THANK YOU ANDREW! In response to my earlier post noting more donations than usual, reader Patrick Anders emails:

Or maybe Andrew Sullivan should perform his beg-a-thon more often. I hit your tipjar when I hit his, or the Corner’s, or Lileks’s. All are more aggressive than you about asking for help, You should thank them. I’m one of many whose browser “favorites” buttons link all four sites.

Thanks to The Corner and Lileks, too!

UPDATE: Reader Paul Havemann emails:

I, too, was inspired by Andrew Sullivan to hit your tip jar as well. And as I did so, it hit me just how much weblogs have changed the world:

For the first time, I’ve donated money to a lawyer *willingly.* Yikes! Who knows where this can lead?

It’s another Internet miracle!