Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment both here and on Christina Kim’s blog. It was nearly impossible narrowing it down to only two winners. Your ideas and suggestions were awesome! Nonetheless, we have finally come to a decision…

P.S. I am loud.

After a year of tweeting “the retweet is the new chest bump”, I have decided the time has come. Every good saying needs a t-shirt, right? Otherwise it’s not official… duh.

The shirts will be available here around the end of the month. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think of the design and shirt colors. Is there a color you’d like to see added to the mix? I really appreciate your feedback. *chest bump*

I know you’ve all been scratching and shivering waiting for your Sweet Tweets fix, so this week you get a double dose of tweetastic humor! WOOT! This week we are giving away the “Rockstar” poken from PokenGirl.com!

If you haven’t been filled in yet, pokens are the newest, freshest craze in social media and networking. Pokens are simply digital business cards. Each unique poken character has a USB cord attached (the “hand”) that when plugged into your computer, uploads all of your new contacts’ information to your own personal poken profile.

I personally love the idea of not having to worry about designing, printing, schlepping or losing paper business cards. You simply touch pokens (or “high four”) and voila! You’re connected. Woooooohoooooo!! This is going to be the standard. That’s why I love spreading the poken gospel! You can read more about these cool little devices here.

This is the final week that PokenGirl.com will be giving away a poken to the person with the funniest tweet of the week - as voted on by YOU! Please vote for your favorite tweet in the comments below. Voting will end on Monday, March 1 at 12:00pm (noon).

In the coming days/weeks, you may submit funny tweets for consideration to speedraser72[at]gmail[dot]com with “Sweet Tweets” in the subject line.

Enjoy!

I really, really, really, really need your help!!! Our family friend Elizabeth Chalker, 39 years old, was an accomplished forensic and sports psychologist. She’s been sick half of her life and completely debilitated the last 7 years with severe Late Stage Lyme Disease and Endometriosis. In bed 98% of the day… Horrific 24/7 pain from her head to her toes that prescription pain medication does not take a way… 24/7 migraines and nausea that only change in level of severity… Unable to stand without holding on to something or falling down… Seizures… Shaking… Severe neurological issues… Must crawl when she can get out of bed… Can barely talk… AND she lives totally ALONE, abandoned by family, friends, even her church! Yet she has the best attitude and strongest faith you can imagine! What an inspiration!

Elizabeth lives in South Florida. The only doctor who can help her is in Washington State. Without this treatment she will DIE. But, treatment will take many months and tens of thousands of dollars. She currently has no insurance coverage. Elizabeth’s resources are exhausted from years of being misdiagnosed and being administered improper treatments as a result. She now has the correct diagnoses and a team of doctors who can appropriately treat her complex case.

She is in desperate need of funds for…
(1) Private plane or air ambulance ($50,000)
(2) At LEAST a year of treatment ($50,000 - $60,000)
(3) Medications, rent, food, and a part time caretaker ($40,000 - $50,000)

Please help with…
(1) Any size DONATION
(2) Contacts with a PRIVATE PLANE
(3) Referrals for a CARETAKER in the Seattle area
(4) Retweeting/sharing this post with your networks

After indescribable torture for half her life, Elizabeth finally has a chance… or she will DIE! Please, Please, Please dig deep in your pockets and help Elizabeth get her miracle… before it’s too late!!!

If you are interested in sponsoring or organizing a fundraiser to help Elizabeth please email:
ecdonations@mindspring.com

Read more about Elizabeth’s story: www.helpelizabeth.net
To contribute using PayPal go here

If you’ve been keeping up with Twitter, you may have noticed what Christina Kim surprised me with after my 1up victory in the inaugural CKJR showdown. If not, well, that’s what I’m here to brag about. Christina was sweet enough to have the people over at Titleist build me a custom Scotty Cameron prototype putter! She even had Scotty Cameron, himself, stamp “Speed Raser” onto the back!! Plus, she went out of her way to overnight it so I would recieve it before I left town to head out on tour. Can you believe her?! I am so blessed to have made such an amazing new friend, all because of the power of social media! #twitterandfoursquareftw

In keeping with the spirit of giving, Christina and I would like to give away some stuff. We don’t want this to be all about us, we want YOU to have an active role! We are tapping into uncharted waters here, people. We need your input and feedback in this adventure.

Both Christina and I are passionate about showing the world a completely different side of golf. We want to do something hip, fresh, and different. We strive to be both innovative and unique. In the end, we hope to bring a totally new audience into the game.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support and encouragement!

Check out the video below and give us some feedback in the comments!

*chest bumps all around*

Sweet Tweets is back with a vengeance and this week we’re giving away the popular “Bling” poken from PokenGirl.com!

If you haven’t been filled in yet, pokens are the newest, freshest craze in social media and networking. Pokens are simply digital business cards. Each unique poken character has a USB cord attached (the “hand”) that when plugged into your computer, uploads all of your new contacts’ information to your own personal poken profile.

I personally love the idea of not having to worry about designing, printing, schlepping or losing paper business cards. You simply touch pokens (or “high four”) and voila! You’re connected. Woooooohoooooo!! This is going to be the standard. That’s why I love spreading the poken gospel! You can read more about these cool little devices here.

For the next two weeks, PokenGirl.com will be giving away a poken to the person with the funniest tweet of the week - as voted on by YOU! Please vote for your favorite tweet in the comments below. Voting will end on Monday, February 15 at 12:00pm (noon).

In the coming days/weeks, you may submit funny tweets for consideration to speedraser72[at]gmail[dot]com with “Sweet Tweets” in the subject line.

Enjoy!

I am so happy to announce that gospeedraser.com and Blu Frog Energy are co-sponsors of Cents of Relief’s Party For A Purpose in NYC!

Cents of Relief (501c3) was founded by my highschool buddy, Anup Patel and his fiance Rina Patel to help provide healthcare to women and children caught up in human trafficking / sex trade. Anup is one of the most brilliant, hard-working, and compassionate people I have ever come to know. He credits his fiance, Rina, as being the driving force behind the organization. She is such a strong, sweet, and dedicated woman. I’m happy to help such unselfish and deserving friends.

Anup co-founded Cents of Relief after working with women and children trafficked into prostitution. He has written and lectured about the health consequences arising from human trafficking at various conferences and universities and recently been cited in the New York Times bestseller book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”

As plastic and reconstructive surgical resident at Yale University, he assisted in the establishment of annual burn missions through a partnership with the Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Operation Smile. Anup remains active in addressing and developing policy measures to reduce the surgical burden of disease through initiatives by Cents of Relief.

He obtained his undergraduate degress in economics, biochemistry, and molecular genetics from the University of Florida and his M.D. and M.B.A from Yale University.

Rina co-founded Cents of Relief with Anup in 2003 at the University of Florida. While Anup worked in India over the summer of 2002 he wrote to Rina about the women and children he was working with. Together Rina and Anup colloborated on ideas for projects to help victims of human trafficking and Rina began to develop the Cents of Relief website (new site launch on March 11th at Party for a Purpose). With a background in computer science, Rina also developed an e-mentoring program which Cents of Relief has had a pilot launch of in Kolkatta and hopes to fully launch this year.

Rina is currently working as a business productivity advisor for a software company out of Boston. She obtained her undergraduate degree and masters in computer science from the University of Florida.



If you live in New York City, or will be there March 11, 2010, we would love it if you came out to support this worthy cause. I mean it’s at Jay Z’s 40/40 Club and tickets are only $25 bucks in advance ($30 at the door). Not to mention there is a free vodka hour and free Aveda mini day spa included! Need I say more?!?! I’ll be there with some friends from Orlando and would love to throw back some Cristal with you!

HOVA! HOVA! HOVA!

You can buy tickets here

Please pass the word along to your friends and networks!

Thanks so much to Ryan Ballengee from waggleroom.com for this. Ryan was one of the first golf bloggers in history to get PGA Tour media credentials. I feel humbled and flattered by both him asking me (us) to do this interview, and by the interest the golf world has taken in this match with my friend, LPGA Tour pro and Solheim Cup star, Christina Kim. I look forward to continuing to bring the golf world and social media world together and strive to really do something different!

Once again, this week’s edition of Sweet Tweets is being sponsored by PokenGirl.com.

If you haven’t heard of pokens, you’ve obviously been living under a large fail whale… or maybe in it’s belly. They are the newest craze in social media. Pokens are simply digital business cards. I think it’s much more than a craze, though. It’s completely realistic to believe that these little guys will become the standard in networking, socializing, and business(ing). Nothing else is done on paper these days. How much longer will people really be using paper business cards? They’re such a hassle on both ends. You can read more about pokens in last week’s edition of Sweet Tweets!

For the next three weeks, PokenGirl.com will be giving away a poken to the person with the funniest tweet of the week - as voted on by YOU! Please vote for your favorite tweet in the comments below. Voting will end on Monday, February 1 at 12:00pm (noon).

This week we are giving away the noche de sangre poken! If my Spanish skills serve me right, that means “night of the blood”. oooohhhh! Pretty intense, huh? In the coming days/weeks, you may submit funny tweets for consideration to speedraser72[at]gmail[dot]com with “Sweet Tweets” in the subject line.

Enjoy!

(and yes, I know I went a little crazy with @jane_bot. You don’t have to vote for her, but you best be following her!)