so is it just me or all the poker bloggers being hit up with tons of requests for advertising/ad placement in exchange for financial compensation.

At the core, I find this mildly abhorant - why? - for the simple reason I don't believe in ads for stuff I don't believe in on my own blog - FTP I have been pretty much a fan since day 1, esp. of the interface, (but not of the hand history recollection - can't get it to work worth a damn with Pokertracker) - so I resist most of these requests -

just wondering how often this occurs -

bought a Rickenbacker 12 string with 1K of last week's winnings - that'll be cool - but otherwise not a very eventful week -

RB