Happy birthday to me, as it was some insane number of years ago on this date
that I entered the world as a bundle of joy, only to continue spreading joy ever
since. I kid of course, but I am indeed feeling joyful myself this year, in
contrast to last year when the occasion involved a couple of heartbreaking
deaths in the family. I may wrap things up early today to begin celebrating, so
thanks in advance for your indulgence.
There's been talk over the years about an ad-free version of this site, and the
newly announced
Contributor by Google program may be a way to easily accomplish this, so I
have applied. It may be that this just replaces Google AdSense
ads, so we'll have to see how this works if we are accepted, but this has
potential.