So here's what happened.
Yesterday morning I had my laptop with me in the bedroom, with it on the end table. A small child climbs up behind me, as small children do, and since I'm a bit grouchy, I say "stop that," as I often do. This doesn't work, it never does, and the child giggles and leaps onto my head. I attempt to gently deposit the child on the floor with the intention of leading the child downstairs to watch SpongeBob or some shit like that so I can get some work done.
Three things happen: the child writhes, falls, cries; I try to stabilize the laptop, fail; I kick over the wastepaper basket, inadvertently; and... the laptop hits the carpet at precisely the same moment as the contents of the wastepaper basket.
Which would not be a problem, were it not for the fact that the wastepaper basket had, quite surprisingly, been filled halfway up with soda.
Gah, gah, gah, this is by my count the third computer my children have clobbered.
I've already gotten a new machine -- though I had to dip deep into the Vacation Fund (a week in the Adirondacks) to do it. And this time I bought the way expensive no-fault warranty.
Anyway, if you'd like to contribute to defraying the cost, I'd appreciate it. If you don't, that's cool too. But there are costs to doing this blog thing, like, a computer is kind of an essential tool in this regard, and this is only the second time I've ever asked for anything. Hell, I don't even run ads. if you like how this is the most fuck-saying political blog evar, well, a nickel or two would be OK.
So if you can contribute, hit the tip bar in the left sidebar. If you can't, well, thanks for reading, sincerely. I didn't get into this for money; I blog out of spite, as I've said before, many times, many ways. Anyhow thanks.
Thers
MORE. Wow! Thanks you guys. I'm pretty humbled by your generosity and humor.
More bad word saying coming soon.