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     October 31, 2011

 

At the End of October

by Thomas A. Droleskey

This is going to be a brief commentary.

This is the last day of the month of October in the Year of Our Lord 2011.

Here is a review of the number of people who have responded to the September 24, 2011, Donations page fund-raising appeal letter in the month of October: Twelve. That's right, twelve. Only one person has done so in the past two weeks. One. Four of these responses came from those who make non-tax-deductible financial gifts each month. This means that only there were first-time responses from seven people as the eighth made a generous non-tax-deductible financial gift that was solicited privately that made possible the payment of overdue phone bills associated with the wireless devices to keep my computer connected to cyperspace and the purchasing of some basic necessities.

Here is a review of the number of people who have responded to the September 24, 2011, Donations page fund-raising appeal letter in the month of October: Eleven. That's right, eleven. Each of these individuals has made non-tax-deductible financial gifts in the past. Nine do so every month.

Here are the current statistics for this site:

 


Day Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
01 Oct 2011 513 1,151 4,649 327.23 MB
02 Oct 2011 107 270 858 52.93 MB
03 Oct 2011 623 1,213 6,326 415.96 MB
04 Oct 2011 651 1,310 5,496 352.84 MB
05 Oct 2011 646 1,175 7,080 462.73 MB
06 Oct 2011 665 1,253 5,924 376.84 MB
07 Oct 2011 607 1,138 5,470 363.47 MB
08 Oct 2011 489 1,012 4,986 378.42 MB
09 Oct 2011 598 1,131 5,265 348.94 MB
10 Oct 2011 693 1,229 6,422 399.59 MB
11 Oct 2011 643 1,120 5,848 380.73 MB
12 Oct 2011 577 1,156 5,783 346.99 MB
13 Oct 2011 267 416 2,143 259.46 MB
14 Oct 2011 586 1,211 5,617 365.16 MB
15 Oct 2011 626 1,215 5,055 330.99 MB
16 Oct 2011 659 1,468 5,847 356.29 MB
17 Oct 2011 674 1,312 6,150 396.34 MB
18 Oct 2011 614 1,258 5,525 426.26 MB
19 Oct 2011 674 1,122 5,114 346.47 MB
20 Oct 2011 629 1,103 5,774 362.86 MB
21 Oct 2011 579 1,187 4,983 338.98 MB
22 Oct 2011 615 1,050 5,000 332.31 MB
23 Oct 2011 630 1,012 7,270 432.75 MB
24 Oct 2011 631 1,235 6,552 403.57 MB
25 Oct 2011 607 1,265 5,467 331.25 MB
26 Oct 2011 620 1,473 5,530 343.21 MB
27 Oct 2011 701 1,321 5,704 329.09 MB
28 Oct 2011 587 1,221 5,680 382.49 MB
29 Oct 2011 549 1,151 6,138 388.03 MB
30 Oct 2011 41 89 263 7.66 MB
31 Oct 2011 0 0 0 0
Average 570 1,108 5,263 344.66 MB
Total 17,101 33,267 157,919 10.10 GB

 

There are far more than twenty-three people who read this site. Yes, many who read these articles do not agree with them. Others may agree with them but lack even the ability to make a non-tax-deductible financial gift of five or ten dollars. Others, I am sure, do have the means to so.

Here is a measure of the income demographics of those who read this site as measured by the Quantcast measuring service (no, I have no idea how such figures are determined):

 

Household Income

more affluent

This site attracts a more affluent audience.

11%

$0-30k

 

 

19%

$30-60k

29%

$60-100k

41%

$100k+

 
 

Internet Average

 

As I have noted in the past, I do not know whether those measurements are correct. If they are, however, they are a whole lot more freeloaders out there (that is, people who could provide some assistance now and again without hurting their household budgets as opposed to those who are living as we do, that is, from hand-to-mouth) than ever I thought existed.

Yes, this is all within the Providence of God, Who means for us to keep close to Him through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. We love the cross. We embrace. We accept it. I am simply asking those of you who have the means and who support the work of this site to help us carry this cross. We need your help.

Not counting this appeals letter, there have been one hundred seventy-three original articles posted on this site in 2011. Yes, the pace has slowed in recent months as I have been working on my book, which has turned into a three volume project. Some of those articles have been lengthy, detailed and were the fruit of much research. Is the laborer worth his keep?

No one is compelled to agree with the work of this site. No one is compelled to support the work of this site with non-tax-deductible financial gifts. 

All I can do is ask more readers who do support the work of this site and who have the means to be of assistance to do so at this time, entrusting all to Christ the King through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary and assuring our readers of our prayers every day without fail.

Here is how to respond:

 

 

 

 

 

 

OR

Post Office Box 8079

West Chester, Ohio 45069-8079

 


Thank you.

Sincerely yours in Christ the King and Mary our Immaculate Queen,

Thomas A. Droleskey, Ph.D.

Publisher-Editor

www.ChristorChaos.com

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See also: A Litany of Saints

 





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