A note…

First of all… Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! With my new apartment in Charlotte, I’m getting so super excited about decorating for the holiday season and I’m even going to host a little Christmas get-together at my new place. It is going to be great.

To put my site in the spirit, I’ve put up a holiday header. Hope you enjoy!

As a related design issue. I’m sure by now that you have all noticed that the design changed just a bit to accommodate the new banner advertising you see at the very tip top of the website. InterstateQ.com is now a member of the Gay Ad Network, along with premier LGBT blogs and media such as the Washington Blade, the Southern Voice, GayNewsWatch.com and Mombian.com.

Featured advertisers as of late November include national brands like Gay.com, Chemistry.com, Atlantis Cruises, Just for Men and others you’ll see through Google (like RealJock.com) in random rotation.

When I first started my blog I said I would never put ads on the site. Then I added BlogAds and the Gay Politics BlogAds advertising. Then I added Google ads. Throughout it all, I have hoped that I’ve maintained a measured approach to advertising, keeping the site looking clean and fresh and making sure while the ads are here, they aren’t all that intrusive to your time reading and viewing the site.

The truth of the matter is that in order to keep the site running and in order to add just a little spare change to my pocket to afford this web hosting, as well as hosting for several other websites, I need to run ads. Don’t think I’m getting rich off you, though (because, trust me, I’m certainly not).

So… that is my note for now. I don’t know if I’ll be posting much on Friday. We have a lot of work to do at the paper for this production weekend. For now, I’m going to take my 30-pounds heavier body and go to sleep on this most wonderful Thanksgiving night.

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