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May 27, 2005
Oh this stupid thing is still here?
Gah. Why are you still lurking around here? What is wrong with you people?
Go over to Huffington's Toast (while it is not stale). Shelf-life of good comedy/lampooning is about one month.
I just got a good tip that something important was posted there. I may be neglecting my own site, but it's for a good cause. We are pimping THE HEAD PEASANT IN CHARGE Steve H.
A worthy cause, indeed.
I have, after five years of blogging about five unique visitors. And you all wonder why I don't put more effort into this site!! I've made it BIG TIME. Work + persistence = payoff.
Someday Steve H will also have five unique daily readers to call his own. To my own readers also known as numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5? To all of you I send my kisses.
I'm outta here for the weekend.
Posted by Moxie at 4:31 AM | Comments (40)
May 20, 2005
lots of things
All five of you who stop by here each day may think I've forgotten about this website. Not true.
However in the almost 5 years I've had this here thing, I've never had even 1/100th of the attention all six of us (Aaron, Allah, Jeff, Noel, Steve and I) have had over at Huffington's Toast.
So for the near future, while we are getting noticed -- my attention will be focused there at HT. That's not to say Moxie will be more neglected than usual. You all know I ignore this website 4 out 7 days a week anyway. Nothing will change.
Humor and satire have a different market than news bloggers. That is something I've struggled with and is also why Huffington's Toast is so rewarding. The absurd is a hard sell and writing it makes getting noticed even tougher. This of course is ridiculous, because the key to happiness is being able to laugh at the world and ourselves. Maybe more on this in another post, I've digressed.
So here are some things to check out, besides the Toast.
- Marc Weisblott is blogging again!
- Andrew Breitbart wrote a great column for the Weekly Standard.
- Val Prieto is live blogging from the Cuba Nostalgia Convention this weekend.
- John at Powerline is excited (no pun intended) about the Miss Universe pageant, and has some pretty pictures posted for your enjoyment.
- Ann Althouse will go and see the new Star Wars movie AND blog about it, if someone pays her 500 dollars.
- Andrea Harris calls the Star Wars franchise "a frigging pseudo-religious cult for people too lazy and childish to deal with a real church." And her post just gets better from there.
So, as they say my VRWC friends -- until Monday...
UPDATE: I am damn proud of all five referrals I can offer to those I graciously choose to link. Do me a favor -- make a liberal die a little inside and ACTAULLY click on the links. We will all be better off.
Posted by Moxie at 4:04 AM | Comments (13)
May 14, 2005
Speculation is fun, but recognition even more so
It would be nice as (Steve H. pointed out) if we got as much attention blogging as ourselves as when we skewer someone else on Huffington's Toast.
I guess that means I'm out of the closet.
UPDATE: Steve H just outed all of us.
However, I will not now (perhaps ever) reveal which posts are mine. This has been especially rewarding as I was talking to Steve H. on IM when he conceived of the idea. Looking back a few days later, it's amazing.
Lots of good stuff over there, so be sure to check in often.
Updated constantly!
Posted by Moxie at 2:05 PM | Comments (9)
May 13, 2005
things no conservative dares to point out....
Maxim Editor-in-chief is best at writing.
Okay, so some folks are poking fun at the Huffington Post. Personally, I find it wildly amusing. The comedy factor is high and not only in the "celebrity libshit lunacy served up as a free conservative blog-fodder buffet" manner of thinking.
For instance, take Greg Gutfeld. GENIUS. More of a star than Ben Affleck is in his own grievous J-lo-less dreams. This guy should have his own category on the site...
update on Party sightings, Delhi - India. May 12, 2005.Things are still going nuts at Alaknanda Jayagopal's house. Aparjita and Agilah broke into the liquor cabinet, and Gaurika, Fulmala, Heenfu and Indrani started a dance party in the garage. Remember Crystal Water's "Gypsy Woman?" Well, Dishwari, Fazeela (and her sister, Devapriya) do. They are kicking it, live. Dishwari is also playing truth or dare with Anvita, who dared Deepika to actually swallow a live chicken. Deepika isn't even speaking to Gangika. Totally off the hook.
More later,Kanush
While it doesn't compare to Kumar's tech log -- it's still funny and offensive stuff.
Ostensibly, Gutfeld is the same one who fretted (unecessarily, may I add) over the lemon squares recipe for his dinner party. I'd link his follow up post, but the permalink is not working.
Luckily, there is more here, here, here, here and here
And please note the paintball sign-ups for Sunday end at sunddown.. I'm placing my wager on the Capital Punishment team.
As Glenn Reynolds would say, read the whole thing.
Who's he making fun of? I'd say Gutfeld is an equal opportunity offender. I'm in love.
Posted by Moxie at 1:59 AM | Comments (4)
Matt huffed and puffed and blew the link down
here today gone tomorrow
Until yesterday, Matt Drudge graciously had the Huffington Post permalinked on The Drudge Report, however late last night the link vanished.
Gone.
It's not hard to imagine that Arianna's healthy launch traffic, press time and clear challenge to compete with The Drudge Report has hurt someone's feelings.
Seems like Matt's good-sportsmanship ran aground.
Typically childish behavior of this type comes from liberals -- color me stupid.
Posted by Moxie at 12:54 AM | Comments (7)
May 12, 2005
Admin notes (again)
Why did I ever break up with that technology geek? Please, someone remind me.
My email is NOT working. Just hours ago I received some missives sent in the not so distant past. But too distant for me to pretend I was busy.
Second and more importantly, THREE (yes count em three) readers rallied the troops and made Al Franken incontinent. Props to my VRWC hommies.
Sometimes money is the best motivator for a right-wing capitalist pig like me.
Hugs go out to Mlah, Reagan80, and the Santa Man (go click on his ad, it'll give Janeanne Garafalo a yeast infection. I promise).
God I am going to regret typing that once the google ads catch up.
And now....back to the regularly scheduled programming.
Posted by Moxie at 11:28 PM | Comments (2)
temper tantrum
I am NOT blogging again until someone buys a blogad or hits the tip jar and makes Al Franken incontinent.
Don't test me, because I mean business.
Posted by Moxie at 1:59 PM | Comments (7)
must read
Bored with the Huffington Post? Then be sure to check out Huffington's Toast.
via Steve H.
UPDATE: It seems there is no reason for me to blog anymore. Not only is Arianna taking over the blogosphere, but she also has a gay houseboy named Andrew.
Posted by Moxie at 10:57 AM | Comments (10)
May 8, 2005
Pajama Game Rules
I've been doing some undercover citizen journalism and discovered there are only three rules in order to join Pajama Media:
The first rule of Pajama Club is - you do not talk about Pajama Club.
The second rule of Pajama Club is "42" *
The third rule of Pajama Club is "bend over."
Posted by Moxie at 7:55 PM | Comments (13)
May 5, 2005
runaway letter to the runaway bride
Dear Jennifer,
It’s hard for me to find the words to express my deep and sincere sympathy for you and your “cold feet” situation. You are 32 and we all know 32 year old women should still be running around getting drunk at bars, having one night stands, and taking impromptu road trips. Single women of your age should ignore the fact that every other woman in their age range is already married and too busy being a grown-up to engage in such antics.
So you are ill-equipped to handle the stress of planning a wedding -- you think, “Jennifer, leave that getting married stuff to older women, get on Greyhound. Go for one last ride.”
The women who are just a few years older than you are much more capable of handling the stress of making a grown-up decision – like what color the tablecloths should be at the reception. These capable women are the very women who men no longer look at because they are old, weathered and infertile. And here’s a hint: no one cares about the tablecloths. These older women know that.
Honestly though, I feel so sorry for you -- an insane, ungrateful bug-eyed brat who found not only a man who wants to marry her at an advanced age, but is also willing to take her back after she skipped out of town, committed a crime and left 600 wedding guests in the lurch. These are the stories of Hollywood films.
Though it sounded excessive at first, I can understand why 600 people wanted to attend your wedding. If I am ever fortunate enough to find a husband at 33, I guarantee several dead relatives will rise from the grave and put on suits and dresses to attend.
Seriously, I know guys who wouldn’t even speak to you again (let alone date you) had you only left the house in order to avoid having a heated argument. Ask my X boyfriend.
You see, most men who are in their early to mid thirties ARE finally looking for wives. Impossibly perfect brides, plastic barbie dolls who never, ever speak out of turn.
And what you failed to see is that they are looking at younger women than yourself. You were one of the lucky ones. Most men prefer not to spend money on engagement rings – they have much more enjoyable pursuits, such as drinking beer while watching sports, spending their free time passing gas and fantasizing about 22-year-old porn stars with big fake tits.
Here’s what you should have considered: three years after skipping out on your wedding you will be alone on Christmas, eating Chinese food out of the container with a plastic spork. Your 10 cats will be milling around hungry at your feet. You will kick them away and call all your married girlfriends who will be too busy with their kids and husbands. Maybe you will have one or two divorced girlfriends to commiserate with and wonder why you are still single at 37.
Call ME. I will tell you why. In fact, I’ll tell you why right now. You’re an idiot.
It really must be tough being you. It makes me feel sad. What makes me feel even sadder is if your fiancé is still foolish enough to marry you.
Love,
~Moxie
Posted by Moxie at 5:53 PM | Comments (24)
don't care for the bandwagon
Steve isn't impressed with the concept of Pajama Media. To be honest, neither am I.
Perhaps I'm not a savvy business woman, but when I get involved in a business venture, it's not so someone else can get rich. But that's why it's called "business" and not "philanthropy".
For those of you who haven't heard, the goal of this new organization is to 1)Compete with blogads and google ads while claiming they are not, and 2)Offer some sort of empty promise that bloggers other than themselves, Jeff Jarvis and Ann Althouse will have their posts published in papers via their news service.
"But don't you want to make money Moxie?"
I've already got blogads no one buys. And I make decent spending money on google ads.
Fortunately, I'm not the type of writer these folks want. They don't link to my satire on their holy blogs, so why would some big newspaper print my stuff? They wouldn't and I'm not delusional enough to think they ever will.
I've watched these types of things develop before, "join in with me and 500 others and we'll all get rich and famous." I'm still waiting.
The guys who were involved in starting Pajama Media are already making money on their blogs. So call me crazy, call me mean but I'm not terribly excited at the prospect of helping them make even more.
The big news is, the only people excited about this new venture are the guys who thought it up...they didn't start this company to help YOU, they started it to help themselves.
UPDATE: yes, Glenn has seen it fit to link to Ann Althouse (yet again) this time for carpet blogging?
This is exactly the type of thing that makes me shirk when it comes to his editorial status on PJ Media. Tire blogging? Carpet blogging? It is amazing that anyone reads Glenn Reynolds anymore. It's easier to go to Ann Althouse's blog and read that, because he links everything she burps.
Truly though, I feel badly -- Glenn used to have good information, a sense of humor and a satire detector, as well as a mind open to those of us who do not possess law degrees.
Posted by Moxie at 10:58 AM | Comments (17)
