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My Google AdSense Experiment is Over

With my recent spike in traffic, I did what any guy with a web site would do; try and capitalize. I placed a block of Google-provided ads in hope of raking in a few extra dollars. Let's take a look at the tally for these few days of exposure, shall we?

Zero dollars richer and a little wiser. Back to work.

Sleep deprivation

Around midnight of last night, the wife and I are almost in the throes of deep sleep when I get a call from Carlos, my brother-in-law: My sister is sick--they're going to the emergency room. Thanks to the H1N1 pandemic, non-sick children aren't allowed inside the emergency ward, so Molly and I drive across town to meet Carlos at the hospital, keeping my two nephews company in the lobby while Carlos goes behind the scenes.