skippy the bush kangaroo

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

more on tip jars

heavens! little did we suspect that our little rant about bloggers who ask for donations via paypal would start something. great, we can't get bush out of office but we can sure piss off blogtopia (yes, i coined that pharse, and pissed it off en toto, as well)!

not only did it appear in this week's carnival of the vanities, but it has inspired laurence simon of amish tech support into his own rant as well. and then we find this screed (calling skippy a "little twit" and believe us, mrs. skippy is happy to report that skippy is anything but little!) from some blogger named lynn sislo, who has been blogging since march and gets about 80-100 hits a day, and then accuses us of trolling for hits.

my my, we had no idea people would take this so personal! it's just a blog, folks; if you want to get worked up about something, as we said in our original screed, go volunteer some where or do charity work or make an actual difference. don't get mad because we point out that begging for pennies is simply that: begging for pennies.

luckily, we have some supporters as well as detractors. kevin holstberry over at ideas, etc. agrees with our basic premise. also, sisyphus shrugged (who apparently doesn't have permalinks, sorry) and easy bake coven have rallied to our defense. we thank everyone, both who agree and disagree, for participating in the great communications experiement we like to call blogging.

we try to have no regrets as we go through life, but we must admit that we are sorry if our little diatribe upset talkleft in any way, for she has not responded to our email. talkleft is a fine blog, even with a paypal link on it [ed. note: it is actually an amazon honor system link], and we highly recommend it to all. and, we'd even recommend lynn's blog, even though she had the bad manners to call skippy a little twit (also, check out her comments section to see our response).


and, while we're at blogname-dropping, thanks to the gambling gringo for the link, and thanks to madeleine kane for furthering our use of the word "blogtopia" all the way over to corante tech news daily!
posted by skippy at 5:18 PM |

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