So here I am, back after a few days of slaving over a hot keyboard and lots of work on the Shops.

Why did I do that, I hear the two of you wonder.

Since I opened them two years ago, I've made $140. That's 19-cents a day.

For a long time, I was determined to just let the shops languish and if someone stumbled across them and bought something, it was cool. I'm mostly anti-commercialism and I didn't want Panzo.org to become a site where every click offered a pop-up and cheesy blinking ads littered the sidebars.

On the other hand, making only 19-cents a day kinda sucks. Just ask the kids who work for Nike.

So what to do? I'm a creative schlub and I really enjoy making the designs that appear in the Shops. I like making the moola yet I'm not a big fan of advertising.

Here's the compromise: the top ad will go away and the sidebar will be modified so as to show off a few of the designs. I'll also be promoting the Shops more elsewhere so maybe with the combined exposure, I'll make more cashola.

I'm shooting for 22-cents a day.