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Monday, July 09, 2012

All-Star Timeout: Mac Needs Our Help. Please Give.

Many of you know the work of Mac Thomason, proprietor of the long-running Braves Journal. Mac has cancer and has been in and out of the hospital a lot recently receiving treatment. A group of Braves fans are trying to raise enough money to buy him an iPad with 3G so that he can watch games without having to rely on flaky hospital wifi. If you’ve enjoyed Mac’s work in the past and can afford to donate, please do so. Thanks!

Kyle S at work Posted: July 09, 2012 at 01:39 PM | 9 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 09, 2012 at 04:18 PM (#4177306)
Go do this. Mac is a good guy.
   2. gef the talking mongoose Posted: July 09, 2012 at 04:31 PM (#4177325)
Done.
   3. Kyle S at work Posted: July 09, 2012 at 06:05 PM (#4177462)
Thanks guys. It means a lot to him.
   4. Bruce Markusen Posted: July 09, 2012 at 06:50 PM (#4177495)
Does anyone know how old Mac is?
   5. Kyle S at work Posted: July 09, 2012 at 08:46 PM (#4177641)
Quite young - I believe late 30s but I'm not exactly sure. Alex ramati is a close friend and he's 37.
   6. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 09, 2012 at 08:48 PM (#4177646)
Mac turned 41 as of March 17.
   7. Forsch 10 From Navarone (Dayn) Posted: July 09, 2012 at 10:29 PM (#4177890)
Keep up the fight, Mac.
   8. Kyle S at work Posted: July 11, 2012 at 04:53 PM (#4180460)
Mac just tweeted:

@bravesjournal
I am writing this on my new iPad. Thanks, everybody.


Thanks so much to everyone who donated.
   9. gef the talking mongoose Posted: July 11, 2012 at 05:19 PM (#4180486)
Cool!

We did something similar on Comic Book Resources' Classic Comics Forum late last year. One of the best of us had a computer meltdown, & since he's on a fixed, & pretty low, income -- he's paraplegic (though he's also such a talented artist that he was hired by Marvel Comics about 20 years ago; unfortunately, because he has to draw by holding the pen in his mouth, he just couldn't maintain the necessary pace) -- he was going to have to wait several months to be able to obtain a replacement. That prompted a bunch of us to raise a few hundred bucks through PayPal to buy a new, very improved machine.

Every now & then, online communities justify their existence, I guess.

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