[Bnomic-private] sigh

[Wonko]

Quoth Baron von Skippy,

>> I'm still here.
>> 
>> I found out that I'd missed large parts of the database when I was doing
>> my last-minute backup, and the last full backup I have from before that is
>> from the beginning of the nweek.
>> 
>> So until Joel gets settled in wherever he's gotten off to, we're still
>> basically frozen in time, under whichever rule it is that requires
>> everything on the ballot to be publicly displayed.
>> 
>> Which works out well because I've got bigger things to worry about.
>> 
>> I'm going to be blunt, folks. My personal life is pretty well falling
>> apart. I'm not actually homeless, but my housing situation is rather
>> tenuous indeed at this point. I've driven about five thousand miles in the
>> past couple weeks. (The sordid details will soon be posted at
>> metadave.net.) As I may have mentioned, I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm
>> very cranky indeed.
>> 
>> I've never done something like this before, so feel free to laugh (or
>> forfeit the Nomic, as you see fit), but I'm screwed and I could use your
>> help.
>> 
>> If the many hours I've put into this game have provided you with even a
>> little amusement, and you have a dollar or two that you can spare, and a
>> PayPal account, well, you can finish the sentence.
>> 
>> The game will go on, either way, as soon as Joel gets nomic.net back
>> online, but this earns you my undying gratitude -- which just might be
>> more valuable than B Nomic Shillings, the way the economy's going these
>> days.
>> 
>> Anything collected in excess of my immediate needs (basically, lunch and
>> maybe gas for the car) will be saved for future nifty stuff, like maybe
>> buying "bnomic.org" or something and giving players bnomic.org email
>> addresses.
>> 
>> I'll get down from my whiny bitchy soapbox now.
>> 
>> ...dave
>> 
> -[[I really wish I could help you, but I don't have a PayPal account or an
> intent to create one. Sorry.]]-
> 

WC has a point, though - even those of us who can't create PayPal accounts
can get Dave $10 each. With 13 or 14 players, that's at least a bit of food.
Plus, if we can find a way to contact the dead players, I'll bet we could
get another 10 people or so to chip in...

-- 
Wonko