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
Or, if there's a really wealthy and generous reader out there, there's a shiny new
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....