Hello. :-)
I am
in desperate need of your help.
The
cost of living and keeping a Website open has continued to increase, and
no matter how much I cut corners to save money, it seems that it's just
not enough. :-(
This
site has always tried to help, inform, and entertain people, and I've tried
to keep it as ad-free as possible, which is a rarity for a Web site.
Unfortunately, I may have to change that policy. I fought it as long
as I can, even taking odd jobs and doing Web design work for a heck of
a lot less than most people would charge, even working for far less than
minimum wage in some special cases. But even this isn't enough.
I have
helped people even at the risk of my life in some cases. Please,
if you appreciate the help or information I've provided at all, or want
to show your support, so I can continue to do so, please do.
This
is not a scam or some attempt to make myself rich. Only a small number of people have donated anything at all. It'd be nice to
think that some rich person with money burning a hole in their pocket
wants to give me some money to help keep me going, but I tend to be
realistic.
If you
appreciate what I've done, and/or wish to keep the site going, please help
me in any way you can.
Even
if all you can afford is a dollar or two, it'd be something.
When
people are in trouble, they ask for help. This is my time.
I'm hoping you will help me. Because so many people visit this
site,
you may think that others will help me if you don't. That's also
why many people on busy highways are left on the side of the road
waiting
and hoping that someone will help them. It seems that almost
everyone who goes by believes that someone else will help them, and
keeps going. What ends up happening is that only one out of
several thousand people (and it depends on the location, too) will
actually try to do something. Please don't count on others to
help if you can?
How you can donate:
You can help by donating with PayPal, which is supposedly secure. Your donation will probably be anonymous unless you tell me who you are. As far as I know, it only gives the e-mail address and whatever name you told it to give out.
If you don't have an account with PayPal, and you want to remain anonymous, you can send a dollar or whatever you like wrapped in a couple of pieces of paper (so people can't see it's a dollar inside the envelope) to:
Going to miss the last one I had. It was the same one that the Post Amerikan alternative newspaper used in Bloomington-Normal Illinois for years. I got some interesting mail sometimes. LOL
Unfortunately, I'm not a charity (even though I do help out a lot of people) so your donation isn't tax-deductible. It also isn't a loan. As things stand now, I'm barely able to live so paying people back with money isn't likely
to be possible.
What will you get out of it?
#1:
I try to be an honest person. My reviews of programs, movies, et cetera reflect that. I am not a perfect person, but I've been told that I'm nicer than most and have a kind heart. At times, I even go so far as to inform people of dangers to themselves and their children even though I risk death to do so. If you appreciate this, please help. It'd be nice to know that someone, somewhere, appreciates me trying to keep people safe.
#2:
As money is donated, I will in turn donate equal effort and time to this site, add more helpful pages, take more pictures and put them up after I develop them (maybe someday I will be able to afford a cheap 8 megapixel digital camera so I can save money by not having to buy film and get it developed but I'm not going to get my hopes up), learn how to improve its looks and anything else I can do. You can already see the improvements I've done so far if you compare my older pages to the newer ones.
There are a decreasing number of ad-free sites and an extremely few .com sites. In fact, I think mine is the only one there is! LOL If you want to keep the Internet as free of ads as possible, then please donate something. Help make a difference on the Internet and lessen the amount of ads on it.
I will at least be giving you something for your donation. If you want to give to a good cause, then you can help me by donating. :-) This is truly a rare opprutunity to donate to a good cause and you can do it very easily.
Please don't give me more than you can afford. You should come first before a stranger. If you have a family, think of them first.
Thank you very much for any help you can give, if any. :-)