disclaimer

well, part of the reason why i created this blog was financial; i intend to earn income through it by either products i create or products that i am receive some form of affiliate compensation.  and since i do not wish to invent the wheel, i take the following passages directly from one of my heroes, tim ferris, author of the four-hour work week, from his blog at www.fourhourworkweek.com :

beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.

{here are the actual guidelines}

If I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to specify this, as I would if I use an Amazon link that gets me 8 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a comfy t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, ditto. Disclaimers all over.

This would be tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers. But rules is rules.

To cover my ass and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product I use, the following all hold true:

(Illustrations courtesy of Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer)

thank you tim ferris for allowing me to use these images and text with the proper attribution, and i am sorry that i am not as eloquent as you are… yet.   you are one of my greatest heroes.