Second, I’d like to thank all of the people who provided thoughtful input to my request for advice.

With that largely confirming my own thinking, I’ve made some decisions:

1: I’m not going to pursue any more publicity regarding the police attack against me.

2: I’m going to try to move back to Bratislava in early March.

If any of my Slovak friends and readers know somebody who might have a room available to rent to a smoker with a cat, please let me know!

Super action kitty Henry prepares to strike the pesky toy

Another week, some more gratitude!

RP sent $25, plus a surprise revelation. Thank you!

And then another RP – bless her – sent $20, along with some warm feelings. Thank you kindly

The ChipIn thing isn’t nearly as cool as it ought to be. The $20 contribution wasn’t made through ChipIn, but you’d think the system would have some way to let you enter a manual payment. Nope… at least, I can’t find it.

And here’s some feline action for you to enjoy. No, Henry is not watching the UFOs land. There’s a stick-with-fur-strips toy being jiggled above him, out of frame. None of the actual “strike” photos turned out, of course. The shutter speed on my mobile phone’s camera just isn’t up to the task!

This puts me about 5% of the way toward meeting the “flee Slovakia for Spain” expenses.

Every bit helps, and any amount is most welcome. Also, if you’re not inclined to making a direct gift, if you’re doing some shopping at Amazon.com and start your session there by clicking on one of my Amazon product links low on the right side, I’ll get something like 4% of the purchase price as a commission.

¡Muchas gracias para tu apoyo!

All your carrot are belong to me!

Just since the last post, even…

MH sent $15

JT sent $20

WM sent $200 – double WOW!

Anonymous sent €200 – quadruple WOW!

This lays the Phone Bill o’Doom well to rest, and I’ve taken the ChipIn widget down.

Thanks a bundle, folks! And I hereby promise never to be so careless with my calls again — or, at least if I am, to not come ’round asking for help with such a goofy thing.

Another cat pic? Yes we can! This one’s from Santa Cruz, California, circa 2002. Henry doesn’t seem to want to eat carrots, but the smell does something to him that approaches the effects of catnip on the old boy.

Enjoy!

I want to express HUGE gratitude and give big, big thanks to the people of the Language of Liberty Institute and the others who made the LLI Liberty and Entrepeneurship Camp in Martin, Slovakia possible.

You are:

• Mary Lou Gutscher — Top organizatrix, cruise director, mama bear
• Glenn Cripe — Flow steerer, piano man, inspirational focus
• Andy Eyschen — Co-[redacted], [redacted] of [redacted] and [redacted]
  
• Radovan Ďurana — Semi-detached Master of All Things, glue man
• Dušan Viluda — Súdruh, kolaborant, opatrovateľ, spolupracovník a kamarát všestkým

At the camp, I made a bunch of new friends, met several new co-conspirators, a collaborator, a couple of secret society bothers, at least two business partners and a handful of new comrades.

None of this would have been possible without your dedication and perseverance. I have great luck to have been able to ride along in the wake of the energy you mustered and deployed, and to have thus made such connections.

Major thanks to all of you for making the week in Martin something amazing — something brilliant.

Milý súdruh Dušan! Okrem toho, že Ti srdečne ďakujem, poprosil by som, aby si mohol viezť moje poďakovanie aj Barborke, ktorá nás dala takú dokonalú a povznášajúcu demonštráciu slobody (i naozaj šikovnosti a zručnosti) v akcii! Zároveň ďakujem Tvojmu synovi aj ostatným zamestnancom hotela. Súčasne, uvidíme sa, kedy môžeme sa rozprávať na tému toho obchodého nápadu… že?

As always, Henry and I thank you!

Heartfelt thanks and gratitude to those who have responded to my Phone bill of doom! posting and ChipIn. Y’all rock!

I’ve asked donors in the past, erratically, if they want to be named, linked, etc. Answers tend to vary quite a bit, with most tending to not want to be named or not caring either way. So, I’m adopting a new policy. When donations come in and I post them, I’m just going to list initials. If you then want to be linked or named, you can do so yourself in the comments or email me privately with your request and I’ll update the post.

• JS sent $15 (a while back)
• T sent $25
• JB sent $25
• JE sent $25
• AM sent $10
• M sent €100

I’m still about €321 short on the phone bill, and the ChipIn — which doesn’t update properly and doesn’t include some out-of-band donations — is still running, so of course your contribution is welcome!

Thanks very much to all of you!

Big thanks this week to all who responded to my shameless blegging post last week:

Aaron Kinney sent US$20.

James Tuttle sent US$100.

An anonymous donor sent US$50.

Nick and Thalia Puglia signed up for web hosting with BlueHost, which brought me a US$65 referral fee.

I thank you, Henry thanks you, and Henry's reflection thanks you!

First, last week an anonymous donor sent US$250. Thank you *very* much!

Second, I’d like to ask the rest of my readers for some support.

Why?

• Maybe you just like what I’m doing here, and want to encourage more of it.
• Maybe you find my podcasting voice so sexy that it makes you feel dirty not paying for the privilege of hearing it.
• Maybe you’re sympathetic to the fact that earnings in my translation business are down by more than 70% since December with the recession, and that I’m really having trouble making ends meet.
• Maybe you’re thrilled by the fact that I’ve been devoting my now copious free time to being the technical coordinator, chief implementer and blog administrator for the Free Agents Network, and that I’m in the process of taking on similar duties for the Motorhome Diaries as well.
• Or maybe giving just makes you feel good.

Anything you can send would be most welcome. If you click “Support nostate.com” above, you’ll find a variety of methods by which to make a contribution.

Thanks for your patience with my blegging!

Peace,

Mike

Thank you!

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