Whoah.
I started blogging a LONG time ago. And there was quite a long period that saw no comments, ever. I have been told by Zelmo and others that they had READ what I posted, but didn’t feel like commenting. WTF? says I. This is a SOCIAl medium, like a disease, you GOTS to pass it on.
Anyway, that was an old blog. Got kilt dead by the Logs of the Cob. Sank into the swamp. So I started another one. THAT one sank into the swamp. The next one burned down, fell over, THEN sank into the swamp. But the next one STAYED UP! And that’s where you’re commenting, the most stubborn blog in all the internoozzles!
So yesterday was the Great Jon Swift/Al Weisel Blog Amnesty Day, and TG passed it on to me, and I passed it on to others. I confess I abandoned the sidebar blogroll for the most part. There seemed to be a ‘popular kewl kid’ popularity contest at some places, and not just the bigs, I didn’t want to participate in. I have my favorite links up there, like Animals Being Dicks. The bloggerhood is what it is, and you could do worse than clicking on the people who comment here; most of them have lively joints too.
But what inspires the blogs is the commenting, along with the interlinkery (Look, you might just as well go to thndr’s or Chrome Beach and look at their sidebars; that would pretty much be the same as mine). And the thing that fosters the community is the commenting. So after screaming out onto my first blog for some time, I started wandering around to the dive-bars of the bloogersphere, and making obnoxious grammar joke comments. People followed me back to my joint so they could yell at me some more.
Over the course of time, some bloggers have faded in and out, some have returned to life (without being zombies) and it’s good to see those voices return; hopefully others will, but really, how permanent is a blog? And I think this Internet thing is going to fade away too.
So anyways; after all that blather and intro, here’s the thing: this WordPress platform has some built-in statistics that blooger never did (and I never got the hang of the 3rd party blooger apps, or just couldn’t be arsed) but since starting this joint up about a year and a half ago, there has been a reliable amount of traffic (not counting the HORRIFYING traffic spike when a post got linked over at Crooks and Liars – seriously, I thought I had been hacked or uber-spammed), and I thank all of you who made for some lively action. I missed the milestone when this iteration of the Empire passed 50,000 visitors, but I didn’t miss this milestone (agreeably enough, obtained during Blogroll Amnesty Days!):
That’s….a whole lot of yelling. Thanks! You make me feel alive.
So this is for all a yez, you zombie-loving weirdos.
Also, you guys can see a complete summary of the Empire in 2012 HERE. It’s got some funny bits.
as i’ve said to blackdog ..on his grid ..before , .. blogging will never end , the cats will lay , warmth /, please could someone tell me what the moving pic tures are ?, my lap top doesn’t do adobe .. . , said midnight on the eau .. . , .
I’m not very tricksy, anne. First one is ELO: “Strange Magic” and the second one is Led Zep: “Thank You”.
Since thndr REFUSED to help you out.
Maybe Pinko hardly blogs now because you don’t link to him, zrm.
Pinko? Pinkerbelle?
Link if you believe!
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Would you believe Pinko Bell?
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Last time I tried to link to all you drama queens in a post, I got a bunch of butthurt bloggers up in my bloggrill about being left out. Not trying THAT again.
Linking to Pinko is implicit.
If y’all follow that link to my Annual Report, thndr, you’ll see that you are one of my top commenters, and your blog is one of my top referrers.
So I guess I owe it to you, in part.
Thanks. Dammit.
Is Pinko Bell, LLC a subsidiary of Taco Bell?
P.P.S. While searching the innertubes for this answer, I ran across this.
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66 comments. Nowadays, SN gets that in the first HOUR after a post goes up.
Notice, however, that was prior to zombies. So El Pink does not need me to link for him to post.
Most visitors came from The United States. New Zealand & Canada were not far behind.
Hah hah. Not Australia then?
The Chills were in Canada at that time.
Bmpthnx of course, but serious question: I am hearing ELO all the time, WFMU, gas stations, friend’s blogs – is this ELO’s Mac-like resurrection or have the glaucoma drops triggered old man flashbacks or, I vote for this, Death to the Either/Or?
the word resurrection.. makes me see ferns, said back from swimming in the tub after a wander .. . out /, bd looks grand as an angry mauve bloc k , glau coma arms,
old man flashbacks, obviously.
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what’s this ? , said adobe free ..
I would say it’s because Jeff Lynne re-recorded all the hits so he doesn’t have to get the approvals of his co-writers to sell the rights hither and yon.
lol.
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Nice tagfail. I’d blame it on the winetop.
When I first started hanging out at Sadly No the average comment thread was like 20 or 30 comments. Part of my disappointment in the evolution of the commentariat was the incredible growth in people who, unlike what I had grown accustomed to, were NOT smarter than me. I found this…disconcerting. But I don’t have that problem here – even the people who are dead are smarter than I am. I just run along behind with the wackypedia open in another tab and enjoy the lessons….
Hey, what are you doing at my blog, mikey? Shouldn’t you be in a tequila-n-wings stupor?
I’m multi-taking…
Dintchoo used to comment a lot at News Hounds way back in the oughts, ’bout 2004/5, maybe? Or a different mikey, who was also a vet?
Great. We’re going to be listening to Ray-Ray for the rest of our effing lives.
http://i.imgur.com/0tf2xFt.jpg
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Har, that’s funny.
Street Cred: Caught ELO opening for BÖC on the same bill at some dump in Hollywood in 1973/4/5
Street Cred: Caught ELO opening for BÖC on the same bill at some dump in Hollywood in 1973/4/5
Ha! I saw Aldo Nova open for BÖC in ’82. Now that was a show!
Bonus: Mr. Nova had a cold. Super. Also: there was a giant styrofoam Godzilla. I don’t think Aldo and the Godzilla weren’t the same person.
DAMMITFUKKINTAGS! Feh.
No, no, that was great.
To banish thoughts of BÖC, ELO, Aldo Nova, tagfails, bad grammar (“I don’t think … weren’t. WTF?) have something completely different:
I see, thundra gets to embed, I don’t. Perhaps the old embed code…
If not: a preemptive FYWP.
Don’t worry, I had to ‘splain it the thndr too.
WP is ahead of blooger; it automagically parses YouTube codes. Just slam that “share” link into your comment, no stupid embed codes required.
That is some “Strange Magic” behind the scenes embedding-fu right there.
I see that everybody is so in awe of that Les Claypool song that they’re comatose with glee and will never be able to post another comment again.
You’re just trying to trick someone into screwing up the “reply” button, to make yourself feel better.
…Many years ago when I was a very young breather, a friend and I did a cartoon for the campus paper. We had a grand old time, got censored, introduced a flying chicken, as one will do. But one of the cartoons had one of the characters dancing into the room, the other character asks him why the fuck he is so cheerful on a Monday. The dancing Punk answers “because I have FAR too much work to do!” to which the other guy says “Ah. I see. So then you feel no obligation to do ANY of it.” “BINGO! Going out drinking! You with?” “sigh. I guess”
It’s like that, except not in college, so blowing everything off to go out drinking is no longer an option. Sigh, indeed, Cartoon Character. Sigh, indeed.
Sigh, indeed.
If y’all follow that link to my Annual Report, thndr, you’ll see that you are one of my top commenters, and your blog is one of my top referrers.
So I guess I owe it to you, in part.
Yeah, I look at Thunder as the Mayor of this bloggerhood. Even when I did that nutso “24 posts in 24 hours” thing, he commented on every single post.
Also, I can’t see any mention of ELO without linking to this. It’s not like I don’t like ELO, I just crack up whenever I hear, “And Johnny played little violin, and Bobby Joe played big violin- the one that stands on the floor.” Gets me every time.
I never voted for the Failed Thndr Administration! Notoriously corrupt. And somebody ought to investigate the orb connections. And let’s not get started about Theda!
“MY FELLOW ORBICANS…”
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Even when I did that nutso “24 posts in 24 hours” thing
What is that?! Blogged around the clock?
Yeah, I had to work a 16-hour “split” shift one day, so I went totally nutso and put up 24 posts in 24 hours.
Oh. Hey, thanks. Most kind. Too kind, really. No, really.
Oh, I mean about your last post. Sorry, my brain is cheese, which actually ought to be a pretty good thing for a brain to be around these parts some time.
You’re so fucking kind I won’t express an opinion on ELO. Now, excuse me, while I kiss this guy.
Just trying to get you to post more often, you misanthrope.
the Great Jon Swift/Al Weisel
Wow, what a shock that way. So, so sad. *Sniffle* RIP JS/AL
…was
If I continually call-out all the typos in my comments after I make them, you’ll be up to 20,000 comments in no time!
Bleu Gurl in a Misread Stait
ELO of a different variety:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZO3JSOFypE&w=420&h=315%5D
DOH, embedding is apparently beyond my technical abilities
Imma leave that one up there. It is a thing of beauty, and will help Beege feel less lonely.
I refuse to comment on this.
Then you damn well better BLOG about it.
ELO and Led Zeppelin….