My writer friend Christa's dog Butch got very sick recently - it turned out he had a bad infection behind his eyes that was starting to creep into his brain. Yes, they seem to have gotten to it in time, but little Butch's tab ran a tad high. (Note that often "writer" means "staying ahead of the bills but just barely.") So some of us suggested a "Donate to Butchie" PayPal button so we could easily chip in a little to help out. Here's the entire post with details.