{"id":499,"date":"2008-01-18T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/01\/i-need-your-votes.html"},"modified":"2008-01-18T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T06:48:00","slug":"i-need-your-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/01\/i-need-your-votes.html","title":{"rendered":"I Need Your Vote(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Last week I mentioned<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/jasonboyett.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/change-chicago-and-paw-paw.html\">my entry in a contest<\/a> put together by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changeffect.com\/\">ChangeEffect<\/a>, a design group in Chicago. <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The goal:<\/span> write an essay about how a certain change has had a profound effect on your life. <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The prize:<\/span> a three-day, two-night, airfare-and-hotel-paid trip to Chicago, complete with a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<p>Because I have an unfortunate fondness for the Cubs, I plan to win this contest. My essay is about my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changeffect.com\/singleStory.php?id=40\">about my paternal grandfather, Paw-Paw<\/a>, and how my outlook about him (and myself) changed when I heard his tale of being shot down and imprisoned as a P.O.W. in Nazi Germany during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The winning entry will be determine by popular vote. So&#8230;I need your help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.changeffect.com\/singleStory.php?id=40\">Please go here to read my story<\/a>, which is titled &#8220;The Day I Met Paw-Paw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changeffect.com\/vote.php\">click on &#8220;VOTE&#8221; to vote for my story<\/a>. Find my name, click the button, and enter your name and email address. You can vote once per computer and address.<\/p>\n<p>If you have time to read the other stories, then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changeffect.com\/viewAllStories.php\">they&#8217;re all collected here<\/a>. I certainly wouldn&#8217;t ask you to vote for me without considering the other options. Wait, yes I would. (In fact, I&#8217;m doing so now.) But if you want to read the others and THEN vote me, then go right ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, thanks for your vote. Much appreciated. I&#8217;ll send you a postcard from Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I mentioned my entry in a contest put together by ChangeEffect, a design group in Chicago. The goal: write an essay about how a certain change has had a profound effect on your life. The prize: a three-day, two-night, airfare-and-hotel-paid trip to Chicago, complete with a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. 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