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Here’s a cool charitable opportunity, should you have a serious hankering to tell the world about your favorite pair of shoes. I have to ask what my favorite pair might be… probably Danskos. I’d give up a lot of things, including breakfast and that magic yogurt I love, to spend every day in Danskos. But then, my feet are lesbians. They only tolerate comfortable shoes.

However, I can totally write a review that will fund a charity.

So, how does reviewing shoes translate to charitable work? Read on.

I can has contest with three hands? Yes! You can has contest with three hands!

The four finalists for the LOL Handz Contest are:

RebyJ:

KarenD:

Karen:

Mary:

Voting is below - and I’ll keep this entry open through the weekend for your votin’ plehzur.

The Winneh Of LOL HANDS Iz:

KarenD: Mai forth hand? In mai pantz!

Mary: Jazz Handz. Ur doin it wrong.

Karen: Once, twice, three hands a lady.

RebyJ: Wait 2 countz the vajayjayz!

Thanks to Tammy for forwarding this announcement: FictionWise is offering a 50% rebate on every book they sell. Buy a book, and get 50% of the purchase price as a credit toward a future purchase.

When are they going to stop the rebate program? Check the announcement:

The Feds bailed out Wall Street last week to the tune of $700 Billion, and here at Fictionwise we say: why let the fat cat CEO’s have all the fun? So starting now, every single title in our store sports a massive 50% Micropay Rebate when paying by credit or PayPal! But hurry: we will run this insane eBook Bailout Package either through Sunday October 12, or until we give away $700 Billion worth of Rebates, whichever comes first!

I laughed so hard - way to spin horror into humor, Fictionwise. $700 billion worth of rebates? Bring it on!

If I’d had this when I was taking chem, I’d have had a lot easier time remembering how chemical reactions work. I think it’s the dance music, really.

Thanks to Vera for the link. 

Thanks to the many, many people who forwarded me the Fail Blog’s salute to three-handed romance. I have a special love of that cover - that chick is my avatar. Why? The only thing better than having a third hand would be the magical ability to conjure up more hours in the day. Three hands?! OMG PLZ.

So! A contest is born! Take that fabulous cover and LOL-caption it. Certainly we can do better than “FAIL,” because certainly, while it’s an artistic fail, as a matter of promotional opportunity, for Christina Dodd, it was utterly full of win.

Your quest: take the cover, and LOL Caption it. You have 24 hours, and can post them in the comments or post links to an image hosted elsewhere. If you do post them here, please don’t make the image more than 325 pixels wide, please. Vote for your favorites in the comments, please, and then we’ll have a vote-off for the top 3 over the weekend.

Grand Prize? The book itself, of course! One pristine, fabulous copy of the three-handed woman adorning the cover of Christina Dodd’s Castles in the Air. Second prize: $20 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice, and third prize will be $10 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice.

Ready, set, go! Copy of the art is below the fold for your downloading and LOLing pleasure.