I made $3 last year. $2 of which didn't get deposited because I didn't have the 'special' account that allowed me to accept credit cards.

Not that I blame anyone. Hell, I wouldn't donate to myself.

Hell, if you'll write a post on Neolibertarianism or Dale's DotBlog project, I'll buy you lunch! Or Dinner!

....in Richmond.

...oh, and you have to get yourself down here.

...hey, I didn't say it was going to be a great deal for you.

But think of the free food! :)

Do you take animals in lieu of cash donations? I have a farting, belching, balding lab retriever that leaves shit stains on high-quality carpet that I'm willing to donate to the cause. Just beware that the boy is so dumb that when he farts he thinks the ground is attacking him and he pounds the ground into submission with his paws until he's satisfied.

No, sounds delightful, but no animals. Unless they happen to be wildly rare and expensive animals that can be quickly sold for loads of cash.

Just be sure that you don't blend any donated animals, Bill.

That's all we ask. :)

This is what Peter commented on my page about this:

"Speaking as web geek, sapping his audience for funds to help pay hosting for a largely text-based website is an absolute crock. Assuming 60,000 hits a day with roughly 120k per visit (current home page is around 100k of data), that comes out to: 60,000 * 120k = 7,200,000k/day. Divide by 1024k makes it 7030Mbs a day which makes it about 7Gbs daily, * 31 for ~220Gbs a month. Looking at the hosting company ninme.com uses, they offer 250Gbs of bandwidth a month for $105 bucks a month. Times 12 = $1,260.

"Not a bad profit."

So, Bill, he *was* either getting *royally* ripped off, to the tune of $198,740, by his hosting service, or else he was *seriously* misrepresenting his expenses.

how 'bout some llamas?

seriously Bill, you should do any darn thing you want with that money. you earned it a hundredfold, and anyone who hit the tip jar with a meager sawbuck is getting away with highway robbery - mere pennies on the hours you spend, I'd guess.

some ideas about the money: a sombrero to go with the 12 pitchers of margaritas (have some of your blogger pals along for the fun - maybe you could get Jeff at Beautiful Atrocities and Sullivan in a room together drunk); a polka-dot bikini and some weight watchers to help you fit in it by springtime; that new how-to book on beermaking that SAAM's made look pretty tempting; or a llama trainer. trust me, you don't want unruly llamas running around your pad. did you know that they will smoke if you let them? and it's pretty hard to sleep when the orgling starts up.

Money? You guys make money on these blog dealiebobs? Wow.

20 million hits? I get more like 2.

Hits, that is. Not millions of hits.

But let me tell you, my readers are loyal. All four of them. Thanks, Mom. Couldn't do it without you.

Clearly though, my incisive analysis is just not drawing the crowds I deserve. Maybe I need to offer pornography or something, to draw in the masses. By that, I mean "write like a Democrat", of course.

Someone sent me a wine basket once. That was nice.

And FWIW, my host (Dreamhost) charges $20/mo.for 192GB and $.50 for every GB thereafter. So 255GB would cost somewhere in the vicinity of $55/mo.

Zero Boss - wow, that's really cheap. Peter says he doesn't trust anything that cheap. Small Orange, my hosting, has a $40/mo for 250 GB, but only ftp. So, *shrug*. It's nothing to do with me. I just write the posts.

So Bill, That was you was it, outside the Deli on K street? They guy with the "Ï’ll write for food" sign?

I notice you didn't promise not to blow the money on lapdances.

Tim -

Perhaps.

KtBH -

There are no "lapdances" in DC. Or so I've heard.

Dreamhost is pretty good. I believe they're run by one of the goons at somethingawful.com

"Zero Boss - wow, that's really cheap. Peter says he doesn't trust anything that cheap."

It didn't start out that cheap - they've dropped their rates over the past year. Reliability is very good. I've been Instalanched, Wizbanged, and NYT'd, and they've withstood it all.

Okay, I'll stop abusing Bill's blog now.

I made 11 bucks last year. :-)

Of course, 10 was from one person.

In 2 years of blogging I've made exactly $50. $10 from James Joyner of OTB - money I blew on hookers and herpes medication - and $40 for a charity fundraiser.

'I'm not in it for the money... I'm not in it for the money... (repeat ad nauseum).

I once had someone buy a $20 item through my Amazon affiliate link. So I've made a $1 off blogging so far.

I do have a bout $3 in google ad revenue, but most of that was probably from my roomate. And I can't cash out until I hit $100, which should be in about 2074 or so at this rate.

That reminds me, anthony - in the interests of full disclosure, I've also made $5.55 in google ad revenues - including $1.16 today for just one click. What will I buy? The possibilities are endless.