Hello hello! I've been asked a few times if I have some sort of Patreon or tip jar, and in spite of all the online advice to avoid being a generalist, I've been asked that in response to threads on neurodiversity, political rants (pay me to rant? You son of a bitch, I'm in!), conflict resolution, myth-busting on covid-19, and - of course - the thread about how you should not put random marine invertebrate organisms in your vagina. So. I explain things. I love explaining things. I love researching and going down the rabbit hole and coming back with one hell of a story. I've been mostly unemployed throughout the pandemic (I did a month of contract taxonomy in Perth in May/June 2021; a subsequent research voyage has been indefinitely postponed), and our house was destroyed in the storms of June 2021. (that story is here: https://fortifiedsandcastle.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/the-forest-fell/ ) I miss the forest and I want to go home. Our insurer dumped a whole bunch of cash on us, but at the moment we're bogged down in red tape and don't even have a building permit. We don't know if the insured amount will cover the rebuild, because we live in a temperate rainforest with a bureaucratic nightmare for a local council, and we have to build to meet five different sets of overlay requirements. Husband is gainfully employed; but I need to contribute, and this is what I do best: I tell stories. I make people laugh. I explain things. I know people don't have much right now; but if you've got anything to spare, and I made you laugh, or taught you something, or made you think, or made you feel less alone in the tumbling chaos of the void, I'd really appreciate it.
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