Selling out with ads
Wow. I actually almost did it. I started googling about how to run advertising on my blog.
Low Cash, plus Cash Need = find a way to make more money 
So, is advertising on my site selling out? Do I take a place that I enjoy slathering with my own bullshit and turn it into a money maker? Do I plaster it with so many ads it's hard to read?
I'm thinking no. I would like to advertise for stuff I like, but more so I can share stuff that I've found. I like the way Dooce does it, where she has her main posts, but also stuff about her dog, and fashion things.
Maybe I can do that kind of thing. I've been thinking of posting more stuff about Celiac that I've put together over the year she's had it. Cool, an idea
What is too much?
DadCentric wrote about a kid holding up a sign about lying to his parents:
I WILL NOT LIE TO MY PARENTS AND I WILL NOT USE PROFANITY
Standing on a busy corner, eyes downcast, humiliated with a group of people standing in the shade behind him, most likely his family.
Here's the thing - when does this become okay? As parents, we have to set boundaries. We set limits to protect their safety, hopefully teach them something, and generally keep them from running us over as they speed their way out of our houses. This, to me, seems like what DadCentric is saying - maybe a bluff got called and hopefully the parents are just as miserable and humiliated.
As a father, well, as a parent, I am constantly hit by varying degrees of issues/emergencies/decisions. The last several months have been fairly emotional, and I find myself reacting like RagingDad and exploding over some split milk. One issue after the other after the other and BOOM!
HULK SMASH!
The problem is, we lose control for a split second on kids with impressionable psyches who take in EVERYTHING - don't shake your heads, they do! - EVERYTHING you say and store it in that little brain of theirs where it percolates and helps them grow. Problem is when something comes out of your mouth that you want to desperately grab out of the air and stuff back down your stupid throat, gets away, gets in their heads, and germinates into something that comes out years from now that when you realize what it's all about, you want to turn in your DaddyLicense and slit your wrists open because you are the worst father in the world.
*wow, that was interesting. I love how I start writing because something catches my attention and it turns into a thought provoking post that helps me figure out what in my head*
So what do y'all think?
BRHT – Big Rotten Hairy Tomato
Think of a nasty rotten hairy tomato that has sat out for WAY Too long, has why hairs and green sludge on it. Okay, go it? Now, here are the people I wanted to throw it at yesterday:
- the a-hole on 287S who decided to cut me off and then slow down to talk on his phone while traffic is a mile clear ahead of him. You get a BFHT.
- the guy who decided he didn't have to wait so he slid up the shoulder ahead of everyone and jumped in just before the exit. You get a BFHT
- Every Single CT Driver on Sunday on my way to and from Gilli's camp who decided that it was okay to do 30 miles under the speed limit in the LEFT LANE. You get TWO BFHT EACH.
Are you sensing a traffic oriented trend? I thought you might. Grrrr. LEARN TO DRIVE PEOPLE! STOP FEELING ENTITLED!!!
Please feel free to add your own. Might have to come up with a small little rotten tomato graphic.