First off, and this is not something Dave thought up,
but something I (the grand poobah and dishwasher extraordinaire) figured
out. What the heck. Let's see if we can make this like a "shareware"
kind of thing. If you enjoyed browsing this site, and want to keep it online
and ever changing, ever growing, you can drop us a line (that is, write
us a letter or email). Better yet, bribe us. Send us a letter along with
some money. A quarter. A dollar. A check for $25,000. Nothing too big or
too small will be refused. Make any checks or money orders or last will
and testaments out to Dave Lowry and send it to: Dave Lowry Online,
c/o Tengu Press, PO Box 61637, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96839. Or, you can
support us by buying and/or subscribing to Tengu Press' print magazine,
Furyu the Budo Journal. (Our online edition is Furyu
Online at http://www.furyu.com. Thanks, and I'm sure it will generate
good karma for you!
See, Dave makes a living as a writer, so for him to
post some of his copyrighted material up on the web is a service he's offering
us, but he could use an extra buck or two just like the rest of us. We'll
get your donation and then pass it on to Dave. He gets a buck or two a
month and he's happy, and maybe he'll send me a buck or two for helping
him with this site, and then I'm happy, and so we post more stuff, and
we're all happy. But if you're broke, not to worry. For the foreseeable
future, this site will remain free, as long as we can afford to sponsor
it.
To contact the bum responsible for putting this stuff up:
Wayne Muromoto, Tengu Press, at muromoto@lava.net,Be
forewarned. I've got my hands full just teaching at a high school in Hawai'i
everyday, so sometimes I have a hard time answering my e-mail. Letters
may help; you can write c/o Tengu Press, PO Box 61637, Honolulu, Hawai'i
96839 USA. To contact El Biggo Cheezo Himself, Dave Lowry: Write
your letter and post it to: Dave Lowry Online c/o Tengu Press, PO Box 61637,
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96839 USA. Why only by letter? I love the guy, but Dave
is such a noodski when it comes to technology. He only got a PC to write
his stories just recently, when his old typewriter broke down and his wife
finally convinced him that spell check would be a lot easier than using
a dictionary and white-out. He's somewhat online, but I wouldn't rely on
him to answer any email anytime soon.