How Great I Art

Happy to brag about something that probably has way less to do with me being awesome, and way more to do with bots on the prowl.

But I'll always take an opportunity to pat myself on the back. Cuz, hey - it only took me 14 years to get to 1,000,000 views.

Anyway, a big fat THANK YOU to all the real people.

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I got a mention at Crooks & Liars, and my traffic went up a coupla hundred percent.

'Preciate the fuck outa that, guys. Thanks, tengrain.

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I got a mention from Crooks & Liars - thanks to TenGrain at Mock Paper Scissors.

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Years ago, Google kicked me out of their Ad Sense deal because apparently someone was over-clicking, and they don't like that, and they won't listen to anything you have to say on the subject, and there's no appeal process - you're just outa there and fuck you.

A few months ago, I went back and flipped the Ad Sense switch just to see what's up, and holy crap, they let me back in. Which is why you may have noticed the ads between my posts these days.

So anyway, they sent me this little pat-on-the-head email:

I'm not in it for the money - obviously - but hey - 2 bucks is 2 bucks. And this 2 bucks is 2 bucks more than I made on this shit last month.

So thanks, loyal readers. I think I'll head on down to the Quik-Mart and get myself a very small coffee with my new-found wealth.

Sorry Guys

I'm still struggling with it - and losing. Google has fucked this thing up so badly, I'm having absolutely no success at all trying to get it to do what I want it to do.

I'll try some more but it's not looking very hopeful right now.

My sincerest apologies.

Tech Trouble

Individual posts may be OK, but If you're viewing the home page and the thing doesn't look "normal", please leave a comment or email me - evillemike2009@gmail.com

Sorry if it's screwed up.

I'm battling Google for info or a fix.

Announcement

Google says they're dropping the Follow-By-eMail gizmo as of July 2021.

And like a dope, I went in to edit it - which it wouldn't let me do - and I ended up deleting it.

Sorry 'bout that.

Today's Today

I managed to miss my own blogaversary last month, so Happy Blogaversary To Me.

I may feel more like celebrating some time down the road, but a kind of grim determination has set in, and for the most part, I expect to remain in semi-permanent Fuck-Those-Fucking-Fascist-Republican-Fucks Mode for a while.

So anyway, thanks for dropping by - I hope you're all well - and I have to believe that if we all just keep chopping wood and carrying water, we'll get thru this OK.

09-10-2009

SHIT CAN'T LAST FOREVER THOUGH, RIGHT?

RIGHT?

Update Update

The new blogger interface still kinda sucks (altho I like the new fonts - a lot), and Google's responsiveness to my feedback really sucks.

New Software

Google is in the process of "improving" my blogging experience by fucking up their software upgrade.

I'm really sorry about all that, but there will probably be plenty more fucked up posts - at least for a while - until they start to get their shit together.

My apologies - please bear with me.

Ever notice how the kings of social media can't ever really get it right because just as it's going pretty well, some genius in marketing decides to shake it all up and make it so much better that it practically stops working altogether?

I've seen the future and we're all completely fucked.

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And for the second time in only 11 years, your favorite blogger is mentioned on the always formidable and highly esteemed Crooks & Liars blog roundup.

woohoo - thanks, guys.

10 Years

Actually, it was a month ago, but hey - what would I do if I couldn't keep fucking myself over so I can get a good stiff dose of feeling the need to make excuses and apologize for it later?

The Blogiversary

On this date way back in 2009, the mighty blog of eVilleMike was born.

Whoopty-fuckin-do.

I'm starting this post in February, thinking I'll be able to write up a nice long reflection-y piece on how everything has evolved in these past 10 years.

Doubt it.

But maybe.

I think I'm really just hoping the world will still be in more or less one piece.

As always - hopeful while not particularly optimistic.

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Hey - I got a mention on Crooks & Liars.

And it drives my traffic in a very nice way.

Thanks, Blue Gal

My Analytics

For the second time in a month or so, I've asked Google if I should be worried about traffic from Russia.

No answer so far.

I may be paranoid, but that don't mean nobody's out to get me.

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Much appreciation to Albemarle Dems, and to whoever posted this from their Twitter feed.

...and to Walker Thornton for all she does for your favorite blogger.

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Lawrence O'Donnell loves me.

Well - O'Donnell's tweet wrangler saw my mention and hit 'like'. This one time.

But that's how we do it now - so Yay Me!

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Yay Mikey!

And guys (as of this writing), I had a great spike in visitor traffic for a coupla days*. I'm just amazed by your generosity, and of course, altogether impressed with your excellent taste where blog-reading is concerned. Thanks.

*update: it's not nearly so heavy now. But hey - nice while it lasted.

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First time I've ever been up over a thousand hits in a day.

You knuckleheads are fucking awesome. Thank you.

My Blogiversary

My first post