Posted on 03/08/2009 10:28:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance. Now, thanks to an Internet marketing campaign and unlikely allies, Edwards has become the human face of homelessness to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name — Pimp This Bum. During regular Webcasts, dozens of visitors to www.pimpthisbum.com/ ask questions about Edwards' life and his slow fall from office manager with a home, a car, and a future to an outcast short of hope and with little prospect of help.
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ROTFLMAO! Now that looks like something I would do.
“Tim Edwards has become the human face of homelessness”
Offer him a job, see if he accepts. Don’t hold your breath.
dozens of visitors to www.pimpthisbum.com ask questions about Edwards' life and his slow fall from office manager with a home, a car, and a future to an outcast short of hope and with little prospect of helpI have a question -- who the hell wears a stocking cap in Houston (that isn't a street thug, that is)?
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