First I want to thank everyone who has already donated during this fund drive, and thank all of our ongoing monthly subscribers. The fund drive has been going pretty well so far, so we've been trying not to bother you all with too many posts for money. But you're not totally off the hook. :)
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PS: I've got an inbox full of messages from people about the fund drive. I've responded to about a third of them, and I promise that I'm going to reply to the rest shortly. There are a lot so it's been taking a while. I'm sorry about that.