That ONLY took two hours…

…not to write the abortion post, but to format it. 

I know a lot of what gets posted here isn’t edited correctly, or formatted as well as it should be, but there is only so much time in the day. 

When you’re working off pirated, or share-ware versions of obsolete software that will run with a really bad operating system (Millenium) on an old computer I picked up for 150 dollars, everything takes at least twice as long as it should.  

I’d prefer (and I think you would prefer) that the time was spent on research and writing — and editing. But, making the Mex Files a half-way decent source of information is a full-time balancing act — to have the time to write, I had to take a less than full time job.  Which means there’s not the money for basics like keeping the auto insurance and resistration up to date (which would at least let me earn a little more… and not spend two or three hours just working out getting to the grocery, local meetings, etc.), or decent software.  So… I’m spending TIME on inessentials. 

I’ve had some generous contributions, which took care of the most pressing electical bills, and part of the phone bill, but the Mex Files can only continue if there is time to write… and, at this point, there isn’t the time to edit, or do much of anything else. 

Thanks to the generous folks who’ve donated so far, but there’s still about $800 (US Dollars, not Mexican Pesos) needed to meet the most pressing, and time wasting, needs.  And, yeah… a little dental work would be nice if there’s anything over.