Many kind and generous folk have asked: gee, can I send along something to express appreciation for this rambling mess of a site - its constant updates, its depthless subsections, its naive attempt to understand the complexities of the past by riffing off the cheer ybanality of advertising and other bits of pulpy jetsam?

Why, yes! Yes, you can help. Your kind and generous contributions will ensure that the site stays up for generations to come - or at least one generation, if I remember to set some money aside in my will - as well as bring back the Bleat in all its verbose, interminable, resolutely useless glory.

Thank you.

PLUS! Join and get access to BleatPlus, a little bit of flotsam tendered with my appreciation every Wednesday. You'll be mailed a username and password, and I'll try to get everything out with more efficiency this year than last.

--Lileks

12.24.10

This gets you Bleatplus - 30 installments over the course of the year. Ads, curiousities, Institute of Official Cheer previews, actual historical documents, that sort of thing. It's not like THE GREAT HIDDEN RESOURCE of the Internet, but it's my way of saying thanks for your way of saying thanks.

Bleatplus, plus Joe Ohio 1957 - 50 installments, released every Monday, of the Joe Ohio story.

All of the above, plus a pdf of "Falling Up the Stairs," my first novel - and monthly videos that give you a behind-the-scenes look at life at Jasperwood, and the tales of the Closet of Mysteries.

Yeah, like anyone's going to do this. But if you do: all of the above, plus a signed copy of one of my books, and a personalized "Diner" podcast for you, and you only, written to reflect your musical preferences and whatever plot-points you suggest. Plus a rare, collectible "Diner" promotional card from the AM radio days.