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Every now and then a reader asks me how they can thank me for one of the forms I have made available, for a link I reported, or an idea I offered. In general, I regard almost everything I post on this website to be a part of job as a public intellectual who is fortunate enough to be supported by the public — as a faculty member of a public university — and also my larger personal project of simply making the world a better place.
That noted, the very best way you can thank me is to give me credit in a work of your own and let me know about it by e-mail (fullname@gmail.com) or Twitter (@johnlaudun). My university, which is financed by the public, likes it when the work I do contributes to the work and lives of others, and so they like it when I can report to them when that is happened.
You can also thank me by doing the kinds of things I do — support local agriculture and makers — and join the kinds of organizations that I belong to or wish I could belong to — the American Folklore Society, Future Farmers of America.
But if none of those things scratch the generous itch that burns a portion of your soul’s skin, then by all means, buy me a cup of coffee: