New Laptop Fund Plea

Hey all, I hate to do this but it's time to put the begging bowl out front. My laptop computer really isn't long for this world. Let me tell you what I'm working with here. Awhile back, an unfortunate collision between a leaping cat and a glass of wine caused major problems. The touchpad doesn't work, so I need to use a mouse, and neither do the speakers. My spacebar no longer works - I had to redefine the neighboring "alt" key to be my spacebar, and the #5 key is missing. An operating system crash at some point destroyed my Office install (And I didn't have the CD to reinstall), and left my WIN2k slightly screwed up in many ways, despite a re-install of the OS.

This isn't charity - this is NPR/PBS style giving request. This is a free web site, and no one who reads it is under any obligation to give. No need to apologize if you can't afford to give - I don't want your kids' food money - I want, as Bartcop would say, your liquor and gambling money.

Anyway, I'd like to raise about $2000 so I can afford to get a new laptop. I'm not poor - I'm sure many of you, particularly the direct victims of the Bush economy, are in a worse economic situation than me - but nor do I have an extra 2 grand to throw around.

Any time a blogger asks for money people take issue for some reason. Either give or don't give - I'm not going to stamp my feet and threaten to stop blogging unless people give. I don't expect people to give.

But, it does take time to run this thing and if you appreciate my efforts and have gotten some enjoyment out of this AND you have a few extra bucks, I'd greatly appreciate it...

You can donate

Or the Amazon Honor System.
Or, if there's a really wealthy and generous reader out there, there's a shiny new laptop sitting on my wish list

And, hey, if this works out I'll fundraise to collect money to repair my beach house in Provincetown...(just kidding, no beach house for me)


UPDATE: Amazon has these really annoying limits, which are established when you first sign up and they never let you change. It appears as if the limit has been reached there. But, thanks!

UPDATE 2: Pulling pay-links down. Got way more than enough. If anyone is still feeling extra generous I'll leave my wish list up, but no begging for money for awhile....