June 10, 2013 
…mostly.
I spent today skimming through every single post on this site. Fun times.
I trashed a sparing few, discarded all drafts, and applied some polish here and there. This wasn’t a -complete- spring cleaning; I haven’t caught all dead links (though I did get a few) but it’s what needed to get done. Excerpts for each post is something I really should do but is not worth my time at the moment. (it’s a wordpress thing).
But it’s done for now. Without getting into too much detail, I’ve been given a rather compelling reason to resume activities on this blog and they orient around something I may possibly doing every Tuesday at a certain time in the afternoon for an hour involving the spoken word. No, it’s not the revival of the Invisible Voice but it is something I’m going to be excited to tell you lot about once I am able to.
I also have a very serious question to ask directed at the long time listeners and readers of mine.
I could use, but do not -need- a small amount of seed money. To make a long story short I have positioned myself so that I can break-even budget-wise and largely I’ve succeeded. My side project however changes things just a little, and while I expect to do fine long run — in the short term I’m going to have to play my cards very close to my chest to make it through.
I know that in the past some have expressed discomfort with the paypal donation button — and for the time being, that button is gone. I’m toying with the idea of a very small scale kickstarter (goal $100-$300) to help step around those concerns and have a little fun and practice with fundraising. I don’t entirely expect such a thing to succeed or raise a substantial amount, and that’s fine. I merely could use a little push to get me started.
The donation button will return, I need to settle a few things with paypal first.
I will extend details once I can — I hate playing coy, and I -really- hate asking for money. Just consider this me gauging interest with the expectation of getting nothing.
In terms of actual content, I will be recording a quick-take tomorrow afternoon. The first person to suggest a topic via the comments will likely have theirs selected for me to take to pieces, with the goal of a 20 to 30 minute segment.
Also, it has literally been years since I’ve touched livestreaming. Any quick opinions on which websites these days offer the best streaming service are welcome!
The Skeptic Conservative 
I will contribute 50$ to 100$ if you need it.
Which is amazingly generous.
Hold that thought for the moment, however — things are moving a bit quick behind the scenes and if certain cards play in certain ways it may not be necessary. Maybe.
Well if you need it just send a message to me over Skype or make another post.
If I may suggest a topic to talk about at some point is a tiny bit of government transparency and where the line is drawn.
Noted and will be done.
Since these quick takes are more or less practice bits for me getting used to ten minute segments, I’ll see where twenty minutes with a break in the middle gets me.
And boy do I have a lot of words about this one, in light of the IRS scandals and what it reveals about the attitude of the federal bureaucracy..
Might I ask why you need to get used to ten minute segments?
You’ll find out come July 🙂