Robert Anton Wilson needs your help

Noted sci-fi and philosophy author Robert Anton Wilson (The Illuminatus Trilogy, et al) is having trouble covering his medical costs and rent. As you may know from his writings he suffered from polio as a child but had mostly been cured of it. However, he is now suffering from debilitating post-polio syndrome, may not have much longer to live, and has been unable to cover both his medical bills and rent. Some of his friends have started a donation drive so that he can continue to live in his home and receive medical care for however long he can stay with us.

Here are some things you can do to help:

Send a donation to his PayPal account: olgaceline@gmail.com

Send a check payable to Robert Anton Wilson by mail to:

Dennis Berry
c/o Futique Trust
P.O. Box 3561
Santa Cruz, CA 95063

Order books (Bob’s non-fiction works and other authors) from New Falcon Publications who will be donating 7% of all online orders to Robert Anton Wilson during October.

Order his other books and souvenirs through his official website. (He’ll get an extra cut when ordering from Amazon through his website due to being an Amazon affiliate.)

Make a prayer or offering to Goddess Eris.

(Disclaimer: I provide hosting services for Robert Anton Wilson’s official website.)

Sunday

Sunday we went down to Taipei 101 (tallest building in the world) to go to Page One bookstore. Emily got a book about dinosaurs, Maggie got two travel guides, and I got V For Vendetta, Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind, The FairTax Book, Freakonomics, and Castle In The Air.

I was kind of pissed off to find that they now have The Tipping Point in stock in both trade paperback and pocket paperback. Last time I went there specifically looking for it and they didn’t have it, so I ended up ordering it from Amazon.com and ended up paying a lot more with the international shipping. Oh well…

For dinner we went to Chili’s were I had a Buffalo Chicken Salad (which I shared with Maggie), a chocolate cake with a huge scoop of ice cream on top (which I shared with Emily) and a large Stella Artois (which I didn’t share with anyone.

Bonanza

Today saw a bonanza of deliveries, with a bundle of US magazines from my mail forwarder, books and CDs from Amazon, and the aforementioned Fatboy Slim CD/DVD from CD Japan. Other CDs include Zero 7’s new release The Garden, Tina Dico’s In The Red, and Meshell Ndegeocello’s Plantation Lullabies. Books include The Tipping Point, Parable of the Talents, Against The Odds, and Learned Optimism.