Comments on: Thank you

By: Goat

Goat — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:18:31 +0000

LR @ 6: LOL, nice, it sounds familiar. I gashed my forehead onetime, a wound I was happy to tend to with paper towels, but someone called am ambulance. When the ambulance arrived I beleive the conversation went as such:

EMT: Sir, we need to take you to the hospital.
Me: No, I’m good.
EMT: No Sir, we really need to take you to the hospital.
Me: Put a band-aid on it.
EMT: You’re bleeding profusely Sir, you should let us take you to the hospital.
Me: Nah, but do you have a band-aid?

I won that argument, they cleaned and gauzed me up and I continued on. In retrospect, I probably could have qualified for Medical, but hindsight is 20/20.

By: LR

LR — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:51:46 +0000

Medical bills can be earth shattering, can’t they? Tonight’s news mentioned that 59% of doctors now support a national health insurance plan, so perhaps in the future people won’t have to choose between being healthy or having a home.

And that would be better than my current medical plan, which requires a high pain threshold so that hospitals stays aren’t necessary.

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:36:46 +0000

Josh P. @ 4: Thanks for the kind words. I’d be a lot better off if I weren’t a total bonehead when it comes to managing money. But in fact, most of this was triggered by a couple of hospitalizations that sort blew everything up. I’m in the process of filing bankruptcy now, and I’m hoping to have my nose back above water in a few months.

By: Josh P.

Josh P. — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:04:31 +0000

I just finished re-reading The Phoenix Guards for the nth time. There are so many epic yet believable moments, like 6 standing against an entire army and winning through sheer bravado and cunning. And Khaaveren saying he is an Arithmetist. I didn’t know what that meant until the third time I read the book and howled with laughter that it meant he could add.

I’ve read so many of your books, and always see them in the bookstores that I’ve always taken it for granted that in addition to being a successful writer, you were also quite well off financially because of the popularity of the books. Somehow, I’m not that good of an arithmetist though, because Great Books + Lots of Sales does not equal rich author?

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:54:07 +0000

GWW @ 1: I think that is the most delightful sort of donation possible. Congratulations, and many thanks.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:52:00 +0000

This is the worst part of being poor–I see a worthy cause and can’t contribute. I’m heartened that so many can and have contributed, and I fear for humanity a little less today than I did yesterday.

By: GWW

GWW — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:33:03 +0000

Been meaning to donate for a while. But I’m really lazy and kinda forgetful.

Had a big night at the playing 2/3 hold-em last night. I have thus shared the wealth just now.

I think it’s fucked up that writers like yourself and others have to struggle to survive, when what you do for a living is simply give to your audience over and over.

I don’t mind giving back now and then. If I tally up the number of hours I’ve spent reading your novels… I’m still spending only dollars/hour for entertainment. Few things in life worth so much cost so little.

So keep on writing and I’ll keep buying, mate.