PLEASE NOTE: Paddy’s under the weather today and won’t be around, so I’m on my own… and not only am I sleep-deprived, but to make this day just letter-perfect, my cable keeps going out. I’m expecting this to be a spotty posting day, so please bear with us. Thanks!

Okay… yes, it’s that time again. It’s fundraising time here at TPC. It’s a necessary evil, but a blog’s gotta do what a blog’s gotta do.

Now, now, no you don’t! Come back here, we both know you don’t suddenly need a drink or a snack or have to emergency-text your BFF. Please just take a second to read this short post, it’ll only take a minute.

If you like the news and stories we bring you, please, please consider donating, since our expenses go way beyond what we can afford out-of-pocket.

We continue to have these quarterly fundraisers very reluctantly. Reluctantly because:

1. We seriously hate asking, and…

2. We know how hard it is to part with money these days.

We appreciate our wonderful readers every day, donations or no donations, so please know that. You are the ones who inspire us to keep going. You are our motivation. You are our reason for existing.

However, existing requires upkeep and payments to hosts and servers, so despite our reluctance, we must ask for your help.

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