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haggling over the price
07/03/2006 = 11:00 AM

I actually saw a link for http://www.payperpost.com on a blog whose author went off on a sort of diatribe about how bloggers compromise their integrity by advertising products they don't really care about.

Which strikes me as a bit silly, since PayPerPost is going to pay him or her for having said so.

And unlike Google's Adsense (which this integrity-laden blogger also features on his or her site), PayPerPost lets you choose what you're going to write about and advertise. Adsense tries to match ads based on your entry, but it's not always an accurate match.

Anyway, I write because I love to, but I'm broke. If someone is willing to give me some money for something I'm going to do anyway for no pay, I'm very much about that.

Does that compromise my integrity?

Or am I actually being more honest with myself for owning my greed?

I mean, I think I'd probably like myself a lot less if I were the type to play holier-than-thou and call others out for their supposed lack of integrity whilst collecting the metaphorical bounty on them.

I guess it doesn't matter either way. I am greedy and I am willing to accept the fact that I'm a sellout.

Like the punchline of the old joke, we've established what I am — we're just haggling over the price.

But I have Other Fine Qualities.

I did do a new podcast*, should anyone care.

12 mb, right click, save target as

About thirteen minutes, but no screeching.

(I'm pretty sure.)

I've removed last week's to save server space, so if you missed it, sorry. A few people said I was a "riot", which may mean they're planning to break my windows and steal my TV.

* I've decided that the difference between a "podcast" and an "audio blog" is only in how pretentious you feel at any given time. I'm pretending to be important enough to do "podcasts" as opposed to "audio blogs", so go me with the pretentiousness.

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