Sounds like a well thought out plan...

A 30-yr old American woman tattooed a gambling website's address on her forehead after selling the advertising space on eBay.

For $10,000, Kari Smith has gone ahead and had her forehead tattooed with the Web address of a gambling site.

Smith, 30, who sold her unusual advertising space on eBay, said the money will give her 11-year-old son a private education, which she believes he needs after falling behind in school.

"For the all the sacrifices everyone makes, this is a very small one," she said. "It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son," she said. "To everyone else, it seems like a stupid thing to do. To me, $10,000 is like $1 million. I only live once, and I'm doing it for my son," she said.

I can appreciate that there are some desperate people out there; no money, want a better life for their children, etc. Furthermore, self-sacrifice is usually the noblest of endeavors. But was this really the solution? This 30-year old woman will probably be wearing the 'Scarlet Lettering of Stupidity' for the rest of her life, all because she thinks that private education is the answer to her son's problems? No offense, but if son is at all like mother, then there probably isn't much hope for the lad anyway.

Oh, if you think I'm being too mean, consider that the winning $10,000 bid came in quite late. She had only raised $999.99 prior to that! One wonders what she would have done had nobody met her price - would she have sold out for less?

Bidding reached $999.99 before Goldenpalace.com, an Internet gambling company in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, met Smith's $10,000 asking price.

Poor Kari Smith - hopefully she'll eventually think of a way to raise enough money to cover her entire body in tattoos so that this one isn't as noticeable!