The Price of Being Sully

As did James Joyner and myself last year, Michelle Malkin ponders the cost of being Andrew Sullivan, blogger (she was inspired by Wunderkinder).

I don't mind if Sully wants to ask for cash, nor do I mind if people give it to him, but I must admit, I wonder at to whether the costs he is incurring comes anywhere near to the income he makes off the blog. One would think his ads would pay for hosting and bandwith. And while I know he has noted that blogging takes away from his writing time, I would note that on balance I have found blogging facilitates my writing, not the other way around (although I will grant that sometimes I get hung up on blogging, using time I ought to be using on writing projects). And for that matter, many bloggers produce more volume than Andrew does--OTB and PoliBlog being examples of such--and I know that James has a full time job, and last time I checked, I did as well (and OTB almost always outstrips me post-wise). I am not slamming Sullivan--just making an observation.