The Wordmistress

Too Much Information

Remember the feeling you used to get when you weren’t sure if that guy called? Like, he could have called when you were out, right? Not these days. No chance. Caller ID or your cell phone would snare him in its technological trap. In fact, he has to call even if he doesn’t want to -- some time that he’s sure you won’t be accessible, not an easy feat.

Well us webloggers have an equivalent of caller ID, referrer logs and, er, referring to them is so obsessive. I check my referrer logs far more than I check my caller ID. And the other day someone hit my site using my first and last name and the word “weblog.” Now that’s a juicy one. So many scenarios. Theories. It was out East. Definitely a friend. Or a friend of a friend. Someone who has read before and didn’t have the site bookmarked. Or someone who was told by a mutual friend that I have a weblog. It’s kind of like that voyeur/exhibitionist thing. More like an ego thing. Definitely a I-should-be-doing-something-more-productive-with-my-time kind of thing.

Ch-ch-changes

I've finally cleaned house over here at The Wordmistress. I hate white type, so that is now gone!! And I've tweaked the colors so that they are not quite so, er, colorful. Finally, I've added a photo album of Miss Mia over there on the right. Party on.

Meta-Fanboy

I'll admit it. Two summers ago, I stared at the blue screen of Metafilter with longing, it's closed membership making it all the more seductive to my opinionated fingertips. When the leader of the pack over there, Matt Haughey (known as matthowie), opened up memberships for a $5 donation, I jumped at the chance, sure I'd be one of the crowd in no time. Just as I was about to post ... a few long-winded, sad ego-drenched diatribes by the crowd over there put the kibosh on my aspirations. Oh, I still hit the site several times a day. I do find it amusing and timely. But the snarkiness is just ... boring. (Well, sometimes it's funny but the junior high part of me does not want to be target of it, so I rarely post.)

So I was amused to find this fella's website, on Typepad no less. The whole point of his website is to show how great his postings are, so that if Matt opens memberships again, he should be allowed to join and post. Thing is, his posts aren't great. (See I learned how to snark too!) I think he should probably be including several sources in his posts, not just one or two, and the general topics shouldn't be just historical but far more timely. Least I think that's what the crowd over in azure county would say. I just think it's an awful lot of trouble to go to prove that he's worthy. Shit, he can have my membership. Nah, on second thought I'd rather be a member of the crowd even if they are a bunch of know-it-alls.

Now here's some obligatory blog business: Obligatory Michael Jackson post. Obligatory Bush in UK post. Obligatory see ya later. Bye!