Disclosures

Starting in 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.

Per the FTC rules, if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to specify this. Ditto if I use an Amazon link that gets me 8 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a comfy t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, same deal. Disclaimers all over the place.

This would be tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers. But rules is rules.

Low Level Everyday Problemsolving

I like looking at things and really thinking them through. If you do this carefully once, you can just automatically do the correct thing forever after that.

So, basic things - when taking the lid off the coffee, where do you put it?

Me? Depends if there's coffee on the bottom of the lid. If so, topdown, bottom up:

No coffee? Then bottom down on the table, keeping the top of the lid cleaner.