Paul and Storm will be calling at 5pm PST on Sunday, November 15th.

Paul and Storm (Paul Sabourin and Greg “Storm” DiCostanzo) are known internationally and across the Internet for their original comedy music (often with a “nerd-ish” bent). In addition to their own live performances, they are co-founders of the geek-oriented variety show w00tstock, along with Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage, and co-produce JoCo Cruise. The duo’s original webseries musical, “LearningTown“, debuted on YouTube’s Geek & Sundry channel in January 2013. Also in 2013, their song “Another Irish Drinking Song” was featured in the hit movie Despicable Me 2, and in July had their guitar smashed on stage by George R. R. Martin (and deserved it). Their fifth full-length CD, Ball Pit, came out in 2014, and was the central item of the duo’s wildly successful Kickstarter campaign.

Have a question for Paul and Storm? Leave it in the comments below!

When not on camera or in the Lunar Module the on-site crew at Desert Bus needs to sleep (really, coffee only does so much!) and for many of the volunteers homebase for the week is at Ocean Island Inn in Victoria.

They have many different types and styles of rooms all at very affordable prices, an in-house cafe and live entertainment. Thank you Ocean Island Inn for continuing to provide our out-of-town Desert Bus volunteers a place to get some rest!

Do you enjoy a rousing game of Settlers of Catan from time to time? Do you enjoy Desert Bus? Well do we have the Donation Drive for you! It’s Desert Bus: The Home Game!

This beautiful re-skin of the extremely popular board game has been DBified. Donate $11.11 or multiples thereof for your chance to win! We will be running this until 2:45 PM PST.

Enter to win before they’re decimated!

Donation Drive $13.37 x N until 12:45pm Pacific

We’ve just launched a new Donation Drive! At stake is this Magic: The Gathering Funko Pop set! Featuring the likeness of 12 of your favourite Planeswalkers!

To enter, donate $13.37 or multiples thereof until 12:45pm Pacific Time!! Enter early, enter often! These Funko Pops are very hard to come by!

We’ve got a new art contest for you, courtesy of Kate, aka Billzmom! This morning, Kate shared introduced us to “Denim Man,” a short film she directed for a class at Santa Fe Community College!

Your challenge is to create an image to illustrate where Denim Man went next! Where do you think he might have ventured off to on his motorcycle? What lies in store for our copper-riveted protagonist?

To enter, email your submission to contests@desertbus.org and use the subject line “Denim Man Art Contest”! We’re going to run this contest until 1pm Pacific Time! You’ve got until then to show us your stuff!

The top entry wins this adorable Blinkbyte Gentleman Dino Plush!

Based on the Gentleman Dinosaur character from Blinkbyte Games, and made by Tally Heilke in collaboration with Blinkbyte, he’s the picture of civility, with a well groomed moustache, top hat and monocle. Along with the plush comes a set of 5 Blinkbyte buttons, depicting this suave fellow and his dino friends.

EDIT: all the entries we received!!

People all over the world, join in, start a Food Train

Donation Drive!

$10.25 x n … for 20 minutes!

Look lively, troopers! Billzmom has taken over the driver’s chair and wasted no time in launching the first Donation Drive of her shift!

Fans of the Halo Universe, feast your eyes on this! We’re giving away this lavishly illustrated Halo Encyclopedia to the winner of this Donation Drive! Get in those donations of $10.25 (or multiples thereof)! It’s only going for about 20 minutes so hurry up and get those donations in!

Are you looking for the perfect addition to your coffee table or Halo gaming space? How about the entirety of the Halo universe at your fingertips? Look no further than the Halo Encyclopedia! There will always be something new to learn in the over 350 pages of detailed information about characters, vehicles, locations, weapons, and much more! It includes a foreword written by Frank O’Connor, the Halo franchise director.

Droid contest winners!

We have a winner in the Desert Bus Star Wars Droid contest! Our first place winner was Chiropteraboy with this outstanding design!

Chiropteraboy

As winner, Chiropteraboy will receive an Official Desert Bus 9 T-Shirt!

We also had four runners up!

And the rest of the wonderful entries!

Tara is the Geeky Hostess; she created the site in 2010. The Geeky Hostess is dedicated to incorporating geekiness into everyday life through parties, gift ideas, home decor, recipes, etiquette, fashion, and more.

This is Tara’s second year on the bus and we’re glad to have her with us again. She survived last year and came back for more! Thank you Tara for supporting and being with us on this crazy journey and helping people find out more about Desert Bus through your PR skills.

$5.55 x n until 9:50am

We’re sending off Andy’s first full driving shift with a Donation Drive! Up for grabs is a package of
very rare and unique Dungeons & Dragons items! This D&D pack includes several items never available for sale, including a leather Rage of Dragons notebook case, a Tiamat Pinny Arcade pin, a selection of 5e D&D sourcebooks, all SIGNED BY THE D&D PRODUCTION TEAM, and more!!!

D&D fanatic? Newbie looking to get into the game? Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for a D&D player for this holiday season? If any of the above describes you, you’re going to want to get your hands on this!

Until 9:50am, donate $5.55 or multiples thereof for a chance to win this pack! That’s it! As always, donate multiple times for multiple entries!