As you know, we moved to a different hosting company and now have significantly larger hosting costs for the server. Additionally, we went basically a month without any ad revenue because we took a week or so off, put ads up for two days, then got denied because we are a bunch of foul mouthed heathens, then a few weeks later got ads up from an ad company with standards more in line with ours. As such, there was a significant decline in revenue for the past five weeks (read, basically none). The server is paid through the 1st of January, but then we will owe another payment.
Several of you have signed up for recurring monthly donations, and that adds up to about 75 bucks a month, but we are still well short of costs. So, if you can, and only if you can, please consider hitting the paypal link to the right.
Thank you!
OOOH YEAH! I went to the PO Box today and there was a nice package of dog treats for the doggos from one of you generous bastards, as well as a bunch of damned fine looking jams and jellies from Alain! Thank you!
dr. bloor
Done.
Part of my donation was earmarked for Steve treats, and he is going to cut you if you don’t deliver.
SiubhanDuinne
Done, and hope it can be more before long.
I do like the idea of siphoning off a bit for treats for the menagerie.
Chris T.
Kicked in a few bucks… out of grim curiosity, what’s the actual monthly nut?
MomSense
Ugh. I’m so broke until my next paycheck – next week. I do have quite a yarn stash built up so if anyone wants a hand knit item, I’ll make it for you free and you can donate to John.
I can chip in a little something next week.
John Cole
@Chris T.: Depends on page views.
Joy in FL
I just donated a little. I can’t do much at any one time, but I will gladly donate multiple small amounts. I’m going to put a note in my planner to donate a small amount monthly beginning in early January.
AndoChronic
Done. Thanks!
PatrickG
@John Cole:
Individual page views or by identified user? If the former, I’ll need to multiply my donation by (1 + R), where R is the rate at which I obsessively check for new posts in a given hour :)
FlyingToaster
And done, added to monthly. You’re getting to the Big Time, up there with Wonkette and SwearTrek/Effin Birds.
thruppence
Okay, I’ll set up a PayPal account when I get home. I have to prune a few subscriptions in the new year; I’ll send some of that your way.
NotMax
Snail mail address for donations, por favor.
schrodingers_cat
What happened to the kittens your brother found in his yard or was it his garage? Have all of them been adopted.
Professor Bigfoot
I’m in… not as much as I’d like, but ‘tis that time o’year ‘n’ all.
MelissaM
I’m in by a little. This blog is in my daily with WaPo and the Merriam Webster daily game.
Beeb
Done, with thanks.
Marcopolo
@thruppence:I didn’t need to set up a paypal account. Just went through the donation button on the front page and used the option to allow me to charge it to my credit card. I think that should work for just about anyone.
Also, my donation was earlier in Dec. Will take a look at my budget in 2020 & see if I can add a small monthly donation sometime after the new year.
schrodingers_cat
Also what NotMax said. I don’t trust PayPal.
Josie
In with a small amount Will try to do more next month.
Alabama Blue Dot
Done! I am pretty much a lurker but I do read every post and many of the comments. I try to do my Amazon purchases through the site, too. Keep up the good work.
Faithful Lurker
I’ll be glad to chip in quarterly but don’t have a PayPal account. If you’ll email me another way to get money to you, like checks, I’ll be happy to send some your way.
Also too, I’m a quilter and often have small quilted things I can send along with the cash. I do love this blog. And, though, I don’t comment very often it’s the first place I look at in the morning and the last at night.
cain
This blog needs more Cole.
Orange is the New Red
I don’t see a PayPal link, or any other way to donate. I am on my phone, is that why? I would like to send my pittance, I visit every day.
TheFlipPsyD
I am a long-time lurker (I learned about this blog from Andrew Sullivan’s blog and although I stopped redding him long before he stopped blogging, I have been a faithful reader of this blog since then). I donated as well and will try to contribute more regularly to this place. You guys have been reassuring me that the world does have good people who care for others since W was president. Thanks
Aleta
@NotMax: You might send him an email asking for an address to send checks. (He’s mentioned doing it that way in the past.)
Orange is the New Red
Got it. Hadn’t scrolled down far enough. Wish I had more to give.
Scout211
Is there a Balloon Juice headquarters PO Box where checks can be mailed? Please?
Chetan Murthy
John,
I don’t know how you set up the Paypal link, but … *thank you* for making it so easy (that I didn’t have to create a Paypal account). Oh and of course, thank you for fostering this community. Lots of smart people here [every time I turn around, I’m impressed/amused by the histories of the people who comment here], but it’s nice that we can be dopes and still have a nice chinwag.
FelonyGovt
@Scout211: Ditto, asking for a physical address. I don’t like or trust PayPal and would prefer to send cash for reasons.
zhena gogolia
I’m assuming the address I got a while ago would still be good.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@MomSense: I would absolutely love to swap a simple knit or crocheted hat for myself for my donation to the site. How do we hook this up?
ETA: already chipped in before I saw your comment, but I’d be thrilled to give more and get a hat, too.
The Dangerman
You should make it a swear jar then … want to talk about taking a piss on Trump’s grave will cost ya a buck … want to tell tell Trump to take a flying Philadelphia (some bad words removed here since I’m unsure if the Urban Dictionary definition is even anatomically possible), that’ll cost ya more.
Cacti
Has BJ made itself house rich and cash poor?
Eric S.
I didn’t have any uncut diamonds to spare but my credit card still works for another day.
Eric S.
@Orange is the New Red: I found the link on the contact us page. Tap the horizontal bars near the top right.
Gvg
By the way, the new ads are so far, far less weird and tacky then the old server. It’s nice so far.
NotMax
And of course the hosting service to be the final destination for the money went belly up yet again while the new thread smell was still present.
They do seem to have the “hosting” part of the equation down pat. The “service” part, not so much. Track record since the rollout not one to inspire confidence.
realbtl
Done and thanks.
kindness
Happy Holidays from me. Wish I could give more.
ydobon
Done! Mostly a lurker but I do read most of the posts and most of the comments.
dnfree
I am in for a small monthly donation but please let us know if the monthly tally falls short because I could adjust if needed and possibly others could also.
Mary G
Signed up for a little bit every month. This place keeps me from tearing my hair out on the regular.
Raven
PayPal says later
dexwood
Since the roll out, I’ve hit the Donate button numerous times always with the same result, a page flicker, but no link follow through to PayPal. I’ve checked my settings thinking the problem is at my end, but nothing changes. Windows 7 Pro, Firefox.
namekarB
I was going to send you my bucket of pennies but the shipping cost was more than the value of the pennies
Sister Golden Bear
Done. Keep up the good work!
Yarrow
Please ask again after Christmas. Many people who would like to contribute may be busy right now and may miss this post.
mvr
Done.
TomatoQueen
@AndoChronic: Merlin at present is stretched out over my left foot for the second time today. There have been almost daily lap visits, a little tricky due to my arthritis, but then I lift him up against my collar bone and he settles for a bit. Last night was his first bedtime visit, maybe 2 minutes at the most, but it’s started. He is a lovely sweet boy.
MoCA Ace
Well that was easy. First time I ever donated to a blog. I’m checking in every day on my lunch break, when the boss isn’t watching, and again in the evening so I guess I owe you Jackals. Like others I made my way here from Sullivan and ditched him long before he dropped out.
I’ll try to make it a habit.
MomSense
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
I’ll resurrect my old Etsy site and check in with you here to see what you want.
jimmiraybob
I am no longer a malingering and free loading lurker and silent slave to the vast BJ elitist commentariate conspiracy. I have given some dollars to protect, defend and preserve……. Wait a minute, where was I? Oh yeah, I am no longer a silent slave to the vast BJ elitist commentariate conspiracy…………..
Long live the spirit of the Fountain Arizona Garbage Contract counter rebellion!
Elie
I’ll chip in for sure John. Can’t afford 75 a month but I will set it up. This is a great site and my home
O. Felix Culpa
@MomSense: I’d love a pussy hat for the next Women’s March, if you have time. My head is small, so less wool and time to construct? :)
Bard the Grim
Glad you’ve got the donate tool working again. Now my year-end giving is complete, which brings me great joy. And congrats and thanks to all who worked so hard to update the site, which works so much better now without messing up any of the things that made it great.
randal m sexton
As I have been in arrears, I kicked some- and am now slightly less arrearsy.
lakema
I’m in, love your work!
NPM
Long-time (mostly) lurker, in for a hondo!
WaterGirl
@NPM: What’s a “hondo”?
Kmax
Done.
Behind in my lurking but better late than never.
Happy Holidays to all.
Steeplejack (phone)
@WaterGirl:
Hondo = hundo = hundred.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack (phone): Thanks! Even google wouldn’t tell me what that meant.