$49 for Eggers cause.

The Rake would like to hear from Mr. Eggers about his stance on the whole "introduction brouhaha" and will pay good money to a good cause to make it happen.  I'd love to see Eggers stop by and talk about it with us blog folk - look, everyone wins: Infinite Jest gets discussed more, we get good back and forth about the nature of introductions, we can ask him about opportunities lost, maybe we all walk away feeling that we're on the same team.  That said, he might as well tie rare cuts of steak to his abdomen and wade out into the Gulf of Mexico.  And I suspect that he knows it.
However.  The 826 cause is, in fact, a very good one.  With that in mind, I'll raise it another $49.
Dig deep, folks.  Think of the children.