There's a meme going around called "Why I Blog?" Here's some recent blog entries along that meme.

• http://www.rexblog.com/2007/03/29/16719/
• http://artsycatsy.blogspot.com/2007/03/five-reasons-why-i-blog.html
• http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/03/the_value_why_i.html

So, before I get tagged and risk an infection, let me move this meme forward and tag some friends.

I blog for a very simple reason. I'd rather blog, then work for McDonalds or any other company. I think of blogging as my full-time job. Yes, I could be writing code for someone right now and getting paid to write that code, but I make almost as much sitting at home in my basement blogging. So, I do it full-time. Well, not really. I only blog a few hours per day. I spend most of my day doing other work.

Now, I didn't start blogging to replace my full-time job. I started blogging because you could participate in the global thinkgroup called the blogosphere. That was cool! I still like that part of the job (blogging). In fact, that's why I do this at lower pay, then get a real job at higher pay.

So now you know why I blog. Now tell me. I tag...

• Chip's Quips
• Marjolein Hoekstra
• Joseph A Nagy Jr
• Oleg Dulin
• Scott Kingery
• David Rothman
• Tom Simpson
• Aimee Evans
• Jason Schramm
• David Walker
• Alec Saunders
• Tim Dungan
• Nathan Weinberg
• Steve Michel

I was interviewed (via email) by a Guelph Mercury reporter reguarding my talk-sports.net website. The article ran today. Fun stuff.

Digg it! 

I'm just amazed how bad Yahoo! websites have gotten. Today, I decided to check out the $1.95 domain purchases from Yahoo! I figured I couldn't lose, it's only $1.95. In fact, I did lose. I lost time. When I tried to pay it responded "There is a problem with the payment method information." I double checked it 10 times, changed spacing in the card number, tried everything. It wouldn't accept my credit card, which I've had for 10+ years and used countless thousands of times before. Does everything at Yahoo! suck? Isn't there anything that actually works? I've stopped using...

• Yahoo! IM
• Yahoo! Flickr
• Yahoo! Desktop Search
• Yahoo! Search
• Yahoo! APIs
• Yahoo! Mail
• Yahoo! Everything

For the last 18 days, I've been on vacation in Florida, enjoying Disney and meeting up with some old friends. On the last day, I realized that I hadn't had a coffee for the 18 days I was gone. In fact, coffee never crossed my mind. I'm brewing a pot right now. I usually drink several cups a day. And I've obviously got the gene that makes coffee non-addictive. I had just as easy a time quiting smoking as well. Luck me!

Kathy Sierra of Create Passionate Users revealed yesterday that she's been getting threats from other bloggers and commenters. This isn't new. Threats, trolling and worse seem to be an inate part of the blogosphere. But, these threats are outrageous and have been linked to many of the blogosphere's finest. One of these bad guys in this scenario, Chris Locke, has responded to Kathy post. Most others linked in the post haven't responded yet.

Chris' response is basically an admission that he's guilty and doesn't care. Ya, he pulled the blog when he realized he could be looking at jail time. That's a bit late. Also note, he started one blog, which was removed, then he started another, which was removed. Fool me once.

Update: I noticed that some bloggers are actually coming to the defense of the culprits. It's simply amazing how we'll defend our friends at all cost. It's simply amazing how people will BOGU for bad a-listers.

Jason Calacanis gives this guy the last word on the a-list.

BlackBerry cool interviews my friends at iotum.

Geek humor on steroids. This is the 1st part of 3 of episode 1.

• Part 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=9PybSbOLiu4
• Part 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=hotbnGslQDE

Thanks Robin!

Another great article by my friend Martin Winer.

http://goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=424799

This Hummer parks in this same handicap parking spot almost every single day. And when he's not parked there, he parks in the drop-off lane, blocking others from properly using that lane. There's always ample parking.  The school sends out a note at least once a month to inform parents that they should not park in the handicap spot (unless handicapped)or drop-off lane. I've never seen a physically handicapped person in this vehicle, so I have to assume they are ethically handicapped. Note also the temporary license plate. I don't ever recall a permanent plate on this vehicle, yet it is driven almost everyday by the same family. Further, the temp plate is more often turned backside so that the numbers are not actually visible.

I don't keep track, but it's my opinion that Hummer's more than any other car are driven by handicapped people. But, I dispute that ethically handicapped people should be allowed to park in a handicap spot. I think we can really make a dent in the national debt, by simply encouraging traffic police to tail Hummers and rack up driving and parking violation revenues. Of course, this would be demographic profilling and I'm sure somebody would complain that it's unfair.

Did you know that the word business derives from the compound of busy and ness? Most employees do not know this. They are too busy to do their job.  I am unable to work with most any company because I actually understand the origins of this word. My entire work-life has been held back by the fact that most employees don't understand this point. This is the root of me quiting every job that I ever had. This is the root of me breaking most every business relationship that I have ever had. Too busy to do my job is synonymous with too competent to do my job. Today is likely the most frustrating day of my life.  Tomorrow is likely to be worse. My vacation starts Friday.

Bill Belew is asking who are the most prolific bloggers (1,000 or more posts). I've written more than 10,000 blog posts.

http://www.thebizofknowledge.com/2007/03/top_6_most_prolific_bloggers_1.html

6175 entries in 5 years at
(99% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/

2444 entries in 4 years at
(99% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/

835 entries in 3 years at
(99% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/adwords/

372 entries in 3 years at
(99% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/spam/

213 entries in 4 years at
(99% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/rvdad/

1346 entries in 3 years at
(50% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/politics/

993 entries in 1 year at
(50% original content)
http://www.kbcafe.com/myspace/

And I've deleted and dropped a few other blogs.

Anil Dash just publicized that he's part of the top 5% of all blogs on the Web.  Twenty months ago, Blog Herard said there was 70 million blogs. There must be 200 million by now. 5% of 200 million is 10 million. Anil thinks he has one of the top 10 million blogs. I agree.

http://www.dashes.com/anil/2007/03/02/part_of_the_5_n

I still hate that rat bastard.
more or less than Winer?
That's a tough call. I'll go on the basis of traffic and pick Arrington.

A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, "I almost had an affair with another woman." The priest said, "What do you mean, almost?" The Irishman said, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped." The priest said, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not to see that woman again. For your penance, say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box." The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over to the poor box. He paused for a moment and then started to leave. The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, "I saw that. You didn't put any money in the poor box!" The Irishman replied, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that's the same as putting it in!"

Thanks to Matt for the joke.