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Like many things on the net, blogs are free forms of entertainment. Compared to other media such as newspapers and magazines this is an absolute bargain. You spend HK$60 going to the movies; you spend $25 on some trashy magazine that reprints Spectator articles. And then you read blogs, that provide new content daily and constantly. For free.

One of the very earliest blogs I started reading and to this day enjoy immensely is Jim's Snooze Button Dreams. He makes you laugh, he makes you think and he makes you grateful that he chooses to share his wit with the world. And he just found out he's lost his job. Jim is not the kind of guy to ask for help. But I implore you to consider hitting his tipjar (in his sidebar on the right), as I just did, as a way of saying thank you to him for the quality of the product he produces. Skip the next Hollywood blockbuster and give Jim the movie admission price instead*. Skip the newspaper for a week and donate that cost instead. If you spread the small donation you make over the number of times you read his blog in a year, it's the biggest bargain this side of Wal-Mart. So in the words of Ben Stiller: "Do it."

It's not charity; it's saying thanks. And what with the way karma works and all that, it will be repaid with interest one day.

* _{If you really want to see it, I'll get it for you on DVD far cheaper anyway. Email me details and I'll send it to you once you show me a Paypal receipt for Jim.}