Sunday, December 12, 2004
(10:12 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
A Dream
Last night I had a dream that I went into my Google AdSense report and found that I had racked up $500.00 in one day. I believe the real-life cause of this was a late Saturday link from Matthew Yglesias -- I thought for sure that I would be barraged by traffic as a result (an "Yglesi-lanch," perhaps), and who can resist clicking on an ad for "What is baptism?" or (my personal favorite) "Silk Blogs"?But clearly, I'm not in this for the money. I'm in it for the glory, praise, and honor. And really, I don't mind that I never get nominated for any blogging awards. I don't mind that the so-called "big names" don't blogroll little old me. I don't mind being a damn "flappy bird." My reward will be great in the kingdom of heaven!
When you're done browsing the wares of our sponsors, please consider clicking on the PayPal link under "The Charity." I plan on shutting down our little charity operation on Wednesday -- so far, we can afford a goat and maybe a couple guinea pigs, but honestly, we can do better than that. This is a plan to introduce sustainable prosperity into the life of a family or a village. This is an approach to charity that makes sense, as opposed to just dropping in with periodic hand-outs (or dropping food along with bombs).
So please, drop a twenty into the basket to buy a damn goat! You'll be glad you set up a PayPal account if you don't already have one. I accept credit cards. It's easy. You can afford it. If you can't afford twenty dollars, you could give one of the 1,999 amounts of money that are less than twenty dollars. There are a lot of options here. If you would prefer to mail a personal check, e-mail me, and I'll give you my address.
Or hell, just send in the money to Heifer directly -- it doesn't have to be through me. Here I am, acting like this big important blog star with the power to change lives throughout the world, when really, you all are capable of taking suitable action on your own. So do what you want -- let everyone be firmly convinced in her own mind!
Thank you.
UPDATE: What do you know? Nagging works -- we've received another donation. So would all the donors like to receive their reward now (in the form of a list of all contributors to the Heifer fund), or would they prefer not to let their left hand know what their right hand is doing (thus securing an even cooler reward in the kingdom of heaven)?
