I’ve been approved for Google Adwords, it was a pretty simple process.  I had a few days worth of posts up before I applied and a day and half after that I got an acceptance e-mail.  $100 has to be earned before they will cut you a check so I don’t see that happening anytime soon.  Still it’s interesting to play with, Google give you all sorts of toys to play with.  Check out www.google.com/webmasterseven if you aren’t using adwords.