Okay, I'm chill.
I want to start by apologizing to everyone. Yeah, I spazzed. This is something I really don't like to advertise, but it's why I spazzed: I forgot to take my meds today. No shit, not a joke. I was diagnosed about 4 years ago with "severe clinical depression" and if I don't take my meds, every little thing just sets me off.
So, I'm sorry I forgot my meds today. I took them, gave my kids a bath, went in the garage and cried like a baby for about 10 minutes, and then started to think straight.
I agree with everyone that it's a shitty thing to do to monetize death, of any kind. I want you to understand that was not the intention with the blog. I put the leaderboard up there for two reasons: 1) because it's kind of habit. You people should understand that. Build a site, put adsense all over it. and 2) I spent about $40 on domains last night and was hoping to recoup some of that. That's it.
My other reason for putting the blog up was entirely selfish. My life is really shitty right now. I'm NOT going to go into details. So, I was hoping that people would tell stories and share prayers that could help lift my spirits as well. I wanted something to be proud of and say "I did that, and it helped people." My over-reaction was due to a feeling of hurt. I love WF, and it kind of felt like my family telling me I was a terrible person. That hurt. As a defense mechanism, I just said fuck it.
So, I'm sorry. I will remove the ads too.
BTW Jon, thanks for not deleting my account. Sometimes, as insane as this place is, it's the only thing that keeps me sane.