Thanks to all who’ve contributed. I’ll be sending out personal notes at the end of the fundraiser proper, which will go through tomorrow evening (and maybe Tuesday morning).
Hope you all had a great weekend. Which, I don’t know how that’s even possible, given the obscene proliferation of giant pink blowup bunnies you people have pegged to your lawns. Oh well. Jesus wants what Jesus wants, I guess. And who am I to judge?
Paypal.
“Is this Nemesis, come to punch my ticket?”
Nope.
we’ll always have Paris…
Now that healthcare’s free I’m hoping to get it cleared up, thank you very much.
In Paris I mistook a car wash for public art. True story. No, really.
It’s not personal with Blogads, Jeff. It’s strictly business.
from a review:
… Blogads also lets the statistics speak for themselves; they claim “The average blogger makes $30 $50 a month selling Blogads, with some pulling up to more than $750 $1500 $5000 monthly.” The problem with recruiting bloggers is that they don’t. While these numbers may sound great, they are not realistic for the average blogger; Blogads says they are “invitation only” and to work with Blogads, you must be sponsored by a blogger in the network. One complaint by advertisers is that “there isn’t a much larger selection of blogs to choose from.” Perhaps Blogads should open up its blog membership.
Blogads also has very strict guidelines for a blog to be reviewed for submission. They give the new blogger an idea of what they are looking for: “Blogs without a laser-sharp focus on one topic or community AND an audience of 1000 readers a day usually do not attract advertisers. But some blogs with a sharp focus AND an audience of thousands a day still do not get advertisers. One test: have more than a handful of companies expressed an interest in advertising on your blog?” While Blogads may consider themselves as having very high blog standards, this also translates to less opportunity and blogs for advertisers to choose from.
so, go through the list of people already in Blogads and see if you can get the double-secret code phrase and get someone to recommend you.
The “laser-like” focus could be a bit of a problem during the review process. Changing the subhed from “not anybody can summarize the news” to something like “Providing a Laser-like focus on the issues of meaning in today’s society … and shit.” might work.
link: http://www.squidoo.com/blog-ads
and, take the cannolli
This girl asked me if I liked spoonerisms. Right there on our first date! I was so embarrassed!
If you don’t mind my asking, what was the Amazon debacle? I recall you mentioning – at the beginning of your renewal of regular posting at PW – the possibility of a (self-)published book on literary theory from an Intentionalist perspective, or perhaps a collection of essays/stories. Is that idea totally off of the table at the moment?
Adios.
Also, why giving up on the pay site? I was kinda looking forward to it. In a dumb kinda way, for the difference. Not that it matters all that much, mind you. More that I’m ignorant of the obstacles, really.
I believe he means the debacle of Colorado trying to tax internet commerce and Amazon saying. “Go right ahead, we’ll be over here in Kansas watching your internet tax dollars come rolling into your coffers.”
Hitting the tip jar.
I always like to say that “Paris is the Paris of things that other things are the thing of.”*
And together, we’ll always have Paris…
Aha! Obviously a gang rape threat against Paris Hilton!
Ah, thank-you, Hadlowe. I was wondering if Amazon was somehow tied-in to an attempt to publish the book(s) I was referring to.
Uh, to the dude constantly putting in fake comments from other bloggers? Marc just commented here the other day. You’re kinda namejacking.
Just tossed a cool $1000 into the tip jar.
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April Fool!
I get it, di. You actually gave $10k.
I’ll give $10k just as soon as I can find that video I took the other day of teabaggers flinging racist spurs at members of Congress.
I mean, throwing spurs is bad enough, but these were obviously racist ones.
I know I had that video around here somewhere. Mr. Breitbart is waiting.
I anticipated something!
I am so awesome!
(Well, I am awesome, but that is just more proof of the awesomiteness of me!)
BS —
They don’t do the sponsor program any longer. I’ve had several bloggers there try to sponsor me.
And yes, I’ve had many offers over time for advertising. I just haven’t wanted to have to deal with placement and technology and all that stuff.
But if I have to…
Better than an April fool’s joke? Heh:
“we’ll always have Paris…”
When you say things like that, I get all mushy inside.
My, that’s a lot of change in my pocket.
What? Shirts? They threw racist shirts? How did anyone know the shirts were racist? That makes no sense.
Just a thought from a friend and occasional reader. I subscribe to a blog on the net through PayPal. I read the blog more than any other so I demonstrate my commitment to the blogger by supporting him with my money.
Mikey NTH
Could you send me an email. I had a system crash that wiped all my emails and addresses out.
And together, we’ll always have Paris…
Won’t that get a little crowded?
this sex thing Mr. Instapundit linked is a cool read… what a super-cool hoochie
oh. that is very orangey.
I’m going back to that hot dog place what serves the wine now.
I’m lying we’re going for pizza.
You should stay in and watch Benfica v Liverpool. It’s very good.
One of these days, my credit card company is going to call me wondering why I keep sending regular payments to Jeff. I’ll sigh wistfully and lustily, pause for a moment, then say in a voice choked thick with emotion, “Once you go Jew you’re never quite through.”
Sorry … you’ll have to wait ’til I re-group a bit.
Slurpees? That’s just nuts.
Sam Gamgee’s Very Secret Diary.
http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/sam.html
You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own
Is the Amazon thing referring to removing the Macmillian books? Or is Jeff in Colorado? Probably the latter. I went ahead and chipped in enough for a pint.
Funny, but the version of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace I borrowed from the library made a lot more sense and had a lot more worthwhile to say than the one that posts pointless gibberish in the comments here.
I’m beginning to suspect one of them is not genuine.
Thanks for that link, Mikey, funny stuff.
Hey, add your fucking address to the ‘ship-to’ on Amazon. They don’t broadcast it to the world. I had the Anarchist Cookbook in my cart and they were going to send it to me. If I deliver it in person you’ll probably break my ankles.
Mcgehee, actually Tolstoy rambles aimlessly forever on topics that could have been dropped more profitably early on. I chose the handle because I was being self deprecating, but I guess you didn’t understand because you approve of that writing style.
And I’m not being sarcastic, I was going buy the dude a movie.
Actually, now that I think about it, I could start a store on Amazon, say I’m selling the item that Jeff is asking for on his list, and then buy it from myself, and Amazon would probably send my store Jeff’s address.
So I guess it’s a security risk and you shouldn’t add the address in, since that crazy lady (I assume I shouldn’t name her) is still out there. I guess you’ll have to settle for the pint, then.
I tried to share the funny and what do I get back on messenger?
Thanks, Mikey.
#37 bh and #41 haps:
My memory for useless trivial information is very good. And IIRC Andrea Harris linked to that about seven – eight years ago.
Sometimes unfortunately, sometimes fortunately does my memory work.
And Haps- of course it is gay! That is the joke. I mean, ‘pervy hobbit fanciers’ and all of that, and it does tie in with ‘Sean Astin’ and ‘photos of midget junk’.
“Silmarillion: The Musical.” Now that is funny.
Of course it should have been put in the Shannon Elizabeth post – but OUTLAW!
(That will cover my confusing one post with the other. Perhaps I should drink beer out of smaller containers?)
here is a handy infographic courtesy of my possibly homophobic messenger friend
the handy infographic is also perhaps better suited to the Shannon Elizabeth thread
Happy? of all the things I already knew but never wanted to see put in print? DUDE…..
I think that Jeff can, through the loyalty of his obscenely hyper-intellectual readership, establish a new internet model where one or two businesses advertise on his site and the loyalty of the people who frequent the site, purchasing the products offered for a sort of “insider” Protein Wisdom price will ensure that the advertising dollars are well spent.
I have been drinking heavily so I cannot really tell if this makes sense or not. I am on the verge of consumating a purchase of a company (God help me) and I will volunteer to be the guinea pig, since I feel very guilty for having Pablo send my Scott Brown victory winnings to Haiti.
I wish the haitians the best, but in the long run, Haiti will forever be an absolute hellhole with or without my (Pablo’s) 250 bucks. whereas Jeff could have blown it on his cellphone bill or something.
As a silly sort of public service announcement to anyone who might wonder these things:
1. Using paypal is perfectly safe. (The donate button around the top third of the lefthand bar.) I’ve used it a few times with absolutely no problem.
2. You don’t have to create an account and it doesn’t take very long. Maybe a minute.
3. You can transfer smallish amounts. $5 spends just as good as half of $10 or a quarter of $20.
Silly comment, yes, but that’s what I’m best at.
That sounds interesting, Mr. W. If you advertised here I’d be sure to check it out.
Good luck with the new company!
Did you re-apply to Adsense?
I’d buy a guinea pig, Mr. W.
And name him Merriweather. And I promise it won’t be like with the hedgehog.
Jeff? I’ve closed the shop mostly, only work for friends and family now. My Bro works there now. Money? Nah. Moral support you have.
Mr W? I haven’t been drinking heavily, and most of what you wrote makes no sense? But Good luck on your aquisitiion of the company!!!!
I’m happy with moral support, too. But I find it doesn’t slather well on an English muffin. If you know what I mean.
Are you still in need of some publicity pointers?
my new thing is toasted blueberry bagels with melty cheddar cheese
Used to breed long haired Guinea Pigs Haps….TONS of work. but the reward was worth it.
Jesus, dude. I’d rather have some of that midget junk.
(Is it possible that a single post has made me midgetgay? Something feels off.)
that sounds like a fun thing to do… why so laborious?
Sorry Jeff, I’m in a crisis also. Too old to do the work, and yet too old to change. I do have a good portfolio, but not that good.
Thingys are all paid for, little bro runs the shop, I take a cut, ya know? Other than that? Sally.
Sheesh Happy…Making sure they’re NOT inbred, combing/brushing them daily, cleaning cages every other day, weekly bathing, It’s a bitch. Remember, we’re not talking one at a time. I did this for profit!!
here’s for you Mr. bh so you don’t have to wonder anymore
oh.. I didn’t think about the bathings
He does have a very nice smile, doesn’t he?
OH MY flying spaghetti monster…Haps? Blueberry bagels and cheddar? Gastronomic nightmare.
Me? Hamburg/pickle pizza…
try it Mr. Blitz it’s wonderful I promise
Professor Beardo’s favorite movie now showing on TCM (check your local listings).
Pony up as you enjoy newly appointed Senator William Jefferson Goldstein address the Washington Press Corps (at appx 10:43 pm EDT).
Still going to Chicago? I’ll be up there the 16th.
I don’t have any money, but I dug around in the couch and found a couple of roaches an some black beauties an a darvocet that looks like the dog harked up. So I’ll get those in the mail to ya or hand it to ya in person in Chicago. Well. Not in person. I can only go a hundred feet from the phone, but the guy I buy stuff from will be out that way an he’ll give it to you.
Ahhhh.. Even a very modest subscription amount relieves so much guilt! Much cheaper than therapy.
My apologies, then. There was someone who started off his presence here by posting whole passages from Tolstoy in comment threads here. If you are not that person, I reacted improperly to your use of Tolstoy’s name in your handle.
But in light of the behavior of that previous commenter, perhaps my comment can be seen in a more nuanced light. ;-)
No apologies needed, that was me McGehee, with the long passages. I thought it was pretty funny, actually. I realize I was being a dick, but in context, it made sense (And there it was a metaphor, if you read the awesome passages).
I didn’t follow up, and don’t usually spend much time in that kind of thing, but I was told a lot of what I wrote was modified. I don’t know if that’s accurate, and I don’t really care. It’s not like I posted under my actual name. That was a real ugly spat, and I’m not reliving it, though I think I had some very good points about not crossing the line. Nobody’s perfect, least of all me.
Jeff, I’ll notify you of an appointment with my solicitor, Mr. Hamilton. He’ll arrive in the Denver area within a week.
i think it would be more smarterer if this were more a first monday of every month thing and went from there
I woulda got ya, like cash, but one of the tugboats is on the bottom and the other one had the engines stole right out of it and is leaking something vile.
Fuckin tugboats.
I am fascinated with the mexican hairlesses.
want
cause of they are extraordinary I think
I like the Brazilian hairless myself.
Who’s [whatever]?
Here’s Who.
“I am fascinated with the mexican hairlesses.”
I don’t know why, but they reminded me of these.
If you get one of those dogs you need to name him Anubis.
LOL!
that would be wicked cool really
An entire 24 hours has elapsed since I made my suggestion and I do believe that, if such a thing were possible, the conversation has gotten even stranger than when I posted originally.
I believe that I shall refer to this as the “Goldstein Effect”. The Goldstein Effect will refer to the tendency of threads to get weirder in direct proportion to their length. The longer the threads get, the stranger the comments get.
“If you get one of those dogs you need to name him Anubis.”
What does that even mean?
Gold.Stein.Effect.
Just had a thought. Have you considered organizing PW as a 501(c)(3)? The tax benefit might help you financially.
Anubis
What I think is really funny is Lee and I had the same thought.
I’m totally strapped for cash right now, but you can have my share of Paris! 8|
I am not clicking on any link in this thread.
I prefer addition to subtraction in this case. Money-mouth some assembly required.
Some guy in an Easter Bunny suit came to my house today and said if I didn’t give money to PW he would come by later and break my kneecaps. He was surly and smelled of tequila, and I think had an armadillo-like tail poking out from under the bunny outfit. I thought he was a Census worker at first, so I gave some money to PW in the hope he doesn’t remember my address later. Enjoy.
Mikhail Kryzhanovsky. “Barack Obama , CIA, KGB and Impeachment”.
Statement for American media
April 4, 2010
New York City
Barack Obama’s communist regime is based on my “White House Special Handbook” written for Bill Clinton in 1996 at CIA request. Besides, I was spying on the U.S. Congress and it was obviosly President Clinton’s idea. For that Clinton pardoned John Deutch, DCI at the time and a suspected Russian “mole” later.
In 2008 Obama made the following statement :” We can’t continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We got to have a civilian national security force that just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded”.
Many people, including Paul Broun, a Republican Congressman, are sure that Obama wants to establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship, but in fact he means KGB with its totalitarian control methods , the ones I’ve instructed Democrats about.
I’m very sorry, America. I’m out of Democrats’ conspiracy against American people and I’m ready to make a statement at Congress hearing.
And I want to add that CIA is still pressing me in every way to get me back to work. It’s known that CIA Director Leon Panetta served as Chief of Staff to President Clinton and now it’s clear that espionage on Republican Senators and Representatives is in progress. I demand an independent counsel’s investigation into CIA anti-American activity, and if President Barack Obama is personally involved, he has to be impeached and removed from the Office immediately.
On March 26, 2010 I’ve received an invitation for a dinner with President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (signed by Ian Sugar, Director of Development). On May 13, 2010, at 6.00 PM I have to come to St. Regis hotel, New York, but I’ve changed my mind . I don’t dine with enemies of state.
I also want to thank Mrs. Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. Senator, for helping my family.
For additional information contact:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
PA/PL, Rm. 2206
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
phone: 202-647-6575
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20505
phone: (703) 482-0623
Mikhail Kryzhanovsky
a former KGB intelligence officer and CIA “Filament”
Sounds like a job for moose and squirrel.
Moose and squirrel but which is which?
Look out, here she comes, she’s coming, look out…
Sweet.
Sounds like a job for moose and squirrel.
Exactly. [garbled] Easter to you and yours.
Thank fucking Christ Lent is over! Whoo Hoo!
Threw a few bucks in the kitty for you. Again, thanks for all you do.
I just enjoyed last week; opening windows and airing all out, bringing the patio furniture out of the garage and cleaning that furniture, giving the rest of the house a good cleaning, putting the flag back into it’s socket by the door. I had Sammy’s top down a couple of times* and need to get her in for her post-winter interior clean. I can keep the dust down in the winter (thanks to a garage) but the salt is a bother.
*Samantha the Sebring (Sammy). I love her as much as I loved the Little Girl (the ZX2 Escort).
#93 GeoffB:
Squirrel is little, has aviator’s helmet, and flies.
Moose is big one with antlers and white gloves.
These descriptions were given.
http://www.starpulse.com/Television/Rocky_And_Bullwinkle/gallery/Rocky-Bullwinkle-cn12/
Now Program! Get with!
BTW – Natasha is babe; do not get that wrong, nor get humorous!
Jeff, I just made a small donation. What you do is worth much more. Thanks.
Mikey, you fractured my fairy tale. I go way-back you know.
Pony up, homos.