ALSO: this is fascinating. Odd that I've had fewer links in 2025 than the prior two years, despite doubling my 2024 output and tripling my 2023 output. Guess it hasn't really been "linkable" material...something to work on in 2026.
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[credit to Grognardia for hipping me to this]
All right, that's all for today. I've got to go chop some veggies.
So far as I can tell, I'm not there at all. Which stands to reason. But I'm not really interested in being any club that would have me for a member.
ReplyDeleteYou are very much there: There's a right triangle between you, me, and Grognardia...you're at the right angle (just do a search for Tao).
DeleteDon't think of it as a "club." More just an image of where your "star" is in the blogging firmament.
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The premise as I understand it is based upon "popularity," which in turn is always based upon the individual who is most ready to say what the listener wants to hear. If I wanted to be a "popular" blog, I'd be right now doing what Grognardia is... spewing out empathic bullshit day after day to sell to the most nostalgic human impulses, slopping up the weepy adoration of the largest number of easily swayed people within this hobbyscape. It's not like it's a hard thing to do. I figure all I need is a new blog page and a lobotomy.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did say it was "fascinating" not a profound measure of worth or value....
DeleteTut. I believe that it's unnecessary for you to share a negative view of James' blog in that way. It is possible for me to enjoy JB's, James' and your blogs without trading them off one another in the same way that it is possible for me to enjoy different artists or musical genres. The work and effort that the three of you put into producing posts and maintaining your blogs is to be respected.
DeleteKind words, Jake...thank you.
Deletehttps://youtu.be/o40fwZgSFPI?si=_EwRzha4oY3vOmU3
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