So, Gideon's been at me to do this for a long time, and I finally got over my embarrassment enough to try it

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I’ve been at this for 20 years now, and for much of that time I was able to easily defray the costs of maintaining the site: access to the MLS for real-time reporting of sales activity; a webmaste on retainer; etc., through real estate commissions generated by readers who retained my services. Those have pretty much dried up, yet the annual costs — in the $5,000 range — remain. I thought to run advertising, but after just two months the censors at Google informed me that the topi discussed here: global warming, kindergarten transvestites, COVID skepticism, and, generally, just “oooh, we’ve never been so offended in our lives!” So I was banned from AdSense.

In December, after forking over another $1,000 to the Greenwich Association of Realtors and facing another hefty round of fees this spring, I told Gideon that I was going to give it up. He urged this alternative, so what the hell, I’m trying it.

Here’s Gideon’s pitch, originally drafted in late December and finally seeing daylight today, however briefly. If you care to chip in, thank you. If not, that’s absolutely fine, but beware of Gideon ponding on your door on a dark and stormy night, demanding tribute.

        LET’S KEEP THIS BLOG ALIVE!

Do you read Chris Fountain every day? Is this blog the first thing you turn to in the morning? Does any other site even come close to providing this kind of crazy, funny, deadly-accurate content? 

Exactly. So, let’s keep Chris properly incentivized. This is “brother Gideon” speaking, the one who Chris seems to delight in poking fun at, but yes, even I can’t resist reading his damned blog several times a day. 

I haven’t been able to convince him to plaster the site with advertising, but he is letting me make a pitch for my idea of an annual fund-raiser. 

So, if you get $20 worth of enjoyment from this blog each year, I want you to click the PayPal link below. There are options to contribute more, especially if you really, REALLY love this blog, so please donate according to your level of Chris Fountain-caused happiness.

This is a once per year thing, so I won't bother you again till January 2025.

  • $19.95

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  • Other (The sky’s the limit, be a Golden Benefactor!)