It's the best story from Emerald City you never heard.

As Scott, Kris, Dave and I ascended the podium to do our special live "Webcomics Weekly" performance, we saw that a small, plastic crate had been placed behind the table, addressed to the four of us.

When we opened the package, we were greeted with the view you see to the right. A bottle of Bushmill's Irish Whiskey, a bottle of sour mix, a jar of maraschino cherries, four glasses and some plastic spoons -- all the makings of whiskey sours (a drink discussed at length during a few of our podcasts).

Needless to say, it was one of the finest panel discussions any of us could remember.

The masterminds were anonymous, but we found them out eventually. One of them has a project that he'd like to spread the word about. And I'm a soft touch to anyone who buys me a drink -- let along packs a crate full of them. So listen up:

Marissa is a baby girl who was diagnosed with Infantile Spasms on February 15th of 2008. Infantile Spasms is a serious pediatric epileptic condition that could leave her mentally and physically disabled for life - or worse. Her family has started Marissa's Bunny, a fund-raising site, to help offset what are certainly horrendous medical bills.

A raffle has started over at the site with all proceeds going towards Marissa and Joseph's future medical costs, split 50/50 between long term care funds for both children [Joseph is not Marissa's brother, as I originally reported, but rather he's another child with the same condition].

Prizes are being added in all the time, but for now the biggest one is an iPad 2. To top that off, for every $1000 in tickets that are purchased, five (5) iPads will be given to the Marissa's Bunny Foundation to give away to families with special needs. To continue a trend that was started awhile back, in addition to the iPads at every $1000 mark, matching funds by a corporate entity to the tune of $27,500 will be going to UNICEF for aid to children in Japan affected by the earthquakes.

You can register for a chance to win for two bucks. Do it right now and you get to feel good about yourself for the rest of the day. :)

Courting Disaster, my weekly comic about sex, love, and relationships updates every Friday. You'll laugh your pants off.

Every once in a while, we have a week with a bonus question, and this is one of those weeks.

A reader writes... Q.: I met a girl at my friend's wedding. She was his cousin. We hit it off incredibly well for a couple months but then she and I both started going through (very similar) health problems at the same time. It messed with both of us - physically and mentally - and I managed to upset her and she managed to upset me quite a few times.

Over spring break, I went on a road trip with the intent of getting away from all the situations making my health problems worse. I wound up passing by her town. While I was there (she knew my route was taking me through there in advance) I texted her and said that I knew we'd been fighting lately but if she wanted to see me, I'd be happy to visit for a minute before I headed out.

She made the whole thing into this messed-up, creepy, manipulative drama, and she stopped talking to me afterward. That was about two weeks ago. A week ago, I texted her to ask if she would just talk to me to let me know what was even going on because I really didn't get what had happened.

She basically said she wants me out of her life.

Me, I'm still going through health problems and they're making it harder to move on than it probably would be otherwise but even without those I still care deeply about this girl. I've written a handwritten letter explaining to her my health problems - which I had kept from her because she was going through her own - and that my being there hadn't had anything to do with her and that I hope she'll let me back into her life one day and maybe we can be friends again but that, if not, I wish her health, happiness and joy every day of her life.

If I send it, this will be the last time I try to contact her. If I don't, I walk away without ever setting the record straight. Do I disappear from her life like she wants or send the letter and get what I have to say out before I walk away?

Don't answer here... go on over to the CD site and offer some advice.