Ads on my blog?

I put ads on my blog, what do you think? Have I sold out? Man, I was really torn over this decision. I wanted to keep my blog free from things like, "the man" and "corporations", but I also wanted to buy some studio monitors. Google promises me an "undisclosed share" of the revenue from these ads, so you guys better start clicking!

I had to agree to not post any of the cool stuff below to get ads on the site:

* Pornography, adult or mature content
* Violent content
* Content related to racial intolerance or advocacy against any individual, group or organisation
* Excessive profanity
* Hacking/cracking content
* Gambling or casino-related content
* Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia content
* Sales of beer or hard alcohol
* Sales of tobacco or tobacco-related products
* Sales of prescription drugs
* Sales of weapons or ammunition (e.g. firearms, firearm components, fighting knives, stun guns)
* Sales of products that are replicas or imitations of designer goods
* Sales or distribution of coursework or student essays
* Content regarding programs which compensate users for clicking ads or offers, performing searches, surfing websites or reading emails
* Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others

Do you think they will stifle my creativity and/or will oppressive pop-up ads and landing pages give my blog more credibility, like Salon.com? Maybe I can get the Ask the Pilot guy to write something for the site, I'm a big fan of his work. I can pay him an "undisclosed share" of the ad revenue.

I guess my idea for texasholdemtermpapers.com will have to be placed on hold until I can find a place with less restrictive rules. Maybe I'll check out having my site hosted on one of those libertarian seasteads. Do you think this site is laissez-faire? If not, why? Too much regulation? Welfare/Nanny State?

Let me know what you guys think of the ads, they are based on keywords found in my blog text. Follow up question, what keywords do you think i need to put to get the naked American Apparel ads?

Best MySpace Ever!

Okay, so I found this MySpace after falling down the rabbit hold for about an hour, and it's the best one I've ever seen which is how I came up for the title of this weblog posting, "Best MySpace Ever!"

Anywho, the page in question belongs to someone who is primarily obsessed with Johnny Depp and his portrayal of Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. This in itself is no accomplishment. The person becomes truly special because their secondary obsession is Rachel Ray. Hmm... This doesn't quite make sense right away, but once you have spent the 45 minutes required to really digest this person's page you will soon realize that your first impression was correct and you wasted a lot of time. But wait! Your time really wasn't wasted. You were just entertained, but you haven't realized it yet. It's a special kind of entertainment, the kind that can only come from giving a clinically insane person the tools to pimp their MySpace.

Swedish Dance Bands, Ahoy!

Jeremy gave me this link to a website with some awesome pictures of Swedish dance bands, such as the one to your left. There is a frighteningly large amount of these pictures on the site, but they are all worth it. Jeremy points out that the guy in the photo fourth from the top looks like Peter Griffin. I think he's right.

This is slightly better...

... until you realize that it's people dancing in the Dairy Queen parking lot. I didn't realize that Dormer Plaza is the new spot.

White Center, are you comfortable being represented by this guy?

I was on YouTube searching for videos that came up for White Center, WA and I found this gem.

You tell 'em Chris...

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Wilco & Fleet Foxes

Here's a clip of Wilco and Fleet Foxes singing "I Shall Be Released" in Spokane.