to monetize or not to monetize

the very fact that i do not entitle this "to sell out or not to sell out" shows a major shift in my perspectives as there was a time i felt even musicians or actors who did tv commercials were sell outs and i swore i would never do one... i've kept that promise, though perhaps through no fault of my own (laughing at my anonymity, are we?), but i have crossed the line into the blog advertising world (shudder, you didn't know?) with my on again off again consumer blog and even put an ad in one entry in this blog because that entry seems to get the most visits (and i am relatively clueless as to why), or at least i could have sworn i did... did somebody remove it without telling me?... maybe i should check the thousands of emails i get each week that i don't look at, aye?... but the question i bring to this entry is...

should i put ads on the sidebar of this blog?...

how many of you have already run away?... well, you probably came back if you answer that, but seriously, would you stop visiting?... the ultimate question that is not for you to answer is would it be worth it, or would i make any money... i would not want the ads there unless there was some profit for me as i have always wanted my blogs to be ad free and more personal... not only that, placing ads on a blog require a blogger to follow some rules and there are no rules in my babbling, so i would possibly risk having my blog terminated suddenly without warning (and it may be paranoid or history leading me to that conclusion, but i'd have to remember to download my blog more often and wouldn't want the ads in the download and not it's getting more complicated and what's in it for me?)...

the only reason i am considering the ads it i am not working at the moment and any extra income would be very much welcome... so i may try it... nothing's come of the consumer blog, but then, i may be the only person visiting that one anyway... the stats tell me this blog gets more than 2000 page views a month, so will anyone click on the ads and what sort of income could it provide, i have no clue... just thinking aloud, which is what this blog is all about, after all...

anyway, if you see adds on the right side anytime soon, i hope it doesn't destroy whatever ambiance this blog has had and i hope it doesn't turn you off or push you away... i believe one of the rules is that i can't ask anyone to click on the ads (which makes no sense as i'd think they'd want me to try to sell their products), so by no means am i asking anyone to do that - i don't think there is a rule against my mentioning that i am currently unemployed and only put the ads there in the hope they might help me feed myself (am i already getting too seriously irreverent and breaking rules?... oh generous gods of blogger and google, please don't delete my blog without letting me download the content... seriously, i don't need more reason to feel depressed and worthless and unappreciated, ya know?)...

hey, they aren't there yet, so i shouldn't be breaking any rules, right?...

anyway, what do you think?...