Phil Plait will be calling in to Desert Bus for Hope
on Sunday, November 11th at 11:30am PST
Phil Plait, also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, writer, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team and has engaged in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written two science books — Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies — and a book of nerd insults with Zach Weinersmith called “2^7 Nerd Disses: A Significant Quantity of Disrespect”. He has also appeared in science documentaries, hosted “Phil Plait’s Bad Universe” on the Discovery Channel, wrote and hosted Crash Course Astronomy on YouTube, and was Head Science Writer for the first season on “Bill Nye Saves the World” on Netflix. He writes the Bad Astronomy blog hosted on SYFY.com.
Have a question for Phil Plait? Tweet @desertbus with the hashtag #DBPhil and we might ask your question on-air.
HERE IS OUR WINNING ART PIECE!! This is by Mijichu?Wannitplz!
Second place (A VERY CLOSE ONE) is by Ciijay
Honorable Mentions to Claramel, Eric Johnson, and VarionusNW…
But we had SO MANY GOOD SUBMISSIONS! So I can’t help but include every SINGLE one! If you click on them you can see them in their full glory.
The start of this year’s poster, shared on Twitter just before the run began by Mike.
We’re taking a moment to thank Michael Lunsford for their continued support of Desert Bus for Hope 2018!
You may be familiar with Michael’s work every year illustrating the Official Desert Bus for Hope poster, an amazing work of art crafted on-the-fly throughout the event. Or, you may be familiar with their current comic, Speak of the Devil, an urban fantasy mystery comic. Or, perhaps you may be familiar with their previous comic, Supernormal Step, a comic about Fiona and her adventures dealing with a strange magical parallel universe.
Thank you Michael Lunsford for your continued contributions and support of Desert Bus for Hope!
We’ve got another thing up for giveaway! Next up is a donation drive for some custom tokens by two artists on the Card Kingdom fulfillment team, Brian Hughes and Michael Plondaya!
There will be *5* winners for this draw, one token per winner!
So donate $5.55 by 8am PST to get a chance for these pretty pieces of art!
As always on Zeta, we had a calm, normal, totally-sedate shift. Here’s some of what you missed tonight.
We start the night with another round of Keep Talking and No One Legos.
TQ kindly broke out the nail polish and gave manicures to Cam and Ben
The run of “Ashdrew” the driver has come to an end. Long live Sanic. Oh wait. He crashed again. Long live Sora.
We had our first Ice Cream Cords of the run!
And finally we discussed how Desert Bus eats your memories, and what happens when you aren’t on shift doesn’t exist.
Keep watching for more hijinks!!
Hey party people, we have two silent auctions that are half-way through their duration! They are both amazing prizes donated by our crafters!
Black Lotus Stained Glass
Currently sitting at $1234.56
The World Ends With You Set
Currently at $420.00
Now is the time to get in there with your bids!!
Straight from Wizards of the Coast, comes this Full Set of Iconic Masters!
Iconic Masters offers players a tour through some of the most powerful cards in over 23 years of Magic history. Featuring new artwork on many cards, the set brings an array of massive Angels, Sphinxes, Demons, Dragons and Hydras alongside some favorite and most memorable spells.
Iconic Masters was designed to provide an exciting and unique Limited experience with cards that had never been drafted together. Unlike Modern Masters or Eternal Masters, this product is not geared to any specific format.
Donate $6.23 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 5:33am PST.
We have two AMAZING silent auctions that just went live, both donated by our talented crafters!
Black Lotus Stained Glass
This elegant, classic yet universally recognizable Black Lotus stained glass piece will bring glory and majesty to your house/church/temple/palace/shrine/spaceship/dungeon and bless all your gaming endeavors. It is composed of 45 pieces of glass, each cut, ground, and painted by hand. It was assembled by wrapping each glass piece in copper foil and soldering them together, with a length of came wrapped around the perimeter and a black patina finish.
The World Ends With You Set
Are you excited about the new release of The World Ends With You? Show your player pride with the two anti-pill fleece scarves that measure 6 in wide by 59.5 in long (15.24 cm X 151.13cm). The Noise patches are embroidered on duck cloth and are able to be ironed or sewn onto items. All items are washable with normal washing. Don’t be “So Zetta Slow” and bid on this set now!
Nobody likes waiting. This resin painting is perfect for both Nobodies and people have been waiting thirteen years for a specific video game to come out. This 16 inch x 12 inch canvas painting is perfect to fill the dark void in your heart where video games are supposed to live. Painted in a 
style inspired by the iconic Dive into the Heart stained glass in Kingdom Hearts, this painting is made up of layers and layers of paint between layers and layers of epoxy resin. The result is a painting that shines as bright as friendship and the hope that we don’t have to keep waiting much longer.
This is BEAUTIFUL in person, get it up on your wall!!
Donate $7.13 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 3:33am PST.
If you’re looking for the recently released “Guilds of Ravnica” set, this is not it. If you care about the general factions and really like white, good news! This set of “guilds” of Ravnica ceramic bowls embody the colors of the Orzhov Syndicate, the Azorius Senate, the Selesnya Conclave, and the
Boros Legion in the clay bodies of the dish. Utilizing 3D printing, the symbol of each guild was stamped and filled into the bottom of the bowl, and covered in a transparent glaze. This renders the bowls as not only food safe, but also feud safe, as you decide the fate of Ravnica.
Bowls are great. You can eat out of them.
Donate $8.10 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 1:55am PST.