I am not a fan of financial shilling on a personal Web site. I don’t have a PayPal donation link or an Amazon tip jar or a wish list (although I can nod embarrasedly toward the growing wedding registries that appear elsewhere on this site).

That said, if there’s one gift I’d ask for, something that I should buy but haven’t, a gift I don’t need and wouldn’t use often but would be cheery and proud to own, an item where the creator deserves a thank-you and a few dollars for the effort, it’s Sam Brown’s Wish for something better (third item). Exploding Dog remains fascinating, enduring, and wonderful.

P.S. I dig the “original shirt” too.