$121,020, $121,040, $121,060…

Ten days ago blog pundit and evangelist Andrew Sullivan asked for $20 donations.

He got ribbed by some folks who claimed this begging was an admission of defeat. As one blogger I usually admire
opined, “So the net result of this development is that even the guy who was supposed to be making money at this isn’t and that means there isn’t money to be made. Blogs are wonderful. Blogs are fun. Blogs are good reading. But blogs are no way to earn a living.”

Fast forward. By day two, 3000 people had already contributed. (I was one of them.) Today, Sullivan and his business partner Robert Cameron are