The problem with caring about other people as deeply as I do is that I often compelled to listen to their silly opinions. Following my impassioned case that my becoming an online pornographer would merely be an unremarkable example of marketing my skills and resources, several people close to me let me know that in their opinion, the issue went beyond the dynamics of capitalism. Deeply disappointed in their narrow-mindedness, but determined not to have all the many terrible things happen that they promised would take place if I kicked off my porno business, I went looking for another source of revenue.
You can see some of the results at the bottom of the front page and here. Yes, instead of starting a nice, unassuming pornography site, I've sold out and put banner ads on the Seven Deadly Sins Homepage. They're ugly and they make the page take longer to load, but as astonishing as it may sound, every time someone clicks on those things, a nickel winks out of existence in that corporation's vast bank account and shows up milliseconds later in my piggy bank. Isn't that astonishing?
Despite this anticipated windfall, it still seemed unlikely that I could pay off my extensive website-hosting bills and begin to assemble my financial empire with such modest contributions. So I took to hawking books on Sin and the like for the online megaliteroplis, Amazon.com. The deal is, if someone buys a book that they first see on my page, the Amazonians give me a little kickback. They're pretty slick, those folks at Amazon.com. Despite a consistent tide of emails from readers doing research on Sin-related topics, I had pretty limited expectations for the success of this venture. Who on earth would buy a book on the Internet? But I put up the brief descriptions and links for the three books, and sat back to see what would happen.
Much to my amazament, in the first six days, nine acquisitive guests bought books. My cut: $11. If this seems small, try multiplying it by fifty-two for an indication of what it might become in the course of a year. That's enough to pay my website fees and start a small fund for some sort of sinful adventure at a later date. What's more important, I've just got the first melty taste of an addictive delicacy, and I want more. The day I heard about my magic $11, I went back and put more books-for-sale on the Books and Resources page. One entry is a six-volume set of the most up-to-date, comprehensive guides to the Bible curently available. It retails for over $250. When someone buys that monster, I quit my job.