Well, the Pledge Drive has been a total disaster. Of my 700 daily readers, one person saw fit to donate $1. I’d like to point something out. Typepad charges me something like $8 a month, not to mention I go over bandwith and could face serious overages. Am I simply supposed to take the loss and not ask you, my gentle readers for a little payola?
Juan over at Boozhy made up a series of lies about me and our employment practices here at Thought Not, and once again, I have been made the object of public ridicule so others can seek fame. It’s a sad, sad blogging day.
To alleviate some of the stress this caused, my sister and I decided we had to both purchase PSP's (that’s PlayStation Portables to those unfamiliar with these things) on today – their first day on sale. I picked her up in Brooklyn and we were on our way. First stop –J&R – sold out. As we got back into the truck (vroom) she got on the phone and managed to track down a few available units at Toys ‘R Us in Times Square.
When my sis and I are on a mission there is simply no giving up. We drove (think Thursday – think Times Square) to Toys ‘R Us and got cards that enabled us to purchase a PSP at the register. We were then informed that we needed to buy games and accessories and then stand in a really, really long line.
It was at this point I turned to Lisa and admitted that the day before I’d never heard of a PSP but when I read about it online and when I found out they were gonna be hard to get I knew I had to get one TODAY!
The amazing thing is – she TOTALLY understood. This is how I know I wasn’t adopted.
So – I have a PSP. YAY ME! This does not mean you should not donate. I keep things separate, so even if it sounds like I made a rash impulse purchase today – it involved no money from the blog funds which are running extremely low.
By the way -- Corey's boss Richard's dog is in Cute Gay Dog's today over at that hack site Boozhy -- so even if I don't believe in patronizing blogs that are malicious, it would be way worse for me if Corey lost his job. So go vote for Krypto. That's K-R-Y-P-T-O.
Oh yea -- we're gonna discuss this donation thing again.
instead of paying a proprietary service like typepad $8 a month for low bandwidth and meager storage, why not simply move to your own server where you can get so much more? there are tons out there. the plan i use with my host costs $9.95 a month with 2gb of storage and 20 gigabites of bandwith a month which would be near (near) impossible to go over. i host my own blog plus a gallery and a friend's blog plus another domain i use for business & family and i've no where near used up anything.
dont' take it personally but $8 a month for what you get out of typepad is a rip off.
Posted by: myke | March 24, 2005 at 09:55 PM
Congrats on the PSP.
Did you and your sis buy the same games so that you can play against/with each other wirelessly?
It totally kicks. Wipeout Pure, Twisted Metal, Untold Legends... oops... my geek is showing.
Posted by: davis | March 24, 2005 at 10:19 PM
I would never fire Corey! However, Corey is Krypto's godfather so if Krypto loses then both Corey and I will suffer major myocardial infarctions and die, cause that's what Jews do when they are disappointed. So if you don't want us to have heart attacks, you know what you have to do! Vote for Krypto!
Posted by: Richard | March 24, 2005 at 10:35 PM
Un...be...lievable. Give me your PSP and I'll give you a dollar. Otherwise..suck it!
Posted by: me | March 24, 2005 at 11:33 PM
Why can't I meet a gay man in Philly who wants to play with my PSP too? ::sigh::
Posted by: Ed | March 25, 2005 at 08:10 AM
Ok, look, you're a rich Jew hondling for a few sheckels just because. And on Purim! Oy. Does your mother know? Nonetheless, you did vote for Krypto so I'm off to Paypal. Of course, the money I give you will mean that I won't be able to afford the upgrade I was planning for my own blog so that I can increase my bandwidth (I have no fucking idea what that is, but typepad is telling me that I'm at 160% capacity and that they will soon be coming to get me!)
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2005 at 08:31 AM
I just linked to Paypal and it wouldn't work. Please fix so I can make a donation.
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2005 at 08:33 AM
700 Daily Readers?? Yikes!! Are there really that many people who have nothing better to do?? LOL!
Or is that just the standard inflated art dealer hussy on-line talk, like, 9", "Hard Muscle" or "Bought by an Important NY Collector" ??
Posted by: BearReason | March 25, 2005 at 10:12 AM
whaa-whaaaaaa-whaaaaa - looks like somebody needs to call the whaaaaaambulance.
Posted by: tommy | March 25, 2005 at 10:21 AM
Thanks for the ironic post! I'm a big fan of irony- always give me a chuckle.
Oh and by the way, Blogger is free.
Posted by: Tom | March 25, 2005 at 11:08 AM
Ya know, I oouldnt remember why, when you and I were boyfriends, I dropped you like first period French but seeing your sad attempts at garnering cash money donations from the credulous rubes who read your drivel it all comes back to me now.
Love ya Pookie
Scott
Posted by: scott | March 25, 2005 at 11:42 AM
I have officially purchased three days of Oliver's blog in honor of Krypto, who is sadly being defeated by a poser and a cheater in the gay dog of the week competition. Hampton, like Bush, has mounted an anti-gay campaign, driving fundamentalist breeders to the poll to defeat a legitimate homo canus and put a heterosexual breeding bitch of a rather ordinary breed on the gay dog throne.
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2005 at 12:16 PM
Excuse me, I meant, three months, not three days!
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2005 at 12:18 PM
Excuse me, I meant, three months, not three days!
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2005 at 12:20 PM
i'm with the guy who says you're paying too much. I pay 10/month using DREAMHOST, 140gb of bandwidth a month, etc, etc, etc. Make the switch, use the referral link over at JOKOHOMO so he makes a few bucks, and everyone is happy(er)
Posted by: bj | March 25, 2005 at 12:39 PM
All right I did it. I would click on on the links for 15 minutes straight. The guilt has been killing however I won't use paypal so lets work something out.
Posted by: Pete | March 25, 2005 at 02:43 PM
I don't care WHO you use for your blog! 8 bucks a month for ANYTHING IS CHEAP!! Spare change even in the small picture of things, especially for a flashy libertine as yourself! Materialism at your age though, is very troubling. Not to be pointed, but it is COMMON. THINGS CAN'T bring you pleasure pal. Isn't it sort of gross to "assume the position" for Corporate America and rush out as pre-programmed to buy some crap you don't even know what it is? OY VEY! See if there's a port in it to install A SOUL!
Yer Gentle Reader,
JO
Posted by: Jim | March 25, 2005 at 05:59 PM