Hope I have your attention, because this is telegraphese.
Gary Farber of Amygdala just made my 14 year-old dog (that’s 112 in dog years) pee on the dining room rug.
What are *YOU* going to do about it?
Gary is one of the first bloggers I found, read, blogrolled. The quotes in his sidebar are worth the price of admission, all by themselves, and that price (if you will be guided by me is $55 in personal check made out to Gary and sent to an address in Boulder he’s hidden in the comments on his blog.
Gary just ran out of money. Well, not just, days ago, but I didn’t know because I just got a new job and am now time-challenged as never before.
When I just found out–his cyberbegging is way up on Popdex, I was very upset, and stopped running around doing my own stuff and started running around finding a card and envelope to stick a check in, and writing a blog post….
And I was ignoring Marianne’s dog dances, which instead of the usual “Biscuit Time Dance” turned out to be the “Pee Time Dance.”
And now my internetless new neighbors just phoned to ask if they can come do email, so I’m racing to write this.
The first 10 people who send Gary the $55 I suggest, and tell me about it in my comments here, will receive a limerick on the topic of your choice.
If you don’t send him something, I’m bringing my dog to your house so she can pee on your rug. And now my neighbors are here. If this is misspelled, well, tough.
Send Gary some money, ok?
“Before impugning an opponent’s motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.”
— Sidney Hook, one of many fine quotes from Gary Farber’s site.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Gary Farber // Nov 25, 2003 at 6:38 pm
You are very kind.
Of course, I am a shameless liar, and my actual plan is to fly to a Carribean island for a wonderful vacation, and then resume my hidden role of controlling world banks and media.
Just kidding. I’m actually going to pay my bills by my entirely original, utterly clever, plan of taking all the money sent to me, flying to Vegas, and putting it all on purple.
They do have purple, right? It’s my favorite color, so I’m sure I’ll win.
Since you never hear of anyone betting on purple, all the winnings will be mine! Bwahahahahaha!
It’s foolproof. And I’m the fool to prove it!
Now you know.
(I have been trying to do some other blogging since I got my phone turned back on with the hope of giving that little back to any suck-, er, donors, but I’m sure I’m only exhausting and boring people, save where I annoy them, as usual; readers may, as the saying goes, chuck it up.)
2 Gary Farber // Nov 25, 2003 at 6:40 pm
Oh, and here’s some vinegar. Go clean your rug. It’s smelly.
3 Betsy Devine // Nov 25, 2003 at 8:05 pm
Thanks for the vinegar, Gary. I’m glad you’re not letting life’s little upsets sour you….
4 Gary Farber // Nov 26, 2003 at 4:53 am
Heck, I’m 45, I’ve got to get to the Carribean some time, right? Tally me, etc.?
Wait. Why does Mr. Tallyman look like Keanu Reeves? What do you mean, is this my choice, Mr. Tallymon? Yes, change is the nature of choice…. Ow! No! Stop the kung fu! Ow! Stop it! [thwap]
5 Elayne Riggs // Nov 26, 2003 at 8:52 am
I’m sorry, why is Gary cyberbegging? Is he unemployed or destitute or undergoing a difficult time in his life? Or is this, like about 99% of all cyberbegging, someone who feels they deserve to get paid for their hobby even though Blogspot costs absolutely no money?