Or the start of my begging week* which will run to the end of next week's Wednesday. This year I have an actual project (other than the usual expenses), and that is my need for a new computer. This one (bought by my lovely readers, by the way, in 2008) is beginning to misbehave. It's slow as molasses in January, and I want to be ready for its demise.
Please do not give if you are poor. The ways to give are described in the left column. If you prefer not to use PayPal, send me an email about other ways for me to get money for a computer and chocolate.
May I take this opportunity to thank you all for reading, for your past contributions and for being you. I also want to thank those of you who send me a little every month. I only recently found out how to send those folks thank-you emails. My silence was not ingratitude, in other words.
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* That odd part of Echidne must pick the worst time of the year for the funding week! I still feel embarrassed about asking for money, even though I do work very very hard on the stories I put up here.