Monday, February 19, 2007
If you're going to send me pissy email...
To my dear, beloved readers: I beg of you to not write me pissy emails in the middle of the night, especially after a week like the one I've had...I may get them first thing after a night of little sleep.
From: [email]And, when I have the time...I try to reply personally:
TO: mrogers
Date" Feb 19, 2007 2:29 AM
subject It's been nice...
...but I can no longer "support" your site, blogactive.com, as it's just not "current" and "active" enough for me. All the best as you continue your work. But, word of advice?? If you're going to use the word ACTIVE???.... make it ACTIVE.
Thanks for your note and the advice.Keep those letters coming.
I'm writing back because I know from the comments, you've been an active reader.
Because the site's work takes so long for such little -- well, virtually no -- pay, I have to work on the jobs that pay my rent, medical care (heart condition, no medical insurance), and basic expenses. It's not as if the political establishment has supported this work.
If it's daily freshness you want, check my news service PageOneQ.com, it's updated multiple times per day; (Next month we are debuting PageOneQblogs.com, a new lgbt community gathering spot.....which, frankly one of a multitude of organizations should be developing.)
In my spare time (ha) I'm the volunteer director of GayPoliticsBlogads.com, where I am helping smaller gay/lesbian bloggers join with more established sites to bring some income to cover their expenses, and I'm the person who conceived of and is managing the nation's first meeting of lesbian and gay bloggers -- in DC in the fall. And, I spend up to 10 hours a a week making calls for my organization Proud Of Who We Are, reaching across the aisle to promote honesty from government officials who hide from the truth.
All of that work, hardly brings in anything, so I try to find the time for my full time job at another website, one which provides information for free to the public.
I don't know what I could possibly do to post at whatever unstated rate would satisfy you, or the handful of other "supporters" who have written similar sentiments.
I've reviewed your gift record and I while I appreciate your support of $10.00, I have decided to return it so you do not feel as though your investment was a bad one. If I've missed other support gifts, please let me know. I was fundraiser for twenty years before getting into this work, so I'd like to make sure I don't leave you feeling as f you've wasted money on something. (if you'd like to see some of the things I've worked on, you can see that here.)
If you'd like to keep up with the work behind the blog and my other work, you can see the media page at Proud Of Who We Are - Media Clips, Press.
Again, thanks for writing,
Mike Rogers.
By: Michael Rogers
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