Post Number 500
This is either a celebration or a good reason to step. away. from the. computer. But this post marks my 500th on this blog. Now, I attempted to run a survey about what the 500th post should be about but there were only three people who decided to be cool and show up here that day so I've taken things into my own hands here. At least I know that
CapricornCringe,
Avitable, and
Dave2 are my bestest friends
ever and everybody else is just here to push my buttons. Ok for you. Anyway I've decided to look back
and weep and smile at some of the things we've been through together during the last 499 posts. That is, at least those times you decided to show up. When you were here at all. When you had nothing
better to do.
In fact, there were a few times I was at my best and nobody showed up at all. Like when I taught a lesson in
How To Be A Better Man, and
How To Tell When They Dig You, and then - the single biggest flop I had - the one thing that, when I die, no one can take away from me.
The One Thing I'll Be Remembered For, no matter what else happens to me.
I never quite understood why I don't have a ton more traffic because, after all, this blog has the
coolest commercials.
I even have better guest bloggers than most people. There was the time Poppy Buxom went to the
overpriced legendary Chicago restaurant known as Charlie Trotter's
and did a review for us. Agent Bedhead
blogged drunk, well she drunked and
then blogged but you get the idea. And then there was a guy who
dressed-up Little Dave and paid us a call. Top those three! See how cool it is here?
And where have YOU been, NOWHERE around HERE, that's where! I didn't mean to have
My Linking Policy scare you away. Honest. I mean, just because I have some definite ideas of
what constitutes stupid blogging and start throwing things in anger is no reason to walk out of my life!
I'm a good guy, really. Just because
I eat kangaroos doesn't make me evil. I had an idyllic childhood! Heck, I was just
two steps away from the McGuffy Reader! I'm freakin' walking, talking
AMERICANA over here!
We've been through a lot together. We've
blogged the Oscars, and
you let me rant. Why... I can even
foretell the future!
I'm only human, and really need your support and care. I need comfort at a difficult time as this. Where is the milk of human kindness? Don't I get
some credit,
some measure of equity and forbearance - if only for accumulating
these things?It's alright, though. It's alright. I am very grateful for the opportunity, and have done my best to have earned your returning. Thus endeth my 500th post.
Even if this
is post #497.
Who's counting anyhow?
Labels: 500th post, blogging, my usual whining
>18 comments:
At 10:06 AM,
sligo said...
of all the people who SHOULD be here by now, i am stunned that i am one of the first at the table.
thank you for sharing your erudite perspective with those less well-dressed than yourself. really.
why, when i read your musings (picked out that word just for you), it's as if your right here, talking to me. really.
i'm a better person for knowing you, and i admire your unwavering, persistent efforts to bring some class and investment tutorials to the blogiverse.
really. congratulations. i'll see you for Jamesons and cab in a week, because sometimes the universe doles out a bisquit of kindness to those in need of cheap airfare.
At 10:32 AM,
Little Miss Kylie said...
Oh My!!
I can't believe you flew under my radar for so long.
Just look what I've missed out on (and no, that wasn't an attempt at sarcasm - it was sincerity personified).
This is veritable smorgasboard of humour and knowledge.
I shall return. Often.
At 11:05 AM,
CapricornCringe said...
Happy Post 497! Here's to another 497 posts that will help us recognize when people dig us, and what to blog about, and how to eat kangaroo. All at the same time :)
At 11:43 AM,
said...
I read you every day but often fail to leave a comment....sorry. I hate to say it but having you on "vacation" has been a blessing since you are now able to post daily. Of couse I hope that employment gets in your way soon but until then I'm loving it. Have a great weekend.
At 12:16 PM,
Poppy Buxom said...
Well, damn, a girl fires up the bulldozer and heaves a metric ton of fundraiser invitations out of the house, and what happens when she pretends she's done and looks up?
RW reaches 500 posts, that's what. Except it's really only 497, (or maybe 496 because one of the posts was by me).
Hey, I'm no bean counter. Congratulations on an extremely high quality of posts, and the numbers be damned.
At 1:17 PM,
Dave2 said...
Are you counting the guest-post that I did as one of the 497? Or is it my guest post that contributes to this not actually being post 500? Numbering is confusing.
At 1:47 PM,
Kal said...
500. Wow, that's a lot. You must be old...
Oh, I'm just kidding. Hope you stick around for 500 more! (For instance, I really need to know when it's okay to wear my brown shoes, and I figure you're just the guy to tell me.)
At 2:22 PM,
Avitable said...
Congratulations. Don't fuck it up for the next 500.
At 3:26 PM,
Suzanne said...
Sometimes we're here, yet we have nothing to say. We love you even if we don't talk back.
So, SNAP OUT OF IT! (slap)
Congrats on reaching post 497/500/whatever. Keep on keeping on and entertaining the internets with your style and humor and whining.
At 4:29 PM,
Stephen V Funk said...
Hmmm... I never bothered to check this until now, but surprisingly I'm at 674 posts... actually 892 if you add all 4 of my blogs together... why the hell do I have 4 blogs? I seemed to be getting along fine without ANY blogs a couple years ago, and now I have four of the damn things... why, dear lord -- why?!! and to what end???!!!
But cheers on your 500th or so post... keep em coming... just remember, and there's no nicer way to say this -- mine will always be bigger (if not better) than yours...
At 7:17 PM,
Diana said...
I read your blog every day, but I guess I'm just a pusher of buttons because I don't always leave a comment. I try, but sometimes your posts leave me "speechless", or maybe I should say "thoughtless"? heh
Thanks for an entertaining blog, RW, we love ye'!
At 11:00 PM,
Kentucky Girl said...
Wow...497. I'm like...so impressed or something. LOL
I wonder how many I have...I don't think I've ever checked. Hmmm.
At 6:40 AM,
DaisyJo said...
Classics always stand the test of time, and you, RW, are a classic!
*Insert congratulatory confetti here*
I'm only sorry I got here so late.
At 8:05 AM,
RW said...
salutations, admonitions, queries and natterings noted, dear readers. I shall endeavor to make the next 503 posts such that you cannot draw life's very breath without a taste of with common regularity. I also promise to not use so much 16th century language structure as before. My felicitations to each one of you!
At 9:37 AM,
Laurence said...
Happy 500 !!! :-)
At 10:40 AM,
Heartless Lass said...
ha ha ha
Congrats on the 500 mark! I don't even pay that much attention to my blog to know when I've hit 500 posts.
Nice way to pimp out your favorite posts too! ;-)
At 1:16 PM,
RW said...
thanks laurence!
Lass - Yeah. Tough out here for a pimp.
At 11:26 AM,
Poppy Cede said...
I currently have 2786 posts (a few yet to be published, so really about 2782) but I post like a fiend almost every day. You have true quality posts here. Congrats on the milestone, because now you really have posted 500!
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