The folks at Viralogy yesterday were kind enough to let us know that we’d been recognized as one of the Top Ten Political Blogs, based on their way of calculating such things. I was hesitant to link back, because we finished behind . . . O-Dub.
Then The Anchoress, who’s always writing stuff that appeals to my “better nature,” which I try to keep firmly under control, writes this piece on gratitude, and, being a glutton for punishment, I read it and feel guilty for not acknowledging the . . . honor. This is redoubled by Andrew Sullivan’s latest exhibition, wherein he calls Dick Cheney “callow” and is outraged that he is “unrepentent” for doing what he felt necessary to keep Americans–even those who solicit unprotected butt sex from anonymous partners–safe. From terrorists, at least.
On reflection, though, O-Dub is really a giant among bloggers and a kind of colossal figure . . . of something . . . in his own right. Pretty much like Andrew. So, thank you, Viralogy!
Smirky Willis is a superlative writer. There can only be one World’s Dumbest Blogger.
I know not of the O-dub of which you speak…
And, by a quick glance at his page I’m reassured that I really don’t want to anyway…
looks like Wide Expanse gets points on his metrics because of Twitter (note the difference in average comments on blog posts)… but it suits OW that most of his followers are only comfortable in making a comment in 140 characters and less. Lefty meme talking points fit on an index card and repeated endlessly.
The most interesting part of their data is the average number of comments per post.
Darleen, everybody retweets his comments because they’re so friggin’ unintentionally funny.
Hey Jeff,
Thanks for the post! The reason you rank second could be because I just could not find your Twitter account. If you can send me it, maybe you’ll be boosted to #1! After all, you’re only 200 points behind the number one spot.
– Jun
Shouldn’t that be “unrepentant” butt sex. You’re slipping, Dan.
Oliver’s comment section is to Walmart as Jeff’s comment section is to Bombay and Company: cheap and mass produced versus high quality smothered in gobs of rich Corinthian leather.
Is that Oliver “it is racist to call Barcky articulate” Willis? The same Oliver “I eat Ho-Ho’s by the pallet” Willis that looks like he is so overweight that he is not allowed above ground level of any structure not constructed with I-beam steel?
Well, truthfully, there’s a problem here. Jun, Jeff didn’t write this post. Jeff is, well, Jeff, and you’ll know his postings when you read ’em. Don’t get me wrong, I lurv the amalgamation of excellent bloggers you see collected here, but Jeff is the reason for this here blog, and the sole proprietor thereof.
If you want to frame Protein Wisdom as the amalgamation you’ve linked, then get the twitter accounts of the various bloggers who contribute. Dan Collins has a substantial twitter presence, fr’instance.
I’m pretty sure “substantial Twitter presence” is a contradiction in terms.
Jabba the Willis should only be ranked 1st in Twinkie Eating Contests, and waist-size.
Thanks, Serr. I’d already emailed him.
So, I heard a great joke this morning …
Oliver Willis, Ric Caric, and Michael Moore all entered a Sumo wrestling contest …
Then Oliver yawned and accidentally swallowed the other two. Heard it.
Let’s just hope they don’t decide to go surfing.
One devastating tsunami per century is enough.
He’s also the five-time winner of the annual World Mayonnaise Guzzling Championships. And I suspect he was, at least until recently, in charge of burger recipe development for Hardee’s.
I bet he’s been guzzling more than mayonnaise.
Do not scorn the power of niceness, Jeff.
I once wrote a magazine a thank-you letter for awarding me the Most Disappointing Anthology of the Year prize.
Confused the hell out of them.
Heh. I still mock our cat about keeping his face in his “pudding bowl,” dated from when Jeff regularly eviscerated Willis. Wife always laughs.
“a substantial Twitter presenceâ€
Is that shorthand for the White House press?
Those metrics are… odd. Of course, I can take a detached view of the subject: my primary site (RedState) got eliminated from consideration for at least two reasons (group blog, company blog), and possibly a third (Too Awesome to be Fair).
Sure. You’re just jealous.
Dick Cheney, “callow???” Does Andy even know what the word means?
McGehee – I would like to think that my avalanche of emails to Hardees had something to do with the reintroduction of The Monster Burger, the Paris Hilton, and more recently, the Padma commercials.
OW is teh lardy.
O-Dub is so fat, he has his own gravitational field.
O-Dub is so fat, the Little Debbie delivery guy gets paid hazardous duty pay to deliver to his warehouse. Kroger – Albertsons – O-Dub
Dan: well, you got a comment out of me, so sure. :)
Jeffersonian, just guessing, but I’d bet A.S. thinks I’ve got callowses on my hands from swinging a hammer.
We do not really want to know why you have callowses on your hands, sdferr ;-)
As Groucho said: I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
And he also said: A man’s only as old as the woman he feels.
Then Bill Clinton’s put on some 30 years since 1995.
Serr8d – Can you recommend a good tutorial so I can learn some of the basics of Photoshopping? I have a couple things I need to do for work, and figured I could try to learn on my own …
o willis puts mayonaisse on aspirin
If O-Dub went on a diet, there would be enough extra food to feed Ethiopia and Somalia for a year.
O-Dub is so fat they call his belt The Equator.
O-Dub is so fat he could sell shade.
O-Dub is so fat when he goes to a restaurant, he doesn’t get a menu, he gets an estimate.
That is what I would call an internal Bobby Orr, pdbuttons ;-)
Who?
Indeed, he is my biggest competitor in that market.
I will send him diet mayonnaise through paypal then, McGehee. Gotta do my part to help out a brother.
I was hesitant to link back, because we finished behind . . . O-Dub.
Odds are he falls forward, so kudos to Viralogy.
However it’s pronounced.
Where the fuck is LamontYouBigDummy?
Damn.
ok buttons that’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. And like Willis, I’m a life-long fatass, from way back. But I ain’t that fuckin’ fat…
Sorry I missed that yesterday, JD.
I don’t use Photoshop (the official program); it’s fairly expensive (!). GIMP is free, the learning curve isn’t so bad. Unless you want to port your stuff to CMYK, then there’s no need for PS. Being open source, there’s plenty of online users, and some excellent GIMP tutorials.
If you have Vista (sorry!) you’ll want to get version 2.6.5 (that site is an excellent portal for tutorials as well).
Saw Lamont over at JoM a day or two ago.
Thanks, serr8d. You rock.
Send the link to your site, meya, and I’ll have Jeff link you up in the blogroll.
If you were thinking of Andy Sullivan I bet you’re right, bigbooner.