Here's mine: http://preposterousposthumous.blogspot.com/

I'm new to this stuff. So don't laugh, ok? HAHA!! :D

I used to blog, but my laziness when it comes to typing kept kicking in, so my entries were usually weeks apart. Eventually, I stopped blogging completely. However, thanks for the reminder: I just may start again.

I know exactly what you mean. I have no idea how many times I will be able to update it. I will try to update it at least a couple of times a week...

I'm tracking visits in my website, but oddly enough a lot of visits are taking only 0 seconds. What does that mean? I have no idea. :shrug:

I know exactly what you mean. I have no idea how many times I will be able to update it. I will try to update it at least a couple of times a week...

I'm tracking visits in my website, but oddly enough a lot of visits are taking only 0 seconds. What does that mean? I have no idea. :shrug:

Hmm...not sure what that means. I was certainly viewing your blog for more than zero seconds.

Anyway, I read what you wrote (in your blog), and I agree. Nice post. Oh, and a little late, but welcome to Sciforums.

looks like too much work to me

I'm tracking visits in my website, but oddly enough a lot of visits are taking only 0 seconds. What does that mean? I have no idea. :shrug:

That typically means that the person visiting didn't click on any of the links on your page, which would give the software a baseline to determine how long they were there. For example, if I click your url and my browser loads the page, it has no other reason to interact with the site since it has the text already.

If I spend 2 minutes reading then close the browser window without an outclick or without clicking any internal links or without refreshing the page, the tracking software (usually something like Sitemeter) doesn't know how long I've been there. But if I *do* click a link, say to another post in your sidebar or to a link in your blog roll, the tracking software uses the point at which I first loaded the page to the point at which I left to tell how long I was there.

By the way, I've a blog link in my profile if you're interested.

That typically means that the person visiting didn't click on any of the links on your page, which would give the software a baseline to determine how long they were there. For example, if I click your url and my browser loads the page, it has no other reason to interact with the site since it has the text already.

If I spend 2 minutes reading then close the browser window without an outclick or without clicking any internal links or without refreshing the page, the tracking software (usually something like Sitemeter) doesn't know how long I've been there. But if I *do* click a link, say to another post in your sidebar or to a link in your blog roll, the tracking software uses the point at which I first loaded the page to the point at which I left to tell how long I was there.
Thank you for the explanation. That's quite clarifying.

By the way, I've a blog link in my profile if you're interested.
Thank you for the offer! Whatever that is.... HAHA!! :D


Did you like my blog? :)

Pretty basic but a good start. I would suggest getting some links to other blogs in a sidebar. Particularly blogs that you enjoy reading and that you post at. If you don't read other blogs or post, you should start if you want to increase traffic. Traffic means regular readers. Regular readers means people who will eventually post.

But don't just post at like-minded blogs. Post at blogs where people will disagree with you and follow your link to see what you're about. Then they'll post comments and eventually a buzz gets started and the link love starts and you have people visiting all the time.

The "offer" was simply me pointing out that the link to my blog is in my profile, but you can click here (http://hotcupofjoe.blogspot.com/) to see it. I've slacked off a little over the summer, but plan to get busy again over the next few weeks.

Don't forget, get some link love going. Blogs work best when people know about them. And, like you, other bloggers use software like Sitemeter to see where people are coming from so if you link to other blogs, they'll find you. This is an example of "if you build they will come" but only if you have hyperlinks! :)

Thank you for all the tips! :)

Do you get income from the ads?

Is there a way I can browse blogs by category?

Thanks chap! :)
I will add your blog to my list!

Blogs are the intellectual equivalent of projectile vomit.

I considered doing one on the basis of informing my friends of what I'm up to as a way of saving time from repeating the same story to multiple friends and it being a faster way to begin with. Mostly for subjects which are interesting but not great conversation. However I never did.

I have several.

One private,
one for a project of mine,
one abandoned one I still use, because my sister, who lives in London, is there as my friend, so I can read her friends only posts and see how she's doing,
one old one for my Latvian friends,
one a general information one at a site similar to FaceBook, only Latvian.

So umm I have 5, I guess.

Blogs are the intellectual equivalent of projectile vomit.

Were they supposed to be intellectual?

I'm going to start a blog in my newly aquired myspace page

Has anyone clicked on my ads?


HAHA! :D

I will update the blog soon, by the way. Hoepefully tomorrow.

hello guys

of course i dotn have a blog guys

anyway what is a blog and what do you do with it???

~~~~~~~
cheers zak

Blogs are the intellectual equivalent of projectile vomit.
I like the conspiratorial tone of the title:

'Do You Blog?'
'Do YOU Blog?'

As this implies, blogging is dirty and the thread starter should be ashamed.

I like the conspiratorial tone of the title:

'Do You Blog?'
'Do YOU Blog?'

As this implies, blogging is dirty and the thread starter should be ashamed.

lol thats what I thought when I read it.........you almost feel like saying

Excuse me.......thats personal I refuse to answer that ? lol

HAHA!! You dirrty chaps! :D


I updated my blog, by the way. ;)

Indeed, but I haven't done much with it for the last couple of weeks. At the same time I launched the blog, I also undertook a novel because I had the opportunity to work under the advisement of a local writer. We've been trying to get some pages ready for a conference at the end of the month, so I've been focusing on that, with Sciforums being my recreation, and the blog--intended as a serious project--has fallen down the list of priorities. On the one hand, it's not supposed to be as exclusively political as it seems. To the other, though, I've been roped into the electoral cycle, and by the time I finish writing any one piece, it's out of date. Like a piece I was working on about Hillary Clinton and the gender issue; I slept on it, unfinished, and by the time I got back to it the next day, my thesis was up in the air again. Or the piece on dignity in the Iraq war ... ye gads, I can't keep up with that one.

The highlight so far was being listed alongside a WashingtonPost.com article a couple weeks after its publication. Woo-hoo. In the meantime: B.D.'s Last Refuge (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/).

I'll try to get some time in on it this weekend.

What is the point in blogging? Letting others know what you think?

I considered doing it but it just seemed like a pointless waste of time to me.

It would be in your case, because no-one cares what you think.

Everyone I know is dying for me to start a blog but I can't be bothered.

I haven't verified the first part of that statement, yet I know it to be true. Which is weird.

It would be in your case, because no-one cares what you think.

Everyone I know is dying for me to start a blog but I can't be bothered.

I haven't verified the first part of that statement, yet I know it to be true. Which is weird.

Nah there have been many people that asked me why don't I start a blog (many of them people that don't agree with me) but still I think that it's a pointless waste of time for me because why the hell would I care if people read about my thoughts?

I guess I'm too ego centric/introverted to do it.

why the hell would I care if people read about my thoughts?
Exactly. No-one does care, least of all you.
I guess I'm too ego centric/introverted to do it.
Both?

Both?

Something wrong with that?

Not really, it's just a bit curious. You think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread but are shy about letting other people know it. If I thought I was as great as you think you are I'd want to tell the world how great I am. I don't think I'm that great but I often tell the world how ok I am so if I was as great as you I think I'd want to shout it from the rooftops.

And yet you don't. Which is weird.

Strangely, it's harder than you would think, RedArmy. Not that it's super-hard, or anything, but compared to Sciforums ...? At least here, you have the audience snapping back at you. Staring at a blank page is sometimes like staring out at a blank audience wondering if they didn't get the joke or if they just didn't like it. It's a rather strange sensation: you have a blank canvas to paint anything you want, and yet you're afraid to begin because, unlike this environment, you have no idea if the audience is going to care at all.

There's something truly bizarre about it.

Strangely, it's harder than you would think, RedArmy. Not that it's super-hard, or anything, but compared to Sciforums ...? At least here, you have the audience snapping back at you. Staring at a blank page is sometimes like staring out at a blank audience wondering if they didn't get the joke or if they just didn't like it. It's a rather strange sensation: you have a blank canvas to paint anything you want, and yet you're afraid to begin because, unlike this environment, you have no idea if the audience is going to care at all.

There's something truly bizarre about it.
And this, in truth, is what stops me. I have no message for the world. The moment I have a message for the world I'll be sure to let the world know all about it. I think the temptation for many is to start a blog just because they can, without any inkling of what to put in it. Technology can be a terrible thing.

I have disabled comments on my most frequently used and popular blog, because I don't want to waste my time on those who would comment.

That's the egotism of it all taken to its logical extent. So well done for that.

Thanks

If I ever do start a blog comments will be enabled, but it'll be accessible only via substantial annual subscription and, at every opportunity, I'll take pains to remind you what ignorant, unworthy scum you are.

Not really, it's just a bit curious. You think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread why do you say this? because I said that other people wanted me to start a blog?

If I thought I was as great as you think you are I'd want to tell the world how great I am.
I don't really think that. But other people seem to do so... Why do you think that I think that I am so amazing? It's far from the truth really...

I don't think I'm that great but I often tell the world how ok I am so if I was as great as you I think I'd want to shout it from the rooftops.Why do you tell the world that your ok? Why would you do that?

why do you say this? because I said that other people wanted me to start a blog?
Because you said that you're egocentric. So I inferred that, not only are you completely wrapped up in yourself, but also that you think you're worthy of the attention. Perhaps I was a little hasty in making the latter inference.
I don't really think that. But other people seem to do so... Why do you think that I think that I am so amazing? It's far from the truth really...
You are amazing. From your first half hour on Earth, when you were but a single cell, suddenly here you are: nonchalantly blinking away six million times a year and structurally overhauling yourself every three months. Half a million of your cells have died and been replaced since you started reading this post. Whoops: there go another 50,000. All I'm saying is: stop being so arrogant about it.
Why do you tell the world that your ok? Why would you do that?
Because they habitually ask if I am. It's only polite to confirm their suspicions.

my first blog entry yayyy .. It's about Triatoma infestans
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31065088&blogID=306862115

And this, in truth, is what stops me. I have no message for the world. The moment I have a message for the world I'll be sure to let the world know all about it. I think the temptation for many is to start a blog just because they can, without any inkling of what to put in it. Technology can be a terrible thing.

You could always compose intellectual diatribes on your sisters knockers knickers. :shrug:

HAHA!! You dirrty chaps! :D


I updated my blog, by the way. ;)

chappette lol;)

You could always compose intellectual diatribes on your sisters knockers knickers. :shrug:
...

What?

...

What?

Or the subway?

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/new-york-city-s.html

What is the point in blogging? Letting others know what you think?

I considered doing it but it just seemed like a pointless waste of time to me.
Which, ironically, is exactly what you just did.

Which, ironically, is exactly what you just did.

Yes but blogging involves a lot more time, much more typing involved. Typing that post took me about 5 seconds.

Are all your posts 5 seconds long?

I have no message for the world

That shouldn't stop you. My blog is with WordPress, and the user dashboard includes a listing of the most popular WP blogs for the day. Usually, the CNN Political Ticker is top o'the list. Number two (it was tops earlier today) is usually an insane blog that is nothing more than really stupid pictures of animals, with ridiculous conversations drawn out in the comments. This tells me two things:

Encouraging: The Sciforums community is not as insane as I had thought.

Discouraging: The general audience "out there" in the world is more pathetic than I had imagined; this is problematic because part of what stunts my writing is a lack of faith in the audience.

Hmm..



Really stupid pictures of animals, you say...

Oh, yeah. The only reason I haven't posted the link is that I'm still stunned at the incredible stupidity of pop culture. If you're up to exploiting stupid people, go for it. I just get sick of seeing the thing listed in my dashboard every day. All caps, stupid name ... I know the significance of the following statement is obscure at best, but even my brother knows what this site is. (It should be enough to say that he's one who despises pop culture, and holds its adherents in contempt.)

This is like one of those moments in The Simpsons where someone is explaining something really important to Homer, but Homer's mental processing facilities are all given over to thoughts of a juggling monkey.

Tiassa is talking. But redarmy11 is thinking about juggling monkeys.

Juggling monkeys would be cool, though. Just for you, I peeked in on the site, and its latest entry is a cat sitting in a chair. Nothing nearly so cool as juggling monkeys.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/128320993454987500dudewaitw.jpg (http://icanhascheezburger.com/)
I can has herbal refreshment?
(And yes, the picure is clickable..)
(And yes, the site is an abomination..)

HAHA! It's ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.COM!!! :D



I'm just messing with your heads, chaps. ;)

HAHA! It's ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.COM!!!

It is, perhaps, the blogosphere's answer to the Pet Rock.

• • •

A couple of interesting things ... while I don't have the breakdown, I'm estimating that the most popular post at my blog is an excerpt of Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus.

Also, a couple of days ago, someone apparently reported my blog as containing mature content. Bastard didn't even have the decency to leave me a complaining comment. I wonder what I did to make 'em want to hide the kiddies ...? I suppose I'll find out eventually, if WordPress administration takes it seriously.

Well if anyone cares to hear some music:
playitagainmax.blogspot.com
My blog.

One of the fun, self-obsessive things about blogging is that you get to see your stats. For instance, in the time it's been up, my blog has seen just under 800 visitors, with a whole 43 people checking in on the best day ever. Even more fun, though, is the list of search terms that brought people to the blog. Thus, as listed on my blog dashboard (hence the incomplete words)

Today:

what percentage of males are crosdresse
jerry roslie
illegal fish drunk ohio
evangelical preacher autoerotic asphyxia
nov 15 update about lakshmi tatma
indian parasitic twin 2007 update
what year did it become a law to be ille
why is it illegal to get a fish drunk in
Lakshmi Tatma CT

Yesterday

what do we celebrate on november 15
deschutes brewery gary fish republican p
bd pénis fantasy
sonics reunion cavestomp review
what does bd mean in medications
crossdressed
erotic story f@cked on his eighteenth bi
how did the law,it is illegal to get a f

Some of those came to the wrong place. At least, I'm guessing so. The "gary fish republican", for instance. And "bd in medications" for sure. I'm fairly certain the "erotic story" search was disappointed, and I'm puzzled at what "bd pénis fantasy" (yes, with the accent mark) means. And I can't figure the bit about celebrating on November 15.

Anyway, I wonder if there's a drinking game to be made out of this ....

illegal fish drunk ohio?

evangelical preacher autoerotic asphyxia!!

Yes. It is illegal to get a fish drunk in Ohio. And in Vermont, a woman must get her husband's permission to wear false teeth. (Click (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/bbc-on-stupid-laws/).)

And, well ... there was this preacher, see .... I'll point you elsewhere, since that one comes up in the middle of one of my longer rants (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/fear-and-self-loathing-in-the-closet/) ... see Dan Savage's timely commentary (http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_conservative_chr_3) for something a little more direct.

Blogs are the intellectual equivalent of projectile vomit.

Here I disagree, I'd say blogs are like stepping in a puddle of vomit.

I don't get blogging. Keeping a diary, sure, but publishing it online seems like an exercise in narcissism. I don't understand why anyone would read someone else's blog either, that sounds like living a life vicariously, and implies that the reader has an inferior quality of life, that instead of sharing, they consume.

Strangely, Phlog, there's less gratification in it than, say, posting at Sciforums. Here we get to enjoy the audience. With a blog, it's kind of like playing to a room where you can't see the audience, and since nobody's making a sound, you have no idea if there's anyone there at all. It's kind of eerie.

One way to look at it, though, is like emailing a link to a friend. In fact, it was my brother who made that point. I asked him one day if he got an email I sent, and he said yes, and then said, "You know, you should try blogging." And, frankly, it's easier than trying to keep track of certain things locally.


I don't understand why anyone would read someone else's blog either, that sounds like living a life vicariously, and implies that the reader has an inferior quality of life, that instead of sharing, they consume.

There go biographies, novels, and magazine articles that aren't hard news or specialized academia. And there's nothing morally amiss about living that way, but it sounds lonely. One of the great things about the human experience is that we can share it with one another. To the one, nature is not extraneous; there is some purpose to our socializing, else we would have selected differently. To the other, people go just a bit batty without a certain minimum of contact with their fellow human beings.

I happened to be reading a news article a few weeks ago about the wildfires in California. This was at a time when I was joking viciously about Irvine, California; it's a dreadfully creepy place. I saw a blog listed in a sidebar at some newspaper's site (LA Times, I think) about the fire in Irvine. So I clicked on it, and while I cared little, if anything about the religious side of the author's outlook (pray for California), one of the pictures she posted was of smoke in the sky over a building that was right next to where I had been. I laughed and sent an email to a friend of mine who had been in Irvine with me—"Dude, look at this ... it's right next to the hotel."

Blogging and reading blogs can be rewarding. Strangely, the rewards come when you set your ego aside.

(For instance, I had to suck up and cop to the fact that I've been blowing a political argument for a couple years. I was just reading through one of my entries in part because I hadn't given it any attention since I posted it, and suddenly a sentence clicked, and for the first time since I raised the argument, I saw that I missed something. Without that moment—which does suck for its inherent humiliation—I'd still be lugging around a complicated and erroneous argument. Really. This was just a few hours ago.)

• • •

On Edit: You know, blogging is also a good way to learn things. For instance, without a blog, I would never have bothered to look up Ron Jeremy's Wikipedia entry, but in recycling a joke I used here, I came across a bizarre bit of trivia (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/fattest-hedgehog-since-ron-jeremy/) about the Hedgehog. Cracked me up.

Strangely, Phlog, there's less gratification in it than, say, posting at Sciforums. Here we get to enjoy the audience. With a blog, it's kind of like playing to a room where you can't see the audience, and since nobody's making a sound, you have no idea if there's anyone there at all. It's kind of eerie.

OK, so it's narcissistic and pointless.

One way to look at it, though, is like emailing a link to a friend.

Except emailing a link to a friend implies what? Oh yes, that you have a friend, and not some vague feeling of self importance that you must publish the edited highlights of your life to strangers.

In fact, it was my brother who made that point. I asked him one day if he got an email I sent, and he said yes, and then said, "You know, you should try blogging." And, frankly, it's easier than trying to keep track of certain things locally.

People checking your blog for updates is easier than getting an email when you actually have something to say? Or do you email out links to your blog when it's been updated?

There go biographies, novels, and magazine articles that aren't hard news or specialized academia.

Usually published by people who had led a life less ordinary. I have no interest in Joe Average's blog.

I saw a blog listed in a sidebar at some newspaper's site (LA Times, I think) about the fire in Irvine.

Blogs posted by authors, and published by a media source such as the LA Times are a different animal however. Newspapers call them 'blogs' to make them trendy, but they are really just dressed up editorials.

Blogging and reading blogs can be rewarding. Strangely, the rewards come when you set your ego aside.

And there was me thinking that you had to have an ego to blog in the first place.

Must be lonely where you are, Phlog.


People checking your blog for updates is easier than getting an email when you actually have something to say? Or do you email out links to your blog when it's been updated?

If they really want, they can get the RSS feed. Makes it even easier.

Blogs posted by authors, and published by a media source such as the LA Times are a different animal however. Newspapers call them 'blogs' to make them trendy, but they are really just dressed up editorials.

I'm aware of those. But newspapers also make available blogs authored by everyday folks.

Here, click this link to the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700007.html). Look at the sidebar that says, "Who's Blogging?" That third one there, with the three question marks (apparently, the Technorati bot has a problem with apostrophes) ... it's mine.

Blogs are, in a way, the great equalizer about the internet we've all been promised.

And trust me, please ... the blog with the picture from Irvine that so amused me was not a professional blog.

One of the fun, self-obsessive things about blogging is that you get to see your stats. For instance, in the time it's been up, my blog has seen just under 800 visitors, with a whole 43 people checking in on the best day ever. Even more fun, though, is the list of search terms that brought people to the blog. Thus, as listed on my blog dashboard (hence the incomplete words)


Just to brag (I won't deny it), I've had 378,000 visitors in the year and 1/4 my blog has been up. Unfortunately the search terms used to get there aren't that interesting, all but one of the ones for today were search for the blog title (the other was searching for "easy listening bongos").

Must be lonely where you are, Phlog.

How on Earth do you reach that conclusion, based on the fact that I think bloggers, and blog readers, are a bit tragic?


If they really want, they can get the RSS feed. Makes it even easier.

Or you could send an email to the people that actually know you.

Blogs are, in a way, the great equalizer about the internet we've all been promised.

Oh dear, another 'new utopian'. Look, the Internet came with no guarantees nor promises of equality. That was just your naivety hoping for such. Maybe you feel empowered via your blog. I just think that too, would be tragic.

How on Earth do you reach that conclusion, based on the fact that I think bloggers, and blog readers, are a bit tragic?

Because you live in a world where there's only one perspective—yours.

Or you could send an email to the people that actually know you.

You know, we already covered that. Pay attention.

Oh dear, another 'new utopian'. Look, the Internet came with no guarantees nor promises of equality.

It's amazing what some of the tech people promised. Apparently you weren't paying attention.

That was just your naivety hoping for such. Maybe you feel empowered via your blog. I just think that too, would be tragic.

Your responses suggest you're not actually up to having a rational conversation about this. After all, this particular point was about the blogs at newspaper sites, and when I pointed out that your presumption of facts was wrong, you decided to retreat into insults.

You're disgusting, Phlog. And pathetic. And ridiculous. Dishonest.

I know, I know. My bad for taking you seriously.

Oh dear Tiassa, hit a nerve have I calling bloggers tragic? So what if you blog is linked to by the L.A. Times, btw? It's still tragic.

Oh dear Tiassa, hit a nerve have I calling bloggers tragic?

You can call them whatever you want. It's just when you make such decisions based solely on myth and prejudice, it seems really stupid that you would bother. As you've demonstrated through our conversation here, you don't actually care what other people have to say. You're just in it to be a condescending, condemning curmudgeon. And that's fine. If you wish to be that pathetic, you're certainly welcome to be.

Here, a sample from our conversation, taking specific sections and responses:

Tiassa: One way to look at it, though, is like emailing a link to a friend. In fact, it was my brother who made that point. I asked him one day if he got an email I sent, and he said yes, and then said, "You know, you should try blogging." And, frankly, it's easier than trying to keep track of certain things locally.

Phlog: Except emailing a link to a friend implies what? Oh yes, that you have a friend, and not some vague feeling of self importance that you must publish the edited highlights of your life to strangers.

People checking your blog for updates is easier than getting an email when you actually have something to say? Or do you email out links to your blog when it's been updated?

Tiassa: If they really want, they can get the RSS feed. Makes it even easier.

Phlog: Or you could send an email to the people that actually know you.

Tiassa: You know, we already covered that. Pay attention.

Your part in that exchange was thoroughly disingenuous. If you can't be even halfway decent, why do you bother?

So what if you blog is linked to by the L.A. Times, btw?

Try paying attention. I'm not going to correct you on a point you don't care about, and I'm not going to remind you of what you didn't pay attention to the first time around.

Damn it! I did it again. Oh, well. My bad for taking you seriously, again. Eventually I'll remember at the outset that you're not worth the bother.

You can call them whatever you want. It's just when you make such decisions based solely on myth and prejudice, it seems really stupid that you would bother.

bLAH Blah BLAH, tIASSA rides hobby horse around in circles, ...

My retort;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43CRHwNBVY4

Damn, MaxG, that's a lot of traffic. Good show.

In the meantime, more on search terms, because it's just so much fun.

Today

"jailbait and switch"
Shooting "How I Met Your Mother", Novemb
sonics reunion 2007
golden vagina regan
ALABAMA BESTIALITY LAWS
sonics cavestomp
gay anal penetration technique

Yesterday

sonics at cavestomp
the sonics reunion cavestomp
habbo wordpress theme
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A note to Phlog: "You can bend my ear. We can talk all day. Just make sure I'm around when you finally have something to say." (Toad the Wet Sprocket)

Oh dear Tiassa, hit a nerve have I calling bloggers tragic? So what if you blog is linked to by the L.A. Times, btw? It's still tragic.

I suppose I'll remain a tragedy then. I just hosted a blog carnival for anthropology called the Four Stone Hearth. If readers of this thread have never heard of blog carnivals, they might click the link. I give a brief explanation.

http://hotcupofjoe.blogspot.com/

I suppose I'll remain a tragedy then. I just hosted a blog carnival for anthropology called the Four Stone Hearth. If readers of this thread have never heard of blog carnivals, they might click the link. I give a brief explanation.

http://hotcupofjoe.blogspot.com/

At least there is a subject there, and it appears it's not just the work of one person, it accepts submissions and has topical content. In fact, be honest it's far beyond a basic blog, isn't it? It's a web publication.

Blogging, where an individual shares the sadness that is their life, their thoughts, and 'I got annoyed in Wal Mart today' stuff, to an unknown audience remains (archaeological pun intended) tragic.

Damn, MaxG, that's a lot of traffic. Good show.

In the meantime, more on search terms, because it's just so much fun.

Today

"jailbait and switch"
Shooting "How I Met Your Mother", Novemb
sonics reunion 2007
golden vagina regan
ALABAMA BESTIALITY LAWS
sonics cavestomp
gay anal penetration technique

Yesterday

sonics at cavestomp
the sonics reunion cavestomp
habbo wordpress theme
_____________________


Thanks. I added google adsense a few months ago so that I'm now making about $20 a month on it, while it doesn't pay for my time it does help.

It's nice that you have something to appeal to the Sonics fans out there as well as those contemplating bestiality in Alabama.

It's nice that you have something to appeal to the Sonics fans out there as well as those contemplating bestiality in Alabama.

Well, I admit I'm salivating for a Seattle or Tacoma show by The Sonics (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-sonics-rock/). Not so much for bestial Alabamans.

I might have run the "jailbait and switch" here before. If not ...

http://bdhilling.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/wapo-ets1.jpg (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/jailbait-and-switch/)
Linked to my blog ... the WaPo article, while interesting,
doesn't live up to the teaser above.

So ... I wrote this reaction piece (http://bdhilling.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/lori-drew-i-will-see-you-in-hell/), see. Just venting, you know. And before anyone bothers clicking on the link, here's the thing: in the eighteen hours it has been up, that one post has seen nearly triple the traffic for my previous best day for the blog as a whole.

There's an ethical lesson to be learned there, for sure. But I haven't figured out what it is. I mean, it's a sensational story and a hard reaction, but wow.

Of course, 114 hits (and counting) against a previous best of 44 isn't exactly a huge number, but it sure looks impressive on a graph.

I started a blog long ago...on xanga...but I have forgot the username for it and the page...

so sad* ... I want to see my poems there

Can you remember any of the poems? Just search for a line from one of the poems, find the username, and see if you can get them to email the password. Or have you changed email addresses since? Point being, you should at least be able to find them by looking for a line from one of the poems.

Can you remember any of the poems? Just search for a line from one of the poems, find the username, and see if you can get them to email the password. Or have you changed email addresses since? Point being, you should at least be able to find them by looking for a line from one of the poems.

oh...I had so many email accounts...its been so long. 6-7 years ago. It was a poem about Earth and stars...something along lines of buddhism and romanticism of space.

At least there is a subject there, and it appears it's not just the work of one person, it accepts submissions and has topical content. In fact, be honest it's far beyond a basic blog, isn't it? It's a web publication.

Blogging, where an individual shares the sadness that is their life, their thoughts, and 'I got annoyed in Wal Mart today' stuff, to an unknown audience remains (archaeological pun intended) tragic.

Depends on how you look at it. A blog is also a way of keeping in touch with family and friends that you are separated from.

(you can even check the stats to see how many times they log in to read your blog :D)

The strangest thing. There are a bunch of hits to my blog that come from a Google image search. To the one, it's not strange insofar as I do have some pictures on the blog, but these searches are all targeting my header image, which is a distorted, photoshopped black and white image of some pipes in a local building. It's stylistic more than anything else. But ... 17 hits so far today. 27 yesterday.

Search terms are more civilized these days. Well, mostly. Nothing like "Alabama bestiality laws", though.

Today

Counting Down Quotes
Pam Stenzel
impact of trent lott leaving senate
lori drew
Beer heist
celebrity endorsements for ron paul
guinness beer heist
chavez to sue cnn
dublin guinness beer heist

Yesterday

famous hookers
trent lott resigns another man
celebrity endorsement ron paul
"lori drew", astrology
chris cornell mixer
beer heist ireland
colossal cockroaches

My brother sent this to me:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dangers.png (http://xkcd.com/369/)

From XKCD (http://xkcd.com/369/).

Oh no, it's a fact - blogging kills!
Abandon ship! Regulate blogging! Issue blogging safety certificates!

Blog sounds like vomit for some reason.....

LoL.. Imagine those with vlogs..

I blog, but I'll probably stop once i get back to school

http://challenger78.blogspot.com