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  • Emily Nokes

Moved up to remind you that time is running out to win the awesome book-nerd prize (donate by 5 p.m.) or get your Slog tag (donate by tomorrow at noon and be thought of as a better person in Slog comments for the whole next year!).

Our heads are still spinning from this morning's impossibly awesome news. Personally, I feel a little faint. Someone bring me some nog!?

And now to this past weekend's adorable prize-winners! First, the winner of the big-ass art prize package—that's a $100 gift certificate to Kasala, a household membership to Henry Art Gallery, and full tuition for any class at the School of Visual Concepts (up to $500!)—is... the aptly named Egan Orion!

I want all the art things because I haven’t paid my utility bill and if they turn off my water then at least I can eat paint. And because I’ve been a good boy.

A nog-cheers to you, sir! Be a little bad today—you've earned it. And the winner of the food-eater's giant prize package—that's a $100 gift certificate to Oddfellows, AND a $50 gift certificate to Dragonfish, AND a $40 gift certificate to Rainbow Remedies, AND a $75 gift certificate to Central Co-op—is... Jessica!

I LOVE FOOD! Food is better than a heated blanket on a chilly Seattle night, better than having your bus transfer be timed perfectly to minimize rain exposure, better than any cup of morning coffee. Give me a mushroom-and-goat-cheese quiche for breakfast, some scrumptious fish tacos for lunch, the-hotter-the-better wings during a Seahawks victory [sad trombone—Jessica wrote this on Saturday], lamb korma to warm up my insides on a winter night, Grandma's enchiladas on Christmas Eve... Sorry if I went over the word limit, I could go on and on about FOOD!

We feel you, Jessica... and now I want quiche.

Hey, everybody! If you haven't gotten around to donating yet, we're going to keep going through tomorrow at noon, with one more prize package! It's for the book nerds, and it includes a $50 gift certificate to University Bookstore, a pair of Town Hall memberships, and signed copies of five Sherman Alexie books... we are totally not going to swipe any of this here at the office, even though we really want to. To WIN the super literary package: Donate by 5 p.m. today and forward your receipt to us with why life's better through corrective lenses in 100 words or less. The best reason wins!

• Pearl Jam fans: GO HERE TO GIVE! • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans: GO HERE TO GIVE! • Slog fans: GO HERE TO GIVE!

AND LAST CHANCE for the gift that keeps on giving all year long TO YOU on Slog! Give at least $25 to the Orion Center, then forward us your receipt and your commenter handle, and we'll give you a commenter tag on Slog that says SLOG FAN, MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FAN, or PEARL JAM FAN! Your choice!

At noon tomorrow, we'll have the final, very grand total.