What the hell is that thing?

Those of you who are seeing this at tomtostanoski.com and don't go to LiveJournal can ignore this post, unless you'd like to be consumed with vitriol. Now, admittedly, I haven't done much to care for the LiveJournal page I set up. I mostly did it to give Amy easier access to my blog and to expand my audience of bored humans. I left it on some ugly theme that I chose ages ago and only checked it occasionally to verify that the crossposting plugin is still working.

So I trotted over there today to ensure that it worked correctly with Wordpress 2.7. It does. I figured I'd stick around and pick a more aesthetically pleasing theme. I did.

Then I noticed it. A big honking banner ad for credit cards above my post. This is so wrong on so many levels.

I get that LiveJournal doesn't cost me anything. I get that a handful of Russian coders are punching up the nasty perl that makes LJ work. I get that they have to monetize the free accounts somehow.

But did it really need to be a huge graphical banner right above my most recent post? Couldn't it be a skyscraper along the sides (which are currently blank). I look like a frigging phishing site. Thank you LiveJournal, for knowing nothing about page design. You can kiss the fattest part of my ass if you think I'm buying a paid account to get rid of it.

Those of you who want to continue to view my stuff on LiveJournal should get an ad blocking program for your browser. I don't think a spam company should be profiting by obscuring my writing without my consent. If anyone knows how I demand they move it to a less obstructive location, please let me know.

The best course of action is to just read this over at http://tomtostanoski.com/blog. I'm currently looking for a better Wordpress theme and I should have my blogroll and links cleaned up sooner than later. I'll also be adding my Tweets to the sidebar as soon as I can find a good widget for it. Best part: no ads, and I will never try to sell you anything.

Sorry for the rant. It bugs me to no end that they put their ugly Citibank ad THERE!