect thought I wanted to say hit the road, Hack. Appropriate, given the GOP, but…
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: running on empty also works for the Rs.
Emily B.
@WaterGirl: That’s right! I’ve written postcards for a previous Reclaim Our Vote campaign in Ohio. A friend of mine in an Indivisible group in the Hudson Valley turned me on to them.
H.E.Wolf
USPS has an online store selling stamps and other merchandise.
https://store.usps.com/store/results/stamps/
[select “Stamps” and then, if wished, select the price group(s) you want to choose from.]
There’s a small handling fee. I thought it was a reasonable trade-off for: (a) not having to wait in line at the local P.O., and (b) being able to buy any stamps I wanted.
My most recent order was for 40-cent, 10-cent, and 1-cent stamps to make up the 51-cent cost of mailing a postcard. The 40-cent stamps were cute foxes; how could I resist?
MazeDancer
Sadly, will not be on the PostCard front lines with you this fight. Health situation.
Plenty of “evergreen” designs for you to use on the PostCard Patriots site. Some even speak to the important issues. All free of course. Just click on my nym.
Please consider writing many PostCards for VA. While the abortion issue in Ohio is vitally important, the whole state will be focussed on it.
The state legislature races are not so glam. They need help. And Virginia’s future depends on it.
VA Dems have a great PostCard Program. They will send you free, fresh addresses of any amount. Click here
You may write for any district, but pundits say these are competitive. Scroll down and click on candidates pics:
Senate District 24
Senate District 31
House District 65
House District 82
PostCard Patriots was born here at BJ in 2018. We’ve had a great run. Thank you to everyone for your hard work. You had a big impact.
WaterGirl had decided she would handle post carding here at BJ. But, health permitting, PostCard Patriots will be back in action on the web next year
Write on!
Mousebumples
🤣🤣🤣
Mousebumples
@MazeDancer: thanks for joining the thread, MazeDancer! Hope your health improves!
H.E.Wolf
@MazeDancer:
Sending best wishes for a good and complete resolution to the health situation.
Thank you for the info, and the postcard link for VA!
H.E.Wolf
Music link: Compañeros del Sendero (companions on the path) – Guillermo Santaolalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X6xz2DyV0g
H.E.Wolf
If anyone wants to get creative with postcards, I had good luck with Vistaprint: https://www.vistaprint.com/
The minimum order is 50. I chose 4″ x 6″, glossy front (the image side), matte back (the writing side), 14-lb. “standard” paper weight.
In 2020, I received a batch that was a slightly greenish version of the black-and-white image I’d used. Vistaprint replaced them (sans green tint) for free.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: That’s great info! Good idea on the Evergreen postcards! Sorry to hear about the health issue.
to clarify, I was handing out addresses from Voces for their effort last year, and I’m handing out the addresses from the Ohio people who helped with the versus campaign.
Glad to hear you will be back at it next year.
H.E.Wolf
Here’s a music (and dance) link for folks who have not yet hopped on the postcard train: a clip of Mikhail Barishnikov and Gregory Hines doing dance warmups in the 1980s, from the not very stellar film “White Nights”.
Warning [updated]: 1. NSFW language; 2. NSFW hand gestures; 3. dudes taking the piss out of each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZkOvj7d54
eclare
@Scout211:
That is an awesome photo, thank you!
NotMax
With all the hoo-ha about X, thought occurred to use it as a jumping off point for a mini-theme.
Xanadu – Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra
X Is for My Eyes Only – David Crosby
X-Static Process – Madonna
X-Ray Style – Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
X Marks the Spot – Coldplay
X [Equis] – Nicky Jam
X – Massiv
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H.E.Wolf
And that’s it for me tonight! I have a hard stop at the top of the hour.
We’re doing what we can, and it makes a difference. And there are advantages to working under the radar like this. Come November, the Republicans won’t know whether to shit or go blind. :-)
prostratedragon
@H.E.Wolf: indeed not a great movie, but side-by-side dancing by two greats. Baryshnikov’s art is all about getting off the ground, while Hines’s is all about landing.
A song for Mr. Carter: “Help Somebody,” Earth Wind and Fire.
Percysowner
I was planning to join the post card brigade, but I haven’t received my post cards from Etsy yet*. They were due by Sept 30 and have not arrived. I messaged the seller today. I hope that by next week I will have post cards in hand. I already bought new pens and am waiting to get the post cards before I buy stamps.
Yes on Ohio Issue 1! Yes on Ohio Issue 2!
eclare
@Scout211:
Great song, love Lizzo. I think it’s bad bitch o’clock time…
Mousebumples
@Percysowner: hopefully they’ll be here by our Saturday party!
I might not be here on Saturday – we’re going to my parents’ for a Halloween party. I’ll try to pop in, but I’m not bringing my postcarding supplies along.
Alison Rose
Okay, lemme try to find some fitting titles for Kevin’s day/week/month/life:
“Bad Decisions” – Bastille
“Suffer Well” – Depeche Mode
“Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad” – Prince
“Hard To Love” – BLACKPINK
“Hot Mess” – Sam Sparro
WaterGirl
@prostratedragon: I really liked that movie!
WaterGirl
@Percysowner: That’s great! Hopefully we’ll see you at the next one! You can always provide some music links tonight :-).
WaterGirl
Okay, my laptop is charged again :-) and I had 3 great postcards waiting for me!
eclare
@Alison Rose:
” Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.”
Great song. Trent is a genius. Saw them at the Fox in ATL.
https://youtu.be/ao-Sahfy7Hg?si=Iaf5Ovc-gHVhb3BM
WaterGirl
Great postcard from Emily B.
WaterGirl
Great postcard from H.E. Wolf. Love the fox and the pears!
WaterGirl
And a great postcard from Mousebumples.
WaterGirl
I love that all the postcards are so different!
Alison Rose
@eclare: Love that song. Yeah, NIN is amazing live. Though I did have to be careful to steer very clear of the pit, LOL.
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: I like that array of stamps.
eclare
@WaterGirl:
Amazing postcard.
Mousebumples
What fun postcards! Thanks for sharing, WaterGirl! (and thanks for sending, Emily & H. E. Wolf)
Betsy
Wow, wow! What am incredibly effective and cute postcard image! I don’t have any capacity for I write postcards at all right now, but can I help with a contribution for stamps and such? Point me in the right direction, sorry if I missed the info already.
Sure Lurkalot
Prolly be the last comment but I mailed 25 Ohio cards today. I had to go to 2 post offices to find post card stamps on sheets but I liked the sailboat!
Thanks for the inspiration. Life has been a bit unsettled for me recently, but if the clouds clear for a spell in the next few days, I will try to write a few for Virginia.
prostratedragon
@WaterGirl: I could watch it again just to see them dance. Hard to believe it was 38 years ago, and the Hines has been gone for 20.
BlueGuitarist
@MazeDancer:
Sending healing hopes and wishing you all the best!
Will write some extra postcards.
BlueGuitarist
Today Republicans learned that if you turn up the Base you blow out the Speaker.
(not original)
BlueGuitarist
@Emily B.:
beautiful postcard!
kalakal
One for MyKevin from Roy Orbison
Only the Lonely
and one for everybody else from Ray Charles
Hit the Road Jack
BlueGuitarist
@eclare:
Happy Birthday!
I’m focused on Virginia at the moment, but saw a new Tennessee House candidate announcement
Allie Phillips (running for a winnable seat, TH House 75, Clarksville) is suing Tennessee because she had to leave the state to get emergency abortion care. There’s a video of her announcement and more info at her website:
https://www.allie4tn.com/
news article;
https://clarksvillenow.com/local/allie-phillips-announces-candidacy-for-democratic-nomination-to-state-house-district-75/
Mousebumples
I’ll defer to WaterGirl if she has anyone who needs donations for supplies. Otherwise, we are doing fundraising for some Virginia candidates.
Since I’m writing for Ohio, I’m donating to Virginia. I think the previous post, if you go back one, has a thermometer. (maybe with a matching offer still?)
Eta – and i see you found that thread already! Still a little angel match left, though I’m off to bed shortly, so the matching $ is likely going to wait until morning.
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: Yep, there’s $80 left on your match!
Someone wrote to me tonight with a $500 Angel Match, so we should have a new Angel match tomorrow, if we can get the final $80 on yours!
i’m hopeful that the 3 matches can get us to $5,000 for each of the two VA candidates.
(That’s down from the original $10k goal for each.)
Then I hope the Q3 fundraising figures will be out, and we can see who might need us the most at that point.
Mousebumples
Well, I’m done for the night, if anyone’s left. Have a good night, all!