After around 2 years here, I'm finally officially closing this site. A number of reasons:
While there used to be a reasonably lively political scene, it died in the ass from one day to the next after the Bush election
This led me and a bunch of others to go out in the big wild blogging world. This was quite an eye opener, because we only then realized how insular the tBlog community is: because it is community based, interaction is easy, and it gives you a sense that there is plenty of action and plenty of ppl.
The reality is quite different: tBlog is a cocoon, and a small one at that. The number of tBloggers is in the thousands, and out of that, the number of political ones is in the tenths. But because of its easy interactive way, one gets fooled into thinking we are reaching the readership of the 50 million-odd bloggers and even more readers out there.
The reality is that we are not reaching anybody out there, but merely talking to each others. Don't know about you, but the reason why I blog is for my message to be exposed to the readership of millions, not just of tens or hundreds
Blogging out in the big world is a hard slog. Just because you are outside the comforting cocoon zone of tBlog, you realize how much of a drop in the ocean you are. It takes LOTS of work to get noticed and visited, let alone commented on. But once you start getting somewhere, it sure is more satisfying. Once you find your site on the blog rolls of the world biggies who score 500 comments on everyone of their posts, once you get 1,000 hits a day, then you start feeling as though you're really getting somewhere
Lastly, during the 3 months of this new experience, I tried to keep this site here as a sideline, personal blog - a mix of fun, posting pictures, and plugs for our real site. But I honestly no longer have the time to attend to it - our new venture is taking off the ground very nicely and we get more comments per day than the whole of tBlog political scene in a week - plus, they are not just dumb one-liners of the "right on" / "you're an idiot" / etc typical tBlog type, but intelligent, in-depth conversations and debates
So long everybody. As I don't intend to drop by here any longer, I'm closing the comments off - they are no longer needed. I may from time to time post part articles as plugs to where the real thing can be found.
If you wish to get in touch with me you can either visit me on our new site Pourquoi Pas?, or email me at whynot@elektric-kat.com
PS: special farewell kisses to NoClueru and LynnKrapper! Bye, my darlings - don't fornicate too much :-)
I've just been promoted to “Mr. Laundry Basket Pussy Whynot”!
My wonderful lover LynnKrapper, in her relentless show of godly affection, has given me yet another declaration of love. For full, unadulterated effect, please check it out on my previous post here, i.e. :
Blogs that suck:NoGuru's blog
(fascist, racist and proud of it. Hatred and dumb rhetoric are his fav. pastimes). "Just my opinion, but I'll stick to it, just like a fly to shit" Reducto's blog
(written with the vision and logic of a deep-fried zucchini. Highly recommended for a good laugh)
BushLover's blog
(take a Noguru fruitcake, add more fascist sauce, sprinkle with threatening & bullying spices, and you've got a perfect BushLover dessert). Rsheinfield's blog
(pro-israel fanatic - anything the Israel gov says or does is gospel, including mass murder)
RedTigress's blog
(same as above + delightfully racist and fascist. An embarrassment to the Tiger species)
SithSense's blog
(same as above, + he just LOVES dead bodies and massacres)
Jim Doney's blog
(kinda like Reducto's blog. Just change "zucchini" to "potato")
ajhankin's blog
(same as above)
Defensor's blog
(another fascist bore)
LynnKramer's blog
(curious case of religious zealotry having reached advanced paranoiac delusional condition. Also a delightful source of racist blogs (her fav targets are the French, closely followed by Germans - but any European target will do just fine)
jrogg's blog
(not quite as dumb as Reducto, but ok for a bit of fun every now & then. There's hope for him)
Stepdad's blog
(yet another [sigh!] fascist nutcase)
Deshanews's blog
(same as above)
Camel dropping's blog
(A shameful insult to the otherwise very cute and cudly species of camels and dromedaries.
But, as CamelFace himself proudly announces, his thinking mode is achieved by farting through his own brain)
