I know, I know, how could I get rid of such an important revenue stream? I mean, all that imaginary money was going toward my imaginary turtle sanctuary! Sarcasm aside, they are freaking obnoxious, aren’t they? Every time I looked at my own website, they were a blight. And it just feels wrong to be out here, in the intertubes, talking about how to eat, making this big deal about finding out what our values are and looking at the morality of our food choices, and then look over to the side and see an ad to ABOLISH YOUR TUMMYFAT.

I don’t think it’s wrong to put ads on a website. I didn’t think I was going to make a ton of money putting ads on mine, but I thought I might make a little to offset the cost. But it just isn’t feeling right to host ads for things I would never personally suggest anyone buy or do, which is what the Google ads amount to. LOVE your tummy. Love it. Yes, I write about wanting to lose some weight, no, that does not mean I think you should lose weight. But Google can’t see that difference, and I don’t think it should make me morally conflicted to read my own website.

Right now I have links on the side for the Thesis WordPress theme (which makes me dance with joy), and Vita-Mix, which honestly I could not live without. Greg has joked that if the Vita-Mix ever broke, he’d have to fly one in overnight because otherwise I’d starve. Those are both things I support, and wouldn’t feel dirty earning a little money from. I’ll let you know if I feel like putting up any other ads.