Daoism instructs us that everything contains its opposite, and in every triumph is a kernel of failure. Thus is it always, as we recently learned here at Desert Bus for Hope.
It began when we auctioned off the Pinny Arcade pin set for a palindromic $5,005 to rkcr, which was not only our highest auction total of this year, but also enabled the Bid for Power achievement by breaking the $5,000 threshold.
But at that very moment came a stern lesson in the oneness of all things as a driver — who we will not mortify by citing here any further than may be necessary — lost control of the vehicle long enough to induce our first crash of DB7, and thus earn the ignoble Don’t Stop Me Now! achievement. (All we will say is: if you lend a car to a friend and they cause an accident, it is your premiums that will suffer, and not theirs.)
Nevertheless, some perspective is in order. At this point last year we had already nine crashes. Let us then recall the words of Laozi:
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
I think the connection to Desert Bus speaks for itself.
I think that we have all learned something important about friendship this shift:
We have honoured our fallen with our Ode to the Fallen – Creeper Edition
We recreated famous gifs
(bonus internet points if you can match them up to their original counter parts)
Alex got us to $175,000 OMG!!! Tally saw us tick over $185,000!
Even more after the break 😀
We had some special guests visit the Moon Base and we even got us got us the Cheevo for having the guys from Al Jazeera on camera AND we got over 1000 Likes on a FB post!
A very generous Teller of Penn & Teller called in!!! (he would be Waffleman, in case you missed that)
And then Suprise!!! Penn (or Chicken Head/Man Foot) called in!
And we had an art challenge featuring Penn & Teller’s very creative Super Heroes + Villains
Paul and Storm called in and we had an impromptu live auction.
The chat continued to show their affection for silica gel
We don’t always understand you Chat, but we still love you. <3
Congrats awesomejeka!
Very Awesome 
Doctor Tally was so excited about your entries we just had to include some honorable mentions here!
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- Honorable Mention from Citricacid83
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- Honorable Mention from Haberley
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- Honorable Mention from Merav
Warning! Incoming Live Auction!
Ready your wallets. At 2:00pm PST (about an hour and a half from now) this huge lot of Penny Arcade pins will go up for auction.
The winner of the auction will get pins from Loading Ready Run, Wizards of the Coast, and Hidden Path Entertainment. Everyone should have a Professor Pigglesworth Pin!
Draw them for the current art challenge! You can win the Scribblenauts prize pack:
EDIT: We know we have distracted you with our impromptu live auction so we are extending this to 12:30pm PST (about another 30 minutes)
Teller (& Penn) is calling in NOW!!!
We are proud to announce that Teller of Penn & Teller is calling in!
They have been performing together since the late 1970’s combining comedy and magic. Currently they are headlining at The Rio in Las Vegas – Penn serving as the orator and Teller the silent partner who communicates through mime. They have had multiple successful TV shows, the best known being Penn & Teller: Bullshit! and Penn & Teller: Fool Us (if you haven’t seen them yet you are missing out).
Put your questions in the comments below!
Edit: OMG Penn just surprised us with an unscheduled call in!
@ 11am PST – Paul and Storm will be calling in!
“Borrowed” from the Official Website:
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 Crazy. 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).
Oh! and here is their kickstarter! Check it out
Post your Questions below
OOPS! Sorry folks! Tally was a little tired so this is actually happening tonight.
Custom avatar, 3 Megacynics prints and Desert Bus doodle by Ash Vickers <– Live Auction is starting in just under an hour and a half (at 11pm PST)
Also:
We have received exactly NO submissions for the Cheevo “Walrus Tickle Dance Bance”
This makes us sad. E-mail us at Chevos@desertbus.org with your creation.
Use this image as a background to create your cheevo-specific image.
Check out our Official DB007 Poster
only available until the end of our run for the low low price of $12.00 USD so order it now!
As the sun rises over the Moonbase the crew is hard at work dancing (and in some cases “dancing”) for your viewing pleasure.
We want to take a moment to bring to your attention some Silent Auctions that are up right now and will be closing in the next while – so get your bid on!
Under 3 hours left on these Auctions!!!
Epic fox hat
Crono from Chrono Trigger: Pixel Art
Even more ending in just under 7 hours! Right now these auctions are going for a silly cheap so go now!
Why are you guys up so early? Oh, right… FOR THE CHILDREN!
Huge thank you to everyone who entered the contest – it has taken TWO bloggers to get through all of them! There were so many great entries we wish we could share all of them with you. It was extremely hard to pick a winner but after much deliberation we are excited to announce the winner of the Minecraft Creeper Doll is…
Technomancy
A moment of silence for our fallen brothers and sisters.
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Thank you to all our runners up:
