There was a story in the Wall Street Journal today about mommy bloggers who are paid to recommend items on their blogs. Sometimes they’re paid with free stuff, sometimes with real moolah.

A lot of these mommies aren’t telling their readers that they’re being paid to say how cool certain strollers, diapers and pacifiers are. And now it looks like the Federal Trade Commission may be coming up with new rules for these mommy bloggers. They may get fined if they don’t reveal to their readers that they’re getting paid for their endorsements.

So in the interest of full disclosure, I just wanted you all to know that I am NOT being paid by any of the following products/services/entities I have mentioned in this blog. This includes but is not limited to Rider-Waite tarot cards, Monopoly, tattoo artists, the Department of Homeland Security, my yoga teacher, the Beatles, yurt manufacturers, Blackberry, George Lucas, cigar makers, melty bead manufacturers and the TV show Clean House.

I am not in the blog business for the money, people. I’m in it for the fame.