BTW, your request is getting drowned out, but I guess you knew this would get interesting. Thanks for reminding us to donate. We can squall like cats and still love this site!
Speaking of cats, I have a love of cats that is admittedly embarrassing for a male. Free Republic has some of the greatest kitty links from around the world interspersed with the other fabulous postings. FReeper posters provide such wide variety of stories from finance to science to archeology that I am on FR for most of the day every day.
That is why I was determined to maintain my monthly DONATION even when an ABO stance could not be posted for a short period of time. Now with the TRUCE I can be unconflicted about continuing to DONATE to FR!
BTW, you were one of the first to participate in hijacking the thread.