This blog is not primarily financially driven. I started this blog because I love to educate, share, and frankly too many people were asking me for my recipes, how I did stuff like get rid of my 11 lines and where I got my favorite coat.
Regardless, beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to disclose whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.
First: Thanks to Tim Ferriss and my similar belief that wasting time re-inventing the wheel is pointless, here is my copycat page with proper attribution…
Second, the less obvious: Per the FTC rules, if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to disclose this. Ditto 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, same deal. Disclaimers all over the place. This would be tedious for me and even more tedious for readers. But rules is rules. To cover my rear and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every link and product I use, the following all hold true:
(Illustrations courtesy of Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer)
