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NKOTB

There's a new blog on the block and it's helmed by a shy and humble lad I've had the pleasure of knowing for most of my conscious life. You've met him before in the back alleys of this blog, so he's not a complete stranger to visitors of this sleepy wintertime boardwalk town pub run by regulars turned owners.

We can only assume that he's stepped out of the shadows in order to show the ramshackle master how it's really done. And I'd say that he's doing that thus far -- and he's even got the obligatory "testing, testing" message on day one.

Kind neighbors, I now present to you Kyle McCormick: The Only Blog That Matters.

All this and the dramatic seafaring resurgence of Bridgeton Legends.

If his comments were enabled, I'd say something like "where do you find the time" or "I am better than you" or "esssspaatootay" or some such expression. Maybe someday he'll provide a forum for my prophetic wisdom that yearns to be disseminated every other day in three sentences or less.

Earfarm Post RE: The Swimmers

This guy really gets The Swimmers. This is the kind of music writing that actually makes you want to actually listen to music.

I have Seven Days to Rectify This Situation

Dear Ryan:
There was an error when we tried to bill your credit card, a Visa ending in xxxx for your subscription to TypePad. This frequently occurs when there is:

a billing error caused by your bank
a change in your billing address
insufficient credit on your account
your credit card has expired

Because you are a loyal customer to TypePad you have 7 days to rectify this issue. The best way to do that is to update your account information with a valid credit card.

Unfortunately, if after 7 days we still cannot successfully bill your credit card then your TypePad account will be suspended.

If you have a question, you may open a Help Ticket and select 'I have a billing related question or problem.'

Thanks,
The TypePad Team at Six Apart

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UPDATE: the situation has been rectified.

Can I Get An Encore, Do You Want More?

I've been so busy as of late that I almost forgot to forget the first birthday of this little venture in becoming a productive member of society. And now that I'm reminded of this, it's soon gonna be time to pay the bills. So I'm faced with a choice: Re-up, or let the lights go out and fade back into the shadows that long to hold me in their dark arms once more. Deep dude.

I'm fond of this venture and so I think I'll see if I can scrape together the cash and will power to keep entertaining you for a bit longer.

What is Funny?

Here's a pretty funny message from Ken Jennings to Jeopardy.
And here's a link to a video of one Ken missed during his tenure on the show.
And here's Trebek and Sean Connery for those who need another laugh.

Purpose Driven Blog

The purpose of this blog is to move from being a consumer to more of a producer by writing at least a little bit everyday. I haven't held up my part of the bargain as of late. I'll try to do better. Please don't delete me from your feeds list or favorites just yet. The dream isn't over. Life's just been busy. People have been pissing in our backyard in while wearing disguises (both males and females). I think it's funny and weird. It pisses off the misses. On top of that, the cats have gotten silly and taken to pissing as well, although not outside. They prefer bathmats. Dirty animals. Makes us really hopeful for buying them a new home. I can only hope that one of them is as stressed as I am and isn't totally losing her mind.

Whah! You came here for laughs and wise commentary and you got a whine buzz. That's what's been going on.

Excuse # 49

Please forgive me for the lack of meaningful posts in recent weeks. My free time is solely devoted to real estate transaction nuances and minuetae. Shell games really. In the end, it will all work out, and right now I can't wait to be at the end.

In the meantime, please visit Bridgeton Legends and read about my commando-shyster past. It's a version of my story and I'm grateful that Kyle took the time to put it down in writing. I still owe him a few legends of my own. Christmas time looks good right now.

Oh, and I almost forgot, our buddy the chair taxidermist/artist, Jason Ferguson now has a website. He's also been added to the great list of artist friends with a web presence. Dangerous!

And one more last thing... if you're 21 and older and in Philly this weekend you should consider checking out some FREE music courtesy of Southern Comfort. Hola favorites The Swimmers and The Flaming Lips are on the bill. Like you're not going to think about going now. I'm undecided. We'll see if I have any house hoops to jump through and then take it from there.

Peace on Earth, we need it now.

Blogs are the new Pet Rocks.

That's all. Just thought that should it be said. Not that I am thinking of quitting or anything.

From my perspective...

I've realized that my viewing experience of this site and your viewing experience of this site are probably quite different. I create it with just little ole me in mind and I guess I should be more considerate big ole ye. Sorry if some of the flickr or buzznet stuff gets cut off more often than not. I'm also sorry for my continued posting of flickr images when I know that some of you can't view them because of your workplace's policies on "art nudes." How dare I continue not to bring it for you? Thanks for coming here for whatever you come her for besides art nudes. Who knows, if there's enough demand for that, maybe I ... don't hold your breath.   To me, holaolah (the site that is) looks great (holaolah teh dude could use a haircut). To you, maybe not so good. As you can see by the accompanying image of Jeff using the hola machine, it's rather big. I got a good deal on it, what can I say. Before my great purchase, Nell, in her wisdom, tried to convince me of the greatness of laptops. I wasn't having any of it. A few days after starting this venture, I was wishing I had the ability to write from the couch, bedroom, backyard, etc. Anyway, I should've listened to her. If I had done that, I wouldn't be in this valley of darkness. I'll try and think smaller, scale down the grand vision for your consumption.

Best Week Ever (in this blog's short little life)

I can't let this week pass without acknowledging that it's been awesome in terms of traffic. Holaolah saw lots of new visitors on Tuesday and Wednesday due to my NPR+PBR= post. Here's how it all went down:

• I wrote the observation and posted it late Monday night. Before going to bed, I sent a tip e-mail to Steve Hall at AdRants. I'm a regular reader of the site and thought he might enjoy the content. I was right. Adrants gave me my first non-porn/spam related trackback.
• Then some reader of TotalFark posted it to a discussion thread or something later in the day. I don't know how it was discussed because it's the paid version of the Fark that everyone knows and loves. I just hope that they didn't use the term "asshat" if they decided to mention yours truly.
• And then AdAge gave it a mention as well in their little blog round-up thingy: NPR goes red, white and brew.

So, that's the story behind this blog's best week ever. Normally I'd be cool about it and let it pass without a peep because I'm a pretty humble dude, but it's something I'm proud of and thought you'd like to know. Thanks for everything AdRants, Farkers, and AdAge, I appreciate the traffic and (hopefully) new readers.