I'm Calling It Quits

...for the rest of 2006. Be back in one week.

This being Christmas Day — no doubt known to my four-year-old as The Day Santa Gloriously Overdid It Again — it's as good a time as any to ask for a token of your appreciation. (I bet your heart's still pounding from that panic-inducing headline. Good!) I'm in my third year of blogging and I've asked for a contribution only once before, so please indulge me.

Truth is, I spend at least several hundred hours a year writing and maintaining Nobody's Business, not to mention hundreds of dollars in hosting and registration fees. Advertising income is marginal, not even enough to offset the cash expenses. It follows that this blog is a labor of love.

Now, I'm doing it mostly for me, to share news of liberty-wrecking developments from around the world that set my teeth on edge and make my forehead hurt 'cause of all the slappin'. As therapy goes, blogging is cheap, if laborious.

So even if you're a regular here, you don't owe me anything. My pleasure. If you give nothing, I can't imagine you'd be courting bad karma. Then again, if you like this blog and find yourself visiting frequently and want to show your appreciation, you could certainly further boost my motivation — and perhaps make me weep with gratitude — by either making a donation hitting the PayPal buttons on the right, or by getting me something from my Amazon wish list (begin by clicking on this button right here).

That gorgeous 40'' Sony Bravia flatscreen HDTV could be a little much considering the hole Santa probably just blew in your budget, but I assure you I'll find a sub-$25 book or DVD nothing to sneeze at. On the contrary.

Whether your support is of the moral or the monetary kind, thank you sincerely.

Merry Christmas, and see you next year.

Comments

[fish]

One is coming.......you will need to indulge me with a little more time! And no, its not the damn Segway......gimmicky little death trap ....probably kill yourself on it and not blog anyway......Oh, sorry just typing out loud!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Fish

[colson]

ok, I sent two gifts. I was going to send one then I found that some of the other sellers had a couple of the CDs cheaper so I sent two.... all for you....

[Rogier]

Fabulous. Thanks very much!