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  • Week Five of Reading Harry Potter for Babies – THANK YOU!

    Week Five of Reading Harry Potter for Babies – THANK YOU!


    This is it, the last video in my Reading Harry Potter for Babies series.

    Every year I raise money for March of Dimes, which is a foundation established to study the causes and develop cures for premature birth. This year, rather than simply beg friends and family for donations, I’m taking donations to read Harry Potter. More about this strange donation tactic at the full intro video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCVBPVLXJAU

    I want to thank every single person who donated money to this great cause. In total, we raised over $600, which meant I had enough money to completely finish reading the first Harry Potter book, but more importantly that’s $600 more dollars going toward the March of Dimes effort.

    Apologies if I mispronounce names

    Special Thanks to

    • Simon West-Bulford (http://www.simonwb.com/)

    ManArchy Magazine (http://www.manarchymag.com)

    • Jesse Wichterman
    • Misty Bennett
    • Gordon Highland (http://www.gordonhighland.com)

    Books and Booze podcast

    • Renee Pickup (http://www.books-booze.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/user/BooksnBooze)

    Booktubers/Readers

    • Chenoa Shannon (http://www.youtube.com/chenoash)
    • Martine Svanevik (http://nascentnovelist.wordpress.com/)
    • Rincey Abraham (http://www.youtube.com/user/rinceyreads)

    Books, Beer, and Bullshit podcast

    • Frank Edler (http://booksbeerbullshit.podbean.com/)

    Others

    • Cassandra Chu
    • Warren Mueller 
    • Sean Nickerson
    • Roxy, Ryan, Kyler and Kailey Marcotte
    • Adonna and Christian Thompson
    • Karsten Weseth
    • Erin Pettit
  • Week Four of Reading Harry Potter for Babies

    Week Four of Reading Harry Potter for Babies

    Every year I raise money for March of Dimes, which is a foundation established to study the causes and develop cures for premature birth. This year, rather than simply beg friends and family for donations, I’m taking donations to read Harry Potter. More about this strange donation tactic at the full intro video here.

    In this video, I discuss my thoughts on the first 295 pages of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.

    Well, well, well, the book has gotten much better. I never thought I’d say this, but ever since the unicorn scene, the book has been legitimately fun to read. Here’s hoping I can get the next $20 worth of donations to help me read the final 10 pages.

    If you think Harry Potter is a great series, and feel that I should read it, please consider donating to March of Dimes by visiting https://calebjross.com/potterbaby. This link takes you directly to the donation page.

  • Prematurity Awareness day (not what you think, men)

    Prematurity Awareness day (not what you think, men)

    I try to keep this site strictly about writing-related matters, but today warrants a break from that mode. Today is Prematurity Awareness day.

    When my wife first told me it was Prematurity Awareness day, I thought she was trying to drop a non-so-subtle hint. “But honey, it’s because you’re so attractive,” I was going to say. But then she saved me by elaborating.

    Here’s what the March of Dimes site has to say:

    Prematurity has been escalating steadily and alarmingly over the past two decades. One out of eight babies is born prematurely in the United States. Preterm delivery can happen to any pregnant woman.

    My wife and I had a preterm baby in January. Born 5 weeks early, our guy had some initial troubles but has since developed into an entirely normal child. As normal as a child of my seed could be, anyway.

    So, how can I spread awareness? Other than this blog post (thank you half-dozen readers!), I can send you to a blog that I had kept during my wife’s pregnancy. Of course we didn’t know during the time of this blog that our baby was going to be premature, but I do what I can.

    Read Avocados at 3a.m.

    In a weird way, I guess this post is about writing.