Oh, team Zeta Shift. There are so many things which go on, and such incredibly funny events, and I love working this shift. Here’s what you missed.
This is QWERPline. It was bussing hysterical.
Ashton issued a photoshop contest for Sad Cowboy Paul. The results were HYSTERICAL, but the winner just broke me, at like 1am. Way before we normally break.
It was also a Musical Theater-inspired shift! We sang an outrageous amount of songs, and then this thing happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fwuq4uIDGg
I posted up the feels from two nights ago in this blog post, and overall it was a silly, sweet, and very funny shift. Have a great day, Desert Bus.
It’s InfiniteJest!
“Such doge, much desert
Raise money, for children, wow
QWOP balls, much derp, Doge”
Congratulations!
The rest of the submissions are, en masse, below the cut. We got LOTS of them!
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Dan Miley:
Feel such emotion,
The doge command for wow dude.
Desert bus so good.
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Mr Guy
I do not believe
that I can write a haiku
in thirty minutes.
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TheStorne:
wow, doge is so good
everyone love doge much
and doge love you too
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Christina LIddle:
Err mah gerd a doge!
Oh such doge. So very doge.
Why you look so swag?
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pimento:
very rules, much strict
this line must have seven beats
wow, all the success
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Jonas Obrist:
Furui basu
Doshu ga odoru
Kane no oto
Translated:
An old bus,
The doge is dancing,
The sound of money
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Sherlock:
November, such cold
Wow, very fundraising, many Doge
Do want, good childrens
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Adam Douglas:
Bussing so hard now
Much dance, very crash, club hard
QWOPING Doge, for child
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niconorsk
On the fiftieth
All that I wish to behold
The great doge K9
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Wow, Such Syllable
Five Seven Five Doges Here
Perfect Poetry
With Such Golden Fur
With Such humorous language
With Such Shibe Doge
Wow, Such Poetry
Wow, Very Much Funny Doge
Perfect Syllable
(Donor Account Arigah)
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LordSparks
What is up my doge?
I can make your head a splode
Go check your emails.
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CapnHat
Much Doge, very rhyme
Jamie needs to stay forever
HashTag Zeta Shift
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Goehle
desert bus rolls on
team zeta derps through the night
many qwops, such doge
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Sky
Such charity. Wow.
Existential desert road
Very spirit quest!
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Adam Gould:
wow such desert bus
Doge remains funny all night
[chat intensifies]
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Donate. So Children.
Zeta shift wow amaze bus.
Such Haiku. Much Doge.
-RedRaptor
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Mr. Guy
He has the cutest face
But that tail looks kinda ‘shopped
What is up, my doge?
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“Tragedy of Doge
The Floating Words Haunt My Dreams
Will Never Know Peace”
Zoz
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Such stare. Wow. The doge
Watching bus. Watching you. Drive
Forever always.
-QuarterNote
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wow, such poem format
very syllabels like wind
so flow and fitting
//Varya
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Hey there, little Doge.
Sitting on the lower third.
…Don’t eat the timer.
—Anubis169
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A Shiba Inu.
Praise given sarcastically.
One meme for the job.
-WAYF.
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wow, doge is so good
everyone love doge much
and doge love you too
– The Storne
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Dancing in a hat of Doge
Money For Children
Desert Bus Full of Hope
– Douglas COulombe
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Ezio will kill
That dastardly evil Doge
for his scurf of eden
Noob Doge Noob Doge Noob
Doge Doge Doge Bus Noob Bus Doge
Bus Bus Bus Noob Bus
Hello, Ladies – I’m
The man you wish your Doge was
Now I’m on a Bus
MrVerbal
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Donate. So Children.
Zeta shift wow amaze bus.
Such Haiku. Much Doge.
-RedRaptor
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Many Spacebid, Wow
For the children, much money
Such Crash. Dammit Matt
– Pseudo Mcnim
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wow, much desert bus
many bug splat, so green
no crash, much fun, wow
– Ryan Williams
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Wow such Doge haiku
Doge donates doge love children
Much bus So desert
Doge thanks you for reading dogeku
Doge continues to watch
~TheMadTweaker
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Bus has many hats
Jingle chicken, toothy fish
The Doge rules them all
Thanks,
Melanie (oceangreen)
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shibe sees his tail
chases it, gets it, bites it
wow. much hurt. such pain
– Chton
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Desert Bus – so wow /
Child’s Play – much donations /
Very insane time
Jontall
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What is Doge, Google?
Venetian Duke? No. Puppy.
Silly internet.
– Alexander Olson
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Doge. Very Colour.
Much words, so fragments. New think!
All wow. Need Kitty?
Cheers,
thenerdemperor
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Many doge can tricks
But none quite as well as Sir
Ranger Danger doge
– hUBBEKING
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Doge Haiku. Much Write
Much donate. Such dance. Great Bus
Super kids, Zeta
– Jeremiah
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Such Haiku, much words
Special Bus,Driver No Crash
So excite, Zeta Shift
– Geoffrey Hazlewood
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such much very wow
I am Busser, donate now!
wow wow plz wow
– LuckieDuckie
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People bussing intensely,
the doges barking insanely
all for the children.
from Dim
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The noble doge. Wow.
Much lineage, such breeding.
Doge snuggle, so love.
– Katie Cook
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Wow! Much sick children
Very money to Child’s Play
Desert Bus so Hope
Rolling on desret
So dusk, so night, have bugsplat
Such boring gameplay
– Francois
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such smoosh face shibe
much joy meme so bus power
whoops, missed a line . wow
– Brian Orlick
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Doge, bus to bring toys
to all the good girls and boys
be quick they are sick
– Patrick Crowthers
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By amylouise
“Doge on desert bus/
Can stop at every bus stop/
Much pee, many marks, wow”
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Bah! What is a doge?
Doge or doge there is no not.
Go home doge your drunk.
– Dane Stobbe
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Too many word float
Buzz like fly, very bother
Please much bug spray, yes?
– ArcadeStarlet
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A doge is such love
A doge is many happy
But doge crashed bus
Who cares what fox say?
There’s only one I care for.
Doge says such break Kate.
Doge tries speech jammer
Puts headphones on it’s cute head
Doge does not speak words.
Doge is cute doggy
Gets all of the loving pets
Yeyeyeyeye
– Gregory Skeels
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So help children, very good.
much sleep deprevation qwop
almost dong, very whale dong.
Evil_Smurf
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I want a doctor
I call a telephone box
“No sir, this is doge”
– Drecon
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Such Haiku, much words
Special Bus,Driver No Crash
So excite, Zeta Shift
– Geoffrey H
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Haikus they count to
syllables, five seven five
oh bus man, such doge!
– Fredrik
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Need to go sleep soon/
Watching cute doge video/
Staying up way late/
– Ryver
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So much comic sans/a cute little shiba and/those clever captions.
by Elfowlgirl
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Just in on Derp Line
Who Says Doge can’t make Music
Watch Ass 2: AirDoge
– Mark Denker
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wow such bus many monies
many monkee dance for the child
burmashave
love thisisthechris
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Foreign paw-em. Wow.
So meta. Such syllables.
Ruff crowd. Many effort.
– Combine non elite
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wow wow wow wow wow
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
wow wow wow wow wow
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Empty desert road
Here in eternal twilight
Such dance, much children
– Artemis
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Immensely bright eyes,
that stare at us from corner.
Who dare not love Doge?
– Alejandro Pro
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such haikew
sevn silabuls go hear
much mistakes, my bad
– Merav
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Money for childrens.
We no stop. Plz! More Money.
Such meme. So laugh. Wow!
– inquisitorjl
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Bear hat given love.
Final form revealed, doge hat.
Wow cute, such perfect.
-Zalpar
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Once upon a time,
The gods called for a hero,
And so Doge was born.
He scaled high walls,
Conquered many kingdoms,
And there was great Doge.
Then he grew ancient,
Waxed on his victories old,
And so died a god.
Doge.
– Granville Parham
We have a lot of support from media coming in every day, from forums to big-time articles. Though we can’t thank each and every one of them (seriously, we’d love to if we could) we’d like to take some time to send out very special thanks to the following paragons:
Our first batch of steaming hot special thanks goes to Alexandria Brown of the Boulder Gaming Examiner for her article “Desert Bus for Hope uses worst game to fund-raise for charity”, which not only encouraged readers to visit Desert Bus and watch our snazzy for-the-children antics, but also gave a solid history of both the charity and the Penn and Teller game, which she rightly dubs the worst video game ever. Ever.
Next, a big time shout out to our friends over at FANGAMER for their encouragement and promotion of the awesome Jon Kay Desert Bus 7 tee shirts.
And finally, extra special with a cherry on top thanks to Phil Plait (of Bad Astronomy fame) and Slate.com for the article “Take a Ride with Me on Desert Bus. For the Children!” It’s always great to hear from Phil, and his support is nothing short of fantastic. Thanks for the kind words and all the help you give us doing what we do FOR THE CHILDREN!
Addendum: Because it somehow missed my list of posts to praise, Siobhan Harper over at Dojit was one of the first to lead the charge with her article “Why You Should Watch Desert Bus” way back on November 15th! The article is not only informative and supportive of our cause but it’s also a good read. Thanks for your hard work, Siobhan! We here at Desert Bus really do appreciate it.
Magic: The Gathering rules, and the place where it rules is Card Kingdom. Card Kingdom is an MTG shop physically located in Seattle, WA, but their awesome inventory of tabletop games, apparel, cards and paraphernalia is also available on cardkingdom.com. Want to rep your Ravnica guild with a T-Shirt? Selling MTG singles? Looking for bulk playsets, stylish accessories, or the last Mythic for your deck? Look here.
The folks who run Card Kingdom have also been known to sponsor LoadingReadyRun MTG drafts. So if you like live-stream LRR features (kind of like Desert Bus Driver Cam, but with Magic), you may thank Card Kingdom for supporting that, too.
Card Kingdom continues to be an amazing sponsor of Desert Bus for Hope and has once again provided us with uncut foil sheets of Magic Cards. In past years these sheets have been amongst our highest grossing auction lots.
Thank you, Card Kingdom, for your continued and invaluable support of Desert Bus for Hope.
Two nights ago we gathered some amazing stories and feels. I compiled them into a text document and now they’re finally here.
Click https://www.dropbox.com/s/dt4ls6965j1i7sb/Feels.txt to go download it.
All the hugs, guys.

The following auctions will expire at 6 am:
MtG Mana Buttons and Bracelets
And these have just begun!
Hand drawn Eevee button set
Signed Ultima Collector’s Guide
And the winner is…. cyono!!!
Amazing. The rest of the entries are below the cut!
AAAAAnd an awesome video submission sent in by Simon AJ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exC2zNUZrY4&feature=youtu.be
Every night I come on shift and am just blown away by how awesome the silent auctions are. Seriously, guys, go bid on these, they’re amazing.
The following auctions will end at 2am PST:
And the following will be expiring at 6am PST:
These frankly astonishing Ravnica bar glasses, in a handsome set:
You Cannot Pass calligraphy
MtG Mana Buttons and Bracelets
WAAAAAAAAARGHH!

(OK, I’m mixing franchises here…)
Graham challenged all you closet LARPers to put together a D&D costume out of stuff around the house. The winner was Jovesh! Congratulations!

Jovesh the looter is shown stealing the Jade Dragon Statue from the High Emperor. He protects himself with his Scale Armor of Invisibility, which he thought would make him invisible, but just made the armor invisible. Wielding his Longsword of Bluntness, which does Bludgeoning damage. The Hat of Detection, which displays an eye when he is detected. As well as his Ring of Luck (only bad luck) and Goggles of Farseeing (he is a little nearsighted) he has a menagerie of items which he has collected over the his adventuring career.
The rest of the entries are below the cut.
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- I am the Cablemancer Ziploc Calphalon. Upon my chest I wear a Tunic of Brilliance +2 to take me through the darkest power shortages. In my right hand I carry Omnius, a semi-concious being capable of bringing several electopsychic minions to life.The other mystic cables upon my person do my bidding, reaching out to entangle and manipulate on this plane and lower ones.
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- Hi! My name is Jill, and this is a photo of me and my animal companion setting off on a quest. I am a ranger, of course, as you can tell by my lack of schools. It’s the best I can do for my Move Silently skill until those elvish boots finally drop. I am wearing my backpack of holding which contains, among other things, my twin Great Axes. Why is it pink? Why not! Who said you can’t look cute while destroying the forces of evil? And my metal vial holds a potion of…milk. Even a ranger has to worry about nutrition after all. As for my animal companion…well I try to outfit the beast as best I can, but working with a creature with an intelligence score this low is challenging. And don’t even ask how much money I spent on that +5 Belt of Concealment. I don’t think I need to tell you why!
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- Before you stands Myrgiol Marshmettle, an aged dwarven witch. Her beard may have faded from fiery red, to grim grey, to wintery white, but she is every bit as ready for adventure as the first day she left the tunnels of her home. She is wearing a heavy duty cloak for long travels. The pink sunhat helps keep the sun out of her sensitive eyes, and besides, who doesn’t love eye-searing pastel pink? Her sweats and slippers are for comfort; you try running all over the world in your late 230s! And lastly, the shirt is +5 to charisma, for excellent taste in sketch comedy merchandise.
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- after a wayward spell, Lady Christine the Bard is now a dog, and forced to figure out how to play and ukelele without hands.
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- In the cold fog filled streets of Lindinway, The City of Passage, thunders the footfalls of a beast. It’s towering figure lifts massive feet over the cobblestone road, windows shake with every step. Standing at 13 feet 4 inches, stands a full blooded Ogre. Thick weathered fingers lift a wallet sized to him, a bright silver badge falls from it’s inner pocket.
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- I am a wizard with a fox familiar; Robe of Energy for +2 lightning power, chainmail headdress for +3 defense, necklace of +2 perception (and fandom references), and a Flower of Photosynthesis which allows me to draw energy from the sun for +1 attack.
And here are the rest of the entries!

























































































