Let me just say that …
… I am highly honored and will try to be worthy: 13-inch MacBook Neo Apple A18 Pro chip with 6 core CPU and 5 core GPU – 8GB Memory – 256GB SSD – Indigo Customers commend the 13-inch MacBook Neo … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Blogging and bloggers
A note for those asking after commenter Rufus T. Firefly
Several people noticed that commenter “Rufus T. Firefly” hasn’t been commenting for about two months and wondered whether he’s okay. I sent him an email and he replied that he’s very much okay. He said he’d try to get back … Continue reading →
Pundits unbound
Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, among others, are spiraling off into new dimensions of awful. Ace has the details of the Carlson story well-covered, in this post and in this one. The title of the former, just to give you … Continue reading →
The traffic counter …
… seems to be back to normal, now that I’ve installed the updated code. For those of you who didn’t see the original post on the subject and don’t know what I’m talking about, please go here. And once again … Continue reading →
Traffic counter shenanigans
Tech stuff is not my strong suit. But as the owner of a blog, I’m forced to tackle it. Years ago I had a kindly web developer helping me now and then, a relative of a relative. Most web developers … Continue reading →
You can now buy INTO THE SMOKE OF THE WORLD, the book of Gerard Van der Leun’s poetry [scroll down for new posts, because I’ve pinned this one]
I’m extremely pleased to announce that Gerard Van der Leun’s poetry book, Into the Smoke of the World and other poems, is ready for purchase. Poetry was very dear to Gerard’s heart, and this beautiful book features almost all of … Continue reading →
Progress on the poetry book
I’m happy to report that I finally found a printer that can put out a version with which I’m satisfied, and I gave them the go-ahead. I originally thought the book would be available around Thanksgiving time, but that obviously … Continue reading →
Time marches on
Notice any changes?
Continue reading →Fuentes the fake phenom
It was always clear that at least some of Nick Funetes’ traffic has been the result of bots. The only question is how much. Lately I have become more and more suspicious that the answer is “an enormous amount.” But … Continue reading →
Now everyone on the internet knows you’re a dog – or a troll or imposter or bot or paid liar
It’s a saying that’s probably as old as the internet: But sometimes it’s possible to tell. And X has just made it a lot easier by rolling out a feature – first temporary but which supposedly will become permanent – … Continue reading →
Parsing the comments
For many years I’ve made it a practice to read a lot of comments all over the blogosphere and in the MSM. I’ve noticed in recent years a growth in comments from – for want of a better word – … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Greetings from Idaho! I’m bored to tears at work so I decided to browse your website on my iphone during lunch break. Who knew a spambot could get bored, much less to tears. Then again, if you really think about … Continue reading →