Saturday, November 08, 2008

Dear Site Reader

Begging for Cash!

Fund Drive

Current Goal: $343.73 This site is published Monday-Friday (except when I miss a day which happens a lot). Unsurprisingly, this site does not earn me money, so I am having a weekly fund drive! You will see this post on the main page only on Saturday and Sunday. If you enjoy jackassletters.com, please consider making a donation. Any amount will be accepted. I can't retire and do this full time without your help! Won't you think of the children? Please call.

You can drop me a buck or hundred using this nifty little PayPal button:

Or just send a check in the mail (if you'd rather support the USP than PayPal) to this address:

Christopher L. Jorgensen
P.O. Box 93042
Des Moines, IA 50393

Send me money, get cool stuff!
Ok, not really, but for a mere $10 you can get a sponsored link at the bottom of any letter. I will let you design a 32 X 32 icon (that's 1024 pixels to play with!) and I will link this to anything you like. I do reserve the right to refuse the design or the link (I won't link to anything that offends my sensibilities like scams or hate sites). Buy as many as you like. For $100 I will write a letter to any entity you choose. You don't get to dictate the content, and you do have to provide full contact information, but you will get a signed, suitable-for-framing copy, of the original letter sent. Anything that results from such a letter is yours to keep (any reply, swag, etc.). You also get a the same icon and link as above.

Recap:

$10.00 = (Right click and "save as" to copy locally, or fire up your favorite image editor and make one from scratch.)
$100 = Letter to any company or person you like.

All money earned through the above will be funneled back into this site (or my account in the Cayman Islands). Don't worry, jackassletters.com won't be going away any time soon, even if you're too cheap to support my silly little endeavor. I enjoy doing this too much to stop! Want to help, but don't want to part with your hard earned dinars? Drop me a line. I can use some help researching contact addresses, some minor graphic design, and am open to suggestions for ways you can make my life easier. You will get credited and a link if you like.

Current Expenses:

$248.20 for hosting annual hosting costs.
$41.00 in “forever” stamps.
$32.00 for PO Box.
$19.00 URL registration.
$9.00 in envelopes.
$5.00 setup fee.
$5.00 to Barack Obama (campaign contribution).
$5.00 for Iowa lottery tickets.
$2.00 for dedicated IP ($1 a month).
$1.00 to the Pope (for impure thoughts).
$1.00 to John McCain (campaign contribution).
$1.00 to Hillary Clinton (campaign contribution).
$1.00 to Warren Buffett (bribe).
$1.00 to Kembrew McCleod (Freedom of Expression™ license).

Total: $123.00

Swag of Value:

$12.00 Apple pen (think this is what it cost me to buy one nearly like this one).
$6.00 in Target coupons.
$3.00 Hefty Trash Bags coupons.
$2.89 Philadelphia Cream Cheese coupon.
$2.00 in Mars coupons.
$1.00 Vice President Cheney photo.
$0.58 Pope photo (just guessing).

Total: $27.47