{"id":413,"date":"2010-02-07T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=413"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T03:59:45","slug":"and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/projects\/and-the-winner-is.html","title":{"rendered":"\u2026And The Winner Is\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_JGw_f7aCtEE\/S25VgoilZVI\/AAAAAAAAAps\/8H_kYSi9vK4\/s1600-h\/award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_JGw_f7aCtEE\/S25VgoilZVI\/AAAAAAAAAps\/8H_kYSi9vK4\/s400\/award.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><strong>[Click on award to expand it]<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p\/>\n<p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">255 comments in, and the winner has emerged. \u00a0Congratulations <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/naijachikita.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Chayoma<\/span><\/a><\/strong>!!! \u00a0I hope the reward was worth your effort? \u00a0Now, all you have to do is e-mail me [project@verastic.com] with an address where I will send your book &#8212; and a hand-written letter from me. \u00a0Yes, I didn&#8217;t mention this part, but I will in fact include a hand written letter. \u00a0I hope you enjoy it. \u00a0I happen to love writing letters.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Now, I must confess that I regret having only one prize. \u00a0Considering how many comments other people left &#8211; especially <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sassytrends.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Sassy Trends<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/quaggar.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Quaggar<\/span><\/a><\/strong> who left the most comments respectively. \u00a0It&#8217;s ironic that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/naijachikita.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Chayoma<\/span><\/a><\/strong> won with only one comment, and in that comment, she said, <strong><em>&#8220;Wow! This is serious! \u00a0I am only putting one comment and one comment alone. \u00a0If it was meant to be, it will be.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/naijachikita.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Chayoma&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/strong> comment was <em>comment number 251<\/em>. \u00a0However, blogger must have malfunctioned and doubled her comment because her comment appeared twice. \u00a0So, when <em>comment number 252<\/em> won, well &#8212; there goes <em>&#8220;meant to be.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p\/>\n<p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_JGw_f7aCtEE\/S25Wpc0MfdI\/AAAAAAAAAp0\/AenV40DLIh0\/s1600-h\/random+number.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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style=\"color: blue;\">Sassy Trends<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/quaggar.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Quaggar<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, but the least I could do is write them hand-written letters. \u00a0So, dear <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sassytrends.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Sassy Trends<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/quaggar.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Quaggar<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, please e-mail me [project@verastic.com] with an address where I can send your letter. \u00a0I&#8217;m sorry you didn&#8217;t win. \u00a0If I were you, I would hunt <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/naijachikita.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Chayoma<\/span><\/a><\/strong> down and snatch the book from her. \u00a0I did, naturally, consider writing a letter to everyone who participated, but time has a way of screwing up some plans. \u00a0Some day, I promise, I will surprise 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