Trooper York: Whose that girl rubbing her pussy?

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Whose that girl rubbing her pussy?

She often did it in the dangest places because she picked the dangest places to take a bath. But that was only because she wore old fashioned underwear that became so famous they named the town after it.

Yes she loved to rub that pussy.

Whose that girl?

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bagoh20 said...: Hey, motherfuckers, that's my Mom!; July 31, 2013 at 12:40 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Your mom is hot.; July 31, 2013 at 12:42 AM
chickelit said...: Lori Saunders?; July 31, 2013 at 12:58 AM
chickelit said...: In any case, she bathed with Gunilla.; July 31, 2013 at 12:59 AM
chickelit said...: Inga said...
Spam made me gag.

7/30/13, 8:44 AM

Image her saying that in the present tense and with heavy Boston Southie accent.; July 31, 2013 at 1:01 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Who is this pussy?; July 31, 2013 at 1:01 AM
Chip S. said...: Lotsa hair in that pic.

I know what option I'd pick if this were Guess Her Muff.; July 31, 2013 at 1:24 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Inga smell of spam and rancid butter.; July 31, 2013 at 2:28 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Inga smells like Christ Christie's taint meat.; July 31, 2013 at 2:28 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: Yep, Lori Saunders.; July 31, 2013 at 6:49 AM
The Dude said...: Nick, two more things I have spotted in Leslyn's book.

"hear anymore" - I think that should be "hear any more".

"ringing her hands" should be "wringing her hands", unless the woman has bells for hands.

That's all for now.; July 31, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Michael Haz said...: What was the over/under on how long it would be before TOP turned comments back on? One month?

I know there were several predictions made by the collective throbbing brain here.; July 31, 2013 at 8:49 AM
The Dude said...: Trooper's poll is still up.

He should see a doctor.; July 31, 2013 at 9:44 AM
chickelit said...: Sixty Grit said...
Trooper's poll is still up.

He should see a doctor.

ISWYDT; July 31, 2013 at 9:54 AM
The Dude said...: Hey, Haz wrote "throbbing"! It wasn't me. Larry will tell his mommy on you!; July 31, 2013 at 9:59 AM
chickelit said...: Sixty: Althouse has an open comment thread going discussing the usage of "slutbag", "twat," "fucking cunt" etc. and sundry other salty sailor terms.; July 31, 2013 at 9:59 AM
The Dude said...: But can I post a comment? No, I can not. Larry is mean!; July 31, 2013 at 10:01 AM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 31, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Michael Haz said...: Pollo, you should leave a one-word comment: Sploooooge!; July 31, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: She should work for the Weiner campaign...; July 31, 2013 at 10:19 AM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 31, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: ol dirty EBL had a thread on the Indianapolis and I posted that Quint mentioned it in Jaws (just to see if moderation was on). And it appeared to be but they posted it anyway. Go figure. I wonder if Larry missed that.; July 31, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Trooper York said...: I don't care all that much but you guys seem to have proved that Inga is a sock puppet.

And an elaborate one at that.; July 31, 2013 at 10:33 AM
chickelit said...: Sixty scores! link; July 31, 2013 at 10:44 AM
The Dude said...: Really? If that is the case, and by no means do I have any reason to believe that Inga is anything other than what she is, who is pulling her strings, or, to be more graphic, inserting their arm up the terminal portion of her intestine in order to articulate her mandibles?; July 31, 2013 at 10:45 AM
The Dude said...: Wow! Thanks for that E. P. - I cracked the code and discovered the precise number of c-words required to get one published over there.

My momma be so prout ob me...; July 31, 2013 at 10:47 AM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, You are an ace! We thank you very much. Is your woodworking skill set part of what makes you so sharp in proofreading?; July 31, 2013 at 10:54 AM
chickelit said...: Chronic woodworkers tend to go blind. Sixty must be an exception.; July 31, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Sixty Grit, you would make a hell of a Democrat for May Communications Director.; July 31, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: But if Morgan nailed Nuzzi, you nailed ol dirty EBL; July 31, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: and Larry; July 31, 2013 at 10:57 AM
ndspinelli said...: In an effort to keep the page hits down @ TOP maybe we should appoint a scout, or point man. He/she can make reports of anything of interest here.

"Cage, you take the point." I think Bruce is the logical choice.; July 31, 2013 at 10:58 AM
chickelit said...: @spinelli:

Pages hits aren't a zero-sum game. It's true that the more comments she gets, the more people look. It sort of empirically proves a point, IMO.

Lem has started two novel ideas: (1) The crowdsourced solutions series and (2) the poetry discussions. Althouse can only hope...

I don't yet see any apologies which would signal contrition or even explanation. People are talking, which is always a good thing.; July 31, 2013 at 11:06 AM
bagoh20 said...: On Ebay you could get good money for the water in that tank if you bottled it.; July 31, 2013 at 11:24 AM
The Dude said...: I am going blind, but I figured that was because of, well, you know, something else.

Cataracts, you filthy minded people!

As for finding errors in writing - who knows where that skill came from. I used to work for a guy who said I could pick fly shit out of pepper.

He couldn't spell worth a damn. Took it personally when I corrected his memos. So it goes.

Proofreading is a natural fit for me, career-wise. But I really don't know enough about English to be an editor.

I do real well on medical depositions and technical ones, as well, having a lifetime of experience in both fields. The latter as a career, the former as a patient.; July 31, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: Really? If that is the case, and by no means do I have any reason to believe that Inga is anything other than what she is, who is pulling her strings, or, to be more graphic, inserting their arm up the terminal portion of her intestine in order to articulate her mandibles?

She belongs to the Meadhouse. Sometimes Annie, Sometimes Larry, probably sometimes it's the damn dog.; July 31, 2013 at 11:46 AM
chickelit said...: Sixty'sand Evi's comments were "disappeared."

I did a chirbit ready of Winga F. Buckley's comment which hasn't appeared yet.; July 31, 2013 at 12:08 PM
ndspinelli said...: Bruce, There will NEVER be any apology. NEVER. We need to apologize to her and Larry and beg forgiveness for not kissing their asses. Inga being Exhibit A.; July 31, 2013 at 12:08 PM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, I worked many med mal cases. If you wish to share. Were you a plaintiff in a med mal case?; July 31, 2013 at 12:09 PM
ndspinelli said...: Med mal depos are some of the most boring if your work requires you to read many, which I did. I'm sure they're not one bit boring if you're involved in the litigation.; July 31, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Chip S. said...: The vibe I get from comments at TOP is like the awkward small talk around the table at a dinner party where the hosts finally stopped yelling at each other.

Nobody's heart seems in it. Even "Inga" is trying (ineptly) to be erudite.

Troop's "Virginia Woolf" take on all this said it best.; July 31, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Chip S. said...: But if Morgan nailed Nuzzi, you nailed ol dirty EBL

Sixty does the work other Americans won't.

As for me--I'll be competing w/ Morgan for the job of nailing Nuzzi.; July 31, 2013 at 12:20 PM
The Dude said...: Nick, found another one - "armin-arm" needs another hyphen.

And to answer your questions, I have had many medical procedures performed on me over the years, have had many maladies treated, probably should have sued one doctor but didn't - his mistake led to me getting two unnecessary surgeries, but so it goes. There were several medical professionals in my family and I was raised hearing polysyllabic words with obscure Greek and Latin roots.

I proofread for a court reporter who takes deps in all kinds of cases - slip and fall, industrial mishaps, medical malpractice, engineering errors, materials misuse, real estate disputes, automobile accidents, you name it. I pick out the fly shit, and try to solve mysterious mutterings made by mumbling minions. Some of them are beyond resolution.

Funny thing is, all I ever see is a tiny slice of any given case - a dep or two, one or more not-so-bright lawyers trying to not be outfoxed by some of the most inarticulate deponents you ever heard, but then nothing else - I have no idea how the cases are resolved, my view into that world is closed.

My take away, after all these years is - if you are in a hospital you need a strong advocate by your side to physically grab a nurse and make them pay attention. Imagine the Ingas of the world trying to take care of you - nightmare, am I right.

And your advocate does not have to have medical knowledge, just forcefulness. One meek and mild doctor watched as his wife died slowly, over 4 days, because he was too big a wimp to verbally attack the douchebag doctors and nurses who were maltreating his wife. That case was extremely sad.

There are times when politeness is not a plus, just sayin'. Emulate Troopski, live long and prosper. And raise hell while doing so.; July 31, 2013 at 12:27 PM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 31, 2013 at 12:44 PM
blake said...: OK, I'm confused. Inga's a sock puppet? I thought Ritmo had actually talked to her.; July 31, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Chip S. said...: blake, one time at Lem's Meade changed his display name to "Inga" but kept his usual avatar. He did the same thing one time as "Titus". People are taking that as evidence of sock puppetry rather than the lame attempt at parody that it was.

People have seen her personal info and family pix. Inga is all too real.; July 31, 2013 at 12:52 PM
ricpic said...: There is very little I know but I do know that masturbating will not leave you blind. That I know.

July 31st, folks. Year's toinin'. Next comes august August and then down we go again. Have YOU done what you should have, told yourself you had to and would get done this summer? Or did you blow it again? As my Mom would say to me when I was moping around the house at sixteen, "You're NOT sixteen, you've completed sixteen years. You're in your seventeenth year and time's awastin', mister!"

That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do

That's the title of a great painting by the great and much under-appreciated American painter, Ivan Le Lorain Albright.; July 31, 2013 at 12:52 PM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 31, 2013 at 12:56 PM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 31, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: I wonder what games they are up to?; July 31, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Chip S. said...: Inga seems emotionally needy, and desperately seeks online allies. Having been Trooper's worst enemy in one of her Allie incarnations, she latched onto him when they both got deleted at TOP on Bloody Sunday 1.

When she got run off from here after making way too big an ass of herself, Trooper became her worst enemy again. Presumably she has dished whatever info she thinks A&L want to hear about this place, so they tolerate her.; July 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM
bagoh20 said...: "There is very little I know but I do know that masturbating will not leave you blind."

But wouldn't that be cruel irony if it did. BTW, I use a Braille keyboard with integrated splash guard, just in case justice is delayed and waiting to pounce.; July 31, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Trooper York said...: It is extremely amusing that Inga is posting there. I just have to laugh.

If it is the historical Inga it is only a matter of time until she blows up.

If it is an imposter sock-puppet Inga than you will see these mock intellectual posts.

It is just vastly amusing the Inga is a commenter in the new and improved comment section.

I have not stopped laughing all morning.; July 31, 2013 at 1:10 PM
ricpic said...: Hey Sixty, you got any thoughts on Walker Percy? I ask because both your Ma & Pa were in the medical racket, as was Percy, plus the southern connection. Full disclosure: The Moviegoer is one of the few books that have* left an imprint on me, or at least lingers in my mind. He was a one book wonder in my opinion, but what a one book it was!

*Has left?; July 31, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Chip S. said...: wrt masturbation and blindness, it's not fapping that's bad for your eyes, it's watching low-res porn.

Retina display is the only way, guys.; July 31, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Plus which Inga called me "Dearie" @ the Lemblog yesterday.

Who the fuck says dearie?; July 31, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Just make sure, Chip, that you're watching good porn. Ass pimples and stretch marks+retina display=pain.

At least, I imagine they would.; July 31, 2013 at 1:20 PM
ricpic said...: Hey Troop, I see you didn't answer my question about the Pope. Okay, I'm a Juden but I can have an opinion, right? Right? And my opinion is the guy's an Obama Administration plant. Or maybe his being a Jesuit is bad enough in itself. Anyway, he's slip slidin' all over the place. All these deep thinkers suicidally joining the 21st century in order to be hip and LOVED. Dreadful mistake.; July 31, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: I didn't think he was endorsing gay priests, I thought he was saying it wasn't any of his business if they were gay--because they're celibate.

But what do I know.

Although I like the new Pope, so far. And I'm not a C.; July 31, 2013 at 1:23 PM
The Dude said...: Ricpic - I have never read any of Walker Percy's work, but I did read "Rising Tide", about the big flood of '27. My parents were contemporaneous with Mr. Percy, and my father lived on the river. It looks like Walker Percy moved to Greenville after the flood, but even in 1967, when I was there, that place had still not recovered.

That flood changed many things on the Delta, and downstream, and it left a mark on everyone who lived through it.

What can I say - Southern Gothic - it's not just a life style, it's a way of life.; July 31, 2013 at 1:26 PM
bagoh20 said...: Inga is real, she contacted me via email. She could still be fake I guess, but I doubt it. I never wrote back.
I followed the link above over to TOP, and that doesn't sound like her. It's a Stepford Inga. Wait till her battery gets low.; July 31, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Chip S. said...: She's just not herself when typing while her plumber friend is laying pipe.; July 31, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Michael Haz said...: Stepford Inga. Perfect.; July 31, 2013 at 1:37 PM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, You're corrections are very timely. The book is being formatted for Nook and all your changes are being made. My bride would like to know if you would do proofreading for future books, and what your fee structure is. I'm ndspinelli@gmail.com if you're interested. If I get bombarded w/ Viagra spam I know who the usual suspects are here.

As you probably know, I would usually be involved w/ cases through the trial, often testifying but not always. And, I worked all the type cases you mentioned and additionally product liability. It's amazing how specific some insurance companies are. I did a lot of work in Chicago and Wi. for an insurance company in Wi. called Church Mutual. They only insure churches. A lot of roof collapses and fire lawsuits. 90% of cases settle. If I was curious I would talk w/ my client about the settlement, but after decades most cases seem to run together and seem the same. If it was an interesting case I would ask, but usually not.; July 31, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Trooper York said...: Chips reads it right.

The real Inga is a contrary nut job who can only tolerate people for so long before she turns on a dime and goes into attack mode.

We will know if it is her if she blows up in a couple of weeks.; July 31, 2013 at 1:44 PM
ndspinelli said...: Isn't it noteworthy that virtually none of the anointed folks from Lem are not commenting @ TOP?; July 31, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Chip S. said...: I'm not monitoring either site that closely, but did you mean to include that "not", nick, or do you also need a proofreader?; July 31, 2013 at 2:01 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: ripic, okay I know you are Jewish, but Pope Francis is an Obama plant? This is getting into Lyndon LaRouche territory.

But where is the best Jewish deli on the lower east side? Troop said you would know.; July 31, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: ndspinnelli, I went briefly to check it out (this is the equivalent of looking in the septic tank to see if it is okay). But I noticed the Lem's commentators were not posting (and I did not recognize the names of those that were).; July 31, 2013 at 2:05 PM
yashu said...: and I did not recognize the names of those that were

Lurkers move into the currently unoccupied or less crowded space. It's an opportune moment to delurk.; July 31, 2013 at 2:35 PM
yashu said...: Though I wonder how many lurkers followed the commenters to TOOP instead.; July 31, 2013 at 2:39 PM
ricpic said...: Evi Bloggerlady - that would be Katz or Katz's Delicatessen on, I think, East Houston Street. It's where the famous When Harry Met Sally orgasmic eating scene was shot. Perfect meal? Pastrami on Rye, French Fries, Sour Pickle and the ONLY possible drink with that combination, Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Tonic. Don't you dare order a Coke! Feh Feh.; July 31, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: ripic, I am a big Katz's fan and I know the place well. But I told Troop the other day that as fabulous as a Katz sandwich is, at $18 (plus tip) it is sort of pricey. But he said you knew some better place on the lower east side.

But I only have one every year or so when I am in town, so what the heck, I can splurge for the sandwich and even a Dr. Brown's on the side.; July 31, 2013 at 3:52 PM
ndspinelli said...: ChipS, The "not" was a mistake and I feel worthless, fat, and unloved.; July 31, 2013 at 5:06 PM
Chip S. said...: Wait 'til Darcy gets here, nick, and you'll get a big ol' internet group hug.; July 31, 2013 at 5:31 PM
MamaM said...: These are the threads that undo me. From Inga to Ivan, there's more happening here than I can process, The returned ricpic and the moviegoer deliver the final one-two with the lead to following quote which sums up my experience with summer, blog shenanigans, open and closed doors, knobs, and that which I should have done and did not do:

"What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple; at least for a fellow like me. So simple that it is easily overlooked. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life." W. Percy

Re: Ivan Albright
While I'm familiar with the soul called Ida (which sort of fits the Inga theme), I didn't know about the painting ricpic referenced.
and appreciated finding it and reading the write-up.

Thinking about where my July searching and sinking into the everyday has led me is another story.; July 31, 2013 at 6:17 PM
Michael Haz said...: Isn't it noteworthy that virtually none of the anointed folks from Lem are commenting @ TOP?

It is. It's may well be that Lem's is more interactive, more fun, and has more interesting topics posted by a group of very smart people who have a wide diversity of education, talent and experience.

Otherwise it's read what interests AA and post a comment in agreement. Meh. Where's the fun in that?; July 31, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Michael Haz said...: Meanwhile over here at Trooper's, we have a group of regulars who are sarcastic, sometimes rude, cranky and flatulent. The posts are about food, sex, food, sex and, I forget, something else.

This is the dive bar of blogging, with all the regulars sitting on their bar stools, squinting in annoyance at the sunlight when some new customer opens the door.; July 31, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Michael Haz said...: Okay, the women aren't flatulent. And they smell nice. They class up the joint.; July 31, 2013 at 6:43 PM
chickelit said...: Okay, the women aren't flatulent. And they smell nice.

This why I always carry a lighter -- to flare my own masking vapors and to light lady's cigars.; July 31, 2013 at 6:51 PM
Michael Haz said...: Ahahahahaha. Looks like you can kiss your A-Rod goodbye, Yanquis fans. Forever.; July 31, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: I really hope not. That would free up a shit ton of money for them to play with. I'd rather they be hamstrung with his stupidly ginormous contract for the next 37 years or whatever it is.; July 31, 2013 at 8:05 PM
The Dude said...: How about that, in all the excitement I lost track of how many comments there were on the Sixty's Prom thread, well do you punk?

My two cents - I went to Harvard, just as Steve did - I walked up Mass avenue in Cambridge and walked across Harvard square.

It's a very nice place.

The only school he ever mentioned by name was Santa Clara University, and I think he only went there to twirl.

It's a Jesuit school, or was, and has a lovely old mission on campus. I went there, too.

I even worked there. Maybe someday, if you are all very attentive, I will tell you all about it.

Red wing black birds were involved.

That is all. Carry on...; July 31, 2013 at 8:28 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: old dirty EBL: "After I shut off the comments, I had to deal with email and writing on other sites, and I saw some people whom I had valued as guests griping about what I did to them, showing little appreciation for what I had given for 9 years."

Do you think she might be a wee bitter? And narcissistic...; August 1, 2013 at 12:27 AM
chickelit said...: I think she was genuinely harshed by Sixty's abrasion.

Who else could she mean?; August 1, 2013 at 12:48 AM
Chip S. said...: Did she say that they scanned her brain and found nothing?; August 1, 2013 at 12:58 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Chip S., yeah, I think she did say that.; August 1, 2013 at 1:05 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Actually Sixty was a sunbeam of love to Meadehouse.; August 1, 2013 at 1:05 AM
Chip S. said...: Excuse us, Dr. House, but we've got a patient w/ a baffling illness and wonder if you can give us a diagnosis.

Here are the symptoms:

no sense of smell
no sense of humor
no sense of proportion
no sense of self

Please help us, Dr. House. The blog's daily hit rate is plummeting!; August 1, 2013 at 1:06 AM
chickelit said...: No wuckin' funder she can't tell who dealt it.; August 1, 2013 at 1:10 AM
chickelit said...: Please help us, Dr. House. The blog's daily hit rate is plummeting!

I predict a dead cat bounce.; August 1, 2013 at 1:12 AM
Chip S. said...: Apparently she wants Inga around for medical advice, having driven Pogo away.; August 1, 2013 at 1:12 AM
Chip S. said...: But her writing exhibits increased vigor and focus!

"Baffling case, Wilson."; August 1, 2013 at 1:14 AM
MamaM said...: I think she was genuinely harshed by Sixty's abrasion

I heard a cow kicked her over as he winked his eye and said: "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"; August 1, 2013 at 1:14 AM
Chip S. said...: I think she's leery of quite a few people, MamaM.; August 1, 2013 at 1:15 AM
blake said...: Commenters generally make up a small fraction of total traffic to any website.; August 1, 2013 at 1:17 AM
chickelit said...: Peshtigo rhymes with Chicago but was deadlier; August 1, 2013 at 1:19 AM
chickelit said...: blake said...
Commenters generally make up a small fraction of total traffic to any website.

Don't rub salt into my wound, blake.; August 1, 2013 at 1:20 AM
chickelit said...: Boner notte, alle.; August 1, 2013 at 1:32 AM
Chip S. said...: Commenters generally make up a small fraction of total traffic to any website.

TOP's July Traffic Data

On July 27, total visits to TOP fell to 15,736, down from an average of about 25,000 in the first week of July (just before comments were closed). Page views on 7/27 dropped below 25,000 for the first time in July, down from a pre-comment-ban average of a little over 40,000. The general decline was interrupted a couple of times by Instalanches.

On July 28 she "accidentally left the comments display available," and has been increasing the number of posts on which she allows moderated comments since then.

TOP's traffic is now back up to its pre-ban level.; August 1, 2013 at 1:45 AM
MamaM said...: Oh, noes. Griping!!!
And what could be worse than griping guests? Losers??

Who besides an ancient junior high teacher or a parent from the 50's uses a word like that?

Maybe the old records are stirring up memories.; August 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM
Chip S. said...: Who besides an ancient junior high teacher or a parent from the 50's uses a word like that?

fionamcgee?

But a nice catch, MamaM. Maybe her worries about her brain are what caused her to look back to her youth.; August 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: So what does this show again?; August 1, 2013 at 2:00 AM
Chip S. said...: It shows smaller, less volatile changes than the daily data b/c it's a 30-day moving average.

Note the left-hand scale.; August 1, 2013 at 2:05 AM
MamaM said...: Maybe her worries about her brain are what caused her to look back to her youth.

Behind worry, the feeling-that-cannot-be-named silently vibrates, driving behavior places that aren't on the map and weren't where the unaware passenger along for the ride was expecting to go.; August 1, 2013 at 2:15 AM
MamaM said...: A train poem to accompany thoughts of wreckage, firestorms and destiny:

LIMITED

I AM riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains
of the nation.
Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air
go fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people.
(All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men
and women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall
pass to ashes.)
I ask a man in the smoker where he is going and he
answers: "Omaha."

C.Sandburg; August 1, 2013 at 2:23 AM
bagoh20 said...: "
TOP's traffic is now back up to its pre-ban level."

Good, then everybody is happy, and I don't have to feel like I hurt an old lady who works too hard at this.

I just watched me some Petticoat Junction on Youtube. Them skinny dipping water supply terrorists were hot. I think maybe the train was running on cooter essence - a green energy supply, or maybe pink, but most certainly an invigorating fluid utilizing very ancient technology.; August 1, 2013 at 2:28 AM
bagoh20 said...: So is a refresh counted as a page view? If it is, you could easily rack up 5000 in an hour with a couple tabs open, and one finger. No, I'm not talking dirty right now.; August 1, 2013 at 2:42 AM
Chip S. said...: I followed bagoh's lead and started S1E1 of Petticoat Junction.

Hooterville!!

Any of you 'sconnies been to the Hooterville Inn? It seems to have been founded around the same time as the tv show.; August 1, 2013 at 2:49 AM
yashu said...: This is the dive bar of blogging, with all the regulars sitting on their bar stools, squinting in annoyance at the sunlight when some new customer opens the door.

So happy I found my way here (and was let in). Often the real top-shelf people are only to be found at dive bars.

(I mean "top-shelf" there as in the liquor metaphor, not the newstand metaphor, but the other is true of this dive bar too-- happily so, side by side.)

For example, I don't think I remember MamaM from TOP, but it's such a pleasure to meet & read her here. Plus we get bag's masturbation jokes. What more could one want?; August 1, 2013 at 3:44 AM
Darcy said...: *hugs Nick*; August 1, 2013 at 5:48 AM
The Dude said...: And we get Darcy hugs - what could be better?

Nothing!; August 1, 2013 at 7:00 AM
The Dude said...: And as for She Who Must Not be Named being upset by anything I wrote anywhere, there is a qualifier in her statement. She used the word "valued". She never valued me, unless of course low value is a value.

I guess it could be. Just like our standards around here.; August 1, 2013 at 7:03 AM
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...: Someone at TOP, a couple-few months ago, did some Google-ID sleuthing and found that Inga had posted under 30+ different names. She's a nut job for sure-but a nut job with a very distinctive voice. She has a couple of particular tics that I can pick out a mile away.; August 1, 2013 at 8:50 AM
The Dude said...: I found a tick on my leg yesterday. I burned that sumbitch.; August 1, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Icepick said...: So happy I found my way here (and was let in). Often the real top-shelf people are only to be found at dive bars.

The trick with dive bars isn't getting in so much as it is getting out in one whole, healthy piece. It's easy enough for the regulars to forcibly remove you through the front door, or for the staff to take your body out the back door for quiet disposal elsewhere.

Or so I hear....; August 1, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Icepick said...: She never valued me, unless of course low value is a value.

I guess it could be. Just like our standards around here.

I prefer low standards. They're easier to live down to.; August 1, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Icepick said...: And it's clear NOW that the proprietor over at TOP had a low opinion of all of her commenters, save a small select group of people prone to agree with her.; August 1, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Nine-El said...: The dive bar metaphor ...YES ....wiled away many hours in those environs around the globe ...get to sit in the corner, sipe the local brew and watch the action...thanks; August 1, 2013 at 9:11 AM
The Dude said...: Hey Nick - Leslyn used the words "safety deposit box", which is a fairly common usage, based on how "safe deposit box" sounds. Not saying it's an error, just pointing it out for evaluation by the author.

As for emailing you - do you wear green jeans? Not saying I don't trust you, just saying I don't trust anyone.

Except Troopski - that ol' boy knows how to keep a secret.; August 1, 2013 at 9:28 AM
chickelit said...: @Chip S: Hooterville Inn: Nice simple logo on that link you posted, Chip. S. Subliminal even. Hilled with fappiness.

Not as blatant as the logo for the nearby Cave Of The Mounds.; August 1, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: I'm in a really, really bad mood.; August 1, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Michael Haz said...: I did a fly-by past TOP a few minutes ago. What a self-serving mess that place has become. It's all me me me me me me me me. And mostly sycophantic commenters going you you you you you you in response. It's very dull, actually, without interesting give-and-take in the comments section.

Her contention that commenters had become nasty is foolish, and wrong. Commenters had an edge of nastiness since day one of her blog. It gave the blog character. People went there because of the commenters, not be3cause her (mostly dense and dull) writing.

Of course no one can look at the blog history and judge what really happened because anything unflattering to her has been deleted. Dictators do that.

What does she mean by her 'writing'? She puts up a paragraph or two and a link to a longer article written by somebody else. Or a video of a dog, or a photo of her husband pushing a lawn mower. She uses material created by others, makes a comment or three about it, and sometimes allows other to also make comments.

Writers write their own essays, articles, novels and books. Just like Dr. Helen did, like Glenn Reynolds did, like Sixty and like Leslyn Spinelli did.

Woo Hoo! Five paragraphs in this comment. Dang! I'm a writer. Not.; August 1, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Icepick said...: I haven't been reading much online the last few days, but I am sensing a shift in tone by Lem over at CH. Comments like this and this have a certain bite to them.; August 1, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Icepick said...: Sixty wrote a book?; August 1, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Icepick said...: Inga said...
Spam made me gag.

7/30/13, 8:44 AM

Spam is what she's calling it now?; August 1, 2013 at 9:55 AM
The Dude said...: I did, it's called "**** You, You ******* ********, and the ******* Horse You Rode in on, You *************** ***********.

For some reason it was not a best seller.; August 1, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: It seems like as people have stopped responding to Larry, Lem's gotten a little braver. Or something.

It has been kind of funny to see Larry post up and no one engage him though.

I can't believe the toadies at TOP though. Some of them I get, but others...people I'd have never expected.; August 1, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Icepick said...: **** You, You ******* ********, and the ******* Horse You Rode in on, You *************** ***********

So, it's a self-help book. I'd buy that.; August 1, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: Larry's being a dick at Lem's.

He's really trying to find someone to engage him.

I'm going to have to turn off the lappity toppity box before I call him a worthless diseased twat.; August 1, 2013 at 10:14 AM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, Thanks again. I keep secrets for a living. Maybe Trooper can broker a deal, he has my email.; August 1, 2013 at 10:16 AM
ndspinelli said...: Haz, Thanks for the shout out to my bride. Annie's writing is as you describe. It is also pretentious and often follows the stream of semi-consciousness of a wine addled brain. I don't let my bride drive or write drunk.; August 1, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Icepick said...: I can't believe the toadies at TOP though. Some of them I get, but others...people I'd have never expected.

They've been beaten down and put in their place. Battered commenter syndrome, dontchaknow. I'm sure that will eventually be used as a defense strategy in court the next time there's a blow up and they go all .

Also, how heavily are they moderating comments? If they're only putting up stuff that agrees with the boss-lady* then (a) it has to look more simpering than one would want (to everyone else) and (b) commenters will learn to simper in order to get SOME of their points across. It's a fine example of conditioning.

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: It rubs the splooge on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.

rcocean: Ann...

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: DON'T CALL ME ANN! Call me professor!

rcocean: OKAY! Okay, sorry professor. Professor .... my family will pay cash. Whatever ransom you're askin' for, they pay it.

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: It rubs the splooge on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

[to her lapdog, Larry]

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: Yes, it will, Larry, won't it? It will get the hose!

rcocean: Okay... okay... okay. Professor, if you let me go, I won't - I won't press charges I promise. See, my mom is a real important woman... I guess you already know that.

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: Now it places the splooge in the basket.

rcocean: Please! Please I wanna go home! I wanna go home please!

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: It places the splooge in the basket.

rcocean: I wanna see my mommy! Please I wanna see my...

Professor "Madison Mangler" A-ho: Put the fucking splooge in the basket!

* Yeah, yeah, ain't no lady and all that....; August 1, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Icepick said...: I'm going to have to turn off the lappity toppity box before I call him a worthless diseased twat.

Wait, I think you've mixed him up with his ....

No, that's just too easy.; August 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM
The Dude said...: For some reason my book sold well in Brooklyn and New Jersey - it's as if I were speaking their language.

Nick, I'll email you directly. Not soon, but with no intermediaries. Or dromedaries, as yesterday was hump day.; August 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Cody Jarrett said...: LOL. Icepick, how's you know it was rcocean I was thinking of specifically?

And yeah, it's too easy. Larry is a diseased twat, Ann has a diseased twat. The latter is probably related to the former. In more ways than one.; August 1, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: So is a refresh counted as a page view? If it is, you could easily rack up 5000 in an hour with a couple tabs open, and one finger. No, I'm not talking dirty right now.

Yes. It would be a more accurate graph or figure if you were counting hits by ISP. You can have Inga sitting all day or MEADE sitting all day refreshing the page and hitting the blog to drum up hits.

Re Inga She has a couple of particular tics that I can pick out a mile away.

Yes. Again. It is very rare for someone to be able to disguise their writing style for long and be a successful sock puppet. I certainly can't do it. I can tell Inga's style. I can also see Althouse's style in several of "her" commenters as well. Trooper can't hide for long either LOL. I think that Ritmo is probably one of the best in sock puppetry that I've seen in a while.; August 1, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Icepick said...: LOL. Icepick, how's you know it was rcocean I was thinking of specifically?

I just clicked over (and feel like I need a shower now, as though looking at German porn), started at the top of TOP, looked for comments and scrolled down until I saw a familiar name saying something truly unexpected.

Freems expressed that she missed comments but understood, so that was typical - and I don't judge Freems all that harshly, BTW. But that's hardly unexpected. But then there was rcocean, with his "increased fogor and vicus" line, which Chip S, had quoted above, and I just KNEW. Just like in the book "Red Dragon" when Will Graham describes seeing the drawing of "Wound Man" in Hannibal Lecter's office and KNEW Lecter was the Chesapeake Ripper.

BONUS POINTS: rcocean is from Tennessee, just like the kidnapped victim in The Silence of the Lambs. That was simply serendipitous.; August 1, 2013 at 10:53 AM
The Dude said...: Yeah, I had trouble writing women characters in my book. They all ended up sounding like me. Nobody wants that, miserable **** of ******* ******** ****** that they are.; August 1, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Icepick said...: I should have replaced "gets the hose" with "I'll turn off comments", but "gets the hose" just has a really nice sound to it, and I couldn't think of anything like "I'll turn off comments" that scanned. Ah, well, no one ever promised me that living freely through parody would be easy.

...

"Gets the hose"

"Com-ments off"

Sigh, that would have worked. Still prefer the hose line, though. It's iconic at this point.; August 1, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: For some reason my book sold well in Brooklyn and New Jersey - it's as if I were speaking their language.

Sounds like it would be a best seller out here.; August 1, 2013 at 11:02 AM
The Dude said...: LOL @ DBQ.

I should consider a Spanish translation for E. P. Raylan's neighborhood. Er, barrio. Me no gusto. No es muy bueno.; August 1, 2013 at 11:04 AM
ndspinelli said...: In the last few months I commented infrequently @ TOP. It was a gradual decline starting late last year. I never read the second Bloody Sunday thread. I just went back and did. I note very few of us here made comments. The comments that were made on the 7/7/13 thread were not as vitriolic of @ least a hundred other ones.

Like her fear of flying, which I hammered @ like a cut over a boxer's eye, I hammered @ Anne's problems w/ Sunday. Once she actually responded saying she had not had a drink or did something non alcoholic that prior Saturday night. I learned that when investigating anything, it is so often the simplest explanation. Annie really tied one on the night before, flew off the handle maybe after having some hair from the dog that bit her, and painted herself into a corner. The woman's ego won't allow her to simply admit a fear of flying! There are few, if any options, when your false self esteem is threatened. So, you double down on 14. And, several people have pointed out the doubling down.; August 1, 2013 at 11:06 AM
ndspinelli said...: Annie also has students clicking all day for extra credit.; August 1, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Icepick said...: I also see that it's comments on, comments off periodically over at Althouse. More conditioning for the people stuck in the hole.

Hmmm, I'm curious. Let's look at some of the new names. (New to me, anyway, but I'm notorious for not paying attention to names. If God wanted me to remember people's names, he'd have them tattooed on people's faces.)

Aronamos: On blogger since 2007, 140 profile views. PROBABLY not a sock pupper.

surf-ed: I think this name is familiar, but I'm not sure. Private account. Possibly a sock puppet but unclear. (Robert Cook's account is private, too, for example.)

David Carlson: Google+ profile, fairly extensive at first blush, too much work for a quickie sock puppet: Status: Probably real.

amichel: on blogger less than a year, six profile views now, two of them mine. Possibly a sock puppet.

C Stanley I seem to recall.

The rest people I recognize. (This on the latest splooge thread.)

So it doesn't look like sock puppetry is going on to me, at least on that post. Don't care to look elsewhere. Done now unless someone can point out something truly worth looking at over there.; August 1, 2013 at 11:09 AM
The Dude said...: I stopped commenting over there in the fall of 2011. It is a tedious place. But fun to mock.; August 1, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Icepick said...: Oh, and Trooper? Your blog sucks, your Yankees suck, your commenters suck.

...

I just wanted to get that out there because I don't want to feel like this place is just another giant self-congratulatory circle jerk of ego stroke, and I haven't been insulted here recently.

That is all. Well, not quite all. I need someone to call me an asshole or something.; August 1, 2013 at 11:14 AM
The Dude said...: Meade, is that you?; August 1, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Icepick said...: Meade, is that you?

WOOW! I asked for an insult and caught an H-Bomb!

Okay, that was bracing! Now I feel better about things!; August 1, 2013 at 11:21 AM
The Dude said...: Sometimes it now how you say it, but what you say.

You are welcome.; August 1, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Icepick said...: Yeah, that was a hard check into the boards.

Also, seeing Lem's comments over on the open thread from this morning, I'm definitely getting a different tone from last week. I approve.; August 1, 2013 at 11:28 AM
The Dude said...: ^not, not now. Me prufe reed!; August 1, 2013 at 11:35 AM
ricpic said...: For MamaM:

The Man With A Ticket To Omaha

I was sitting in the smoking car of the limited
Minding my own business
When a stranger with a cowlick approached me
And asked, "Where are you headed, Sir?"
Mind your own business, I thought,
But being as I was brought up proper
I answered, "Omaha."
Doubling down on his initial rudeness
The stranger then raised an eyebrow
And gave me a knowing look.
Though a punch in the nose was in order
Being brought up proper I restrained myself.
He then sauntered off, his whole bearing
Conveying an air of insufferable superiority.
Listen bub, I thought but did not call out,
Being brought up proper and all,
Whatever answer you were looking for
You got a simple "Omaha" out of me
Because it's none of your G-damn business
What goes on inside my sacred entrails.
And with that, having wiped the slate clean,
I re-lit my stogie and drew deep.; August 1, 2013 at 11:37 AM
chickelit said...: I need someone to call me an asshole or something.

Not in New York, Picasso.; August 1, 2013 at 11:57 AM
windbag said...: Commenters generally make up a small fraction of total traffic to any website.

On my blog, the comments are 1.7% of total traffic.; August 1, 2013 at 12:04 PM
chickelit said...: Are you guys in a tizzy because some of us still drop comments over at TOP? I left a string of three comments over there a few days ago, correcting her misconception about liver and adding (I thought) some knowledge to the discussion. She hates being corrected you know.

As I said, Althouse learns a hard lesson when she realizes that her numbers improve when she allows comments. If s/he wants to waste time monitoring them, she should should only answer to the Law school dean and ultimately the voters of Wisconsin.

Plus I just made good with rcocean and I don't want to retrench.; August 1, 2013 at 12:05 PM
windbag said...: I found a tick on my leg yesterday. I burned that sumbitch.

Damn, son, you only got two chances at that. Why not just get some tweezers and remove the tick itself?; August 1, 2013 at 12:06 PM
The Dude said...: At some sites you might get a divide by zero error.; August 1, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Icepick said...: Not in New York, Picasso.

Ah, so, asshole? What about in Tokyo? Or Tierra del Feugo? Or Mons Venus?; August 1, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Are you guys in a tizzy because some of us still drop comments over at TOP?

Not at all. I just don't feel like commenting because I don't need to be vetted or go through some sort of approval process by Meade the vindictive gardener and Althouse, who is not nearly as smart as she thinks that she is. It is her blog and THEY can run it they way that they want. I'm not that anxious to express my opinion on it and be subjected to a junior high school mentality of being 'good enough' to join the club.

Fuck'em; August 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Icepick said...: Are you guys in a tizzy because some of us still drop comments over at TOP?

From my point of view I just don't understand it. Why bother at this point? If they're willing to shit on Palladian, they've got no use for anyone other than people that will suck up to them. You might get a few comments in, but at some point it's just going to get filtered all to Hell.

As for rcocean, obviously whatever is going on between you two is your business. That sounds bitchy but that's not what I'm trying to convey. Simply, you're both adults, you're free to associate with whomever you like.

But his comment about "increased vigor and focus" came off as pure suck-up. Maybe her posts have gotten better, but in the first ten of so days after Bloody Sunday II I was still following the blog. And in that time frame so many posts were just quotes pulled from "readers" (which I still maintain is a demotion from "commenter") and quoted passages from other articles with little or no original content. If she wants to play Insty's game fine, but she's going to lose my interest. And it certainly doesn't count as increased vigor and focus.

Finally, since she and her spouse made it policy to go after anyone that dared do anything but suck the shit out of Althouse's asshole (and thank them profusely for the "pleasure"), I've just given up. Especially since even that isn't enough unless I give them money too. "Live freely through Amazon portal proceeds" should be the motto over there.; August 1, 2013 at 12:18 PM
ndspinelli said...: chick, I can only speak for myself. I deplore politics. In this vain I mean the politics of "We hate her so don't comment there." Or, "Why do you talk w/ that guy, we hate him." To each their own. I go where I please, say what I please, hang out w/ whom I please, etc. and nobody is going to influence that. And, I am the same way toward others. Do as you please. I could not want anything less than that. I'm a libertarian. I don't know if anyone here resents anyone else commenting over there. If so, they can go shit in their hat.; August 1, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Second what spinelli said. I have no concern over whether anyone decides to comment anywhere. I once did an epic flounce out of the Althouse blog several years ago when some of my posts were deleted when responding to Mary, at which time I had no idea who she was. I was just offended that a well thought out (at least I thought it was) point had been deleted. But I was drawn back in by the good comment section.

Over at Lem's blog there was a post about forgiveness and grace and all that stuff. That forgiveness was for your own benefit etc etc etc. I didn't post on it because I have nothing to say about forgiveness in that I don't do it. Or at least not very often. If someone does me a 'serious' wrong, I can hold a grudge for a very very long time. I don't do anything about it. That person is just dead to me. Move along and ignore them entirely, do no business with them, don't talk to them. They don't exist.; August 1, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Are you guys in a tizzy because some of us still drop comments over at TOP?

As (I think) the one that started it this morning--no. I'm not in a tizzy. I could be in a tizzy about a bunch of stupid shit this week, that's not one of them.

My point--which I think I put in the comment but maybe I didn't, since apparently I'm not as clear as I think I am--is just that I don't see why anyone would want to bother.

I don't give a fuck if you want to or not--how you spend your time is your business (or your boss's biz, or your spouse's biz or whatever), it's certainly not mine.

I just don't understand why anyone would want to. Larry is a complete and utter gangbang pornstar douche water, Annie isn't anywhere near as smart as she (or any of her little toadies) think she is, and they've proven beyond all doubt that they're utterly despicable, the pair of them.

But hey--that's just my opinion. And like what you do with your time is your business--my opinions are mine. And mentioning them isn't being in a fucking tizzy.; August 1, 2013 at 12:32 PM
blake said...: Yeah, not to rain on anyone's parade, but July had more traffic than February, commenters or no, and about the same traffic as July of last year, a little less.

And that's visits, not page views. Not easy to fake.

Well, that's mid-June to mid-July. I don't remember when the dust-up started.; August 1, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: I don't know if anyone here resents anyone else commenting over there. If so, they can go shit in their hat.

So you can do what you want, go where you want, say what you want et cetera et cetera (yul brunner!) but if anyone else dares offer their own opinion, fuck em?

Typical.

(did that sound twatwaffley? I hope so. But not too twatwaffley).; August 1, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Icepick said...: The dust-up happened on July 7th.; August 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Yeah, not to rain on anyone's parade, but July had more traffic than February, commenters or no, and about the same traffic as July of last year, a little less.

Yeah? Cuz when I look at the numbers (visits)...they're lower than last July, and have been steadily tanking if you look at it day by day.

Then again, maybe I don't understand how graphs and charts work. I always thought when the arrow went almost straight down that was a bad thing.

What do I know? Not much, apparently.; August 1, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Icepick said...: (did that sound twatwaffley? I hope so. But not too twatwaffley).

Hey, hey, watch it there, buddy. I've got the "Meade-esque" territory staked and claimed today!; August 1, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: BTW, visits are incredibly easy to fake.

Just hit refresh. Pow. New visit.

Try it with Troops little visit counter.

Do you think it's beyond her and Larry to sit there and hit refresh while they're watching General Hospital?

I don't know why I'm even bothering, LOL. It's not like it matters at all to any of our lives. Or at least not to mine.

:); August 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: And that's visits, not page views. Not easy to fake.

Sure it is. Depends on how you are counting the visits. If each time your ISP connects with the site it counts as a visit it is easy to pad them up.

Look at the blog. Close out. One visit. Look at the blog again. Two visits. Close out. Rinse and repeat.

It really doesn't matter anyway, except in Althouse's mind where the number of hits or visits was some sort of a competition and validation of her worth. Very sad actually.; August 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: It really doesn't matter anyway, except in Althouse's mind where the number of hits or visits was some sort of a competition and validation of her worth. Very sad actually.

Look Daddy, they love me! They really love me!; August 1, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Troop really needs to post some girlie pix or some blurry food porn or something.

Jesus, even another topless buttercake picture of himself.; August 1, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Icepick said...: Not until this thread tops 200.; August 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Icepick said...: Who's with me?; August 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM
ndspinelli said...: We're not seeing any of Larry's Amazon posts. That is the best indicator.; August 1, 2013 at 12:53 PM
ndspinelli said...: DBQ, You must have some dago blood in those veins!!; August 1, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: 200?; August 1, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: My mother refused surgery for her ankle (broke tibia, fibula and talus). Doctor agreed, since the bones weren't much out of alignment, to give it a week. They hadn't moved, so he's giving it another week.

But she can't put any pressure on it at all. She's not all that active anyway, not in great shape. Or even good shape.

But today she's plotting how to put handles up around the doors so she can get herself in and out of the house.

I ask...why?

She says because she needs to go out.

I remind her what the doctor says...she doesn't care.

Stubborn. Like a dago mule.; August 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM
blake said...: Well, it depends on how sitemeter is presenting the current data. Keep in mind that there is a wide range of hits at AA over the course of a year.

The month ending Feb 13th had 734K. The previous October had 1.44M. So there's a huge range in the course of a year that, presumably, has nothing to do with regular commenters.

Site meter is saying <10K for August, but that can't be for the whole period from July 14th to August 13th--and it's not it's jut for the month. A dumb, misleading way to do it.

The first ten days of July averaged 25,719 visits. The last ten days of July averaged 24,346 visits. There were a couple of very low days, in the 15-17K visit range and a couple of huge spikes.

Maybe the 15-17K range is the new normal. But the median is about 24K now compared to 25K at the beginning of the month. About 4%, which makes the commenter kerfuffle noise compared to, e.g., an Instalanche(TM).

But, think this through: How big is the active Althouse commenter community? Is it 100 regular commenters? Probably less. When I was there, it was maybe 50-60 people. So, obviously, their traffic is insignificant.

"But, Blake," you say, "the commenters are a big draw. That's why =I= go to the blog!"

Well, yeah, but you are, by definition, by fiat, de facto a commenter. The average viewer goes to the front page and does not click through to the comments.

I've been through this before, guys, a lot. In any cold-blooded, mathematical, financial analysis, commenters don't matter much.

I could be wrong the in the specific case of Althouse. A not insubstantial number of her Instalanches were links into her comment section, and she certainly farmed the comments for front-page material.

But you don't have commenters to make money. You have them to build community.; August 1, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: DBQ, You must have some dago blood in those veins!!

Irish, Welsh, Basque and Scottish, with a bit of German via the Pennsylvania Dutch Quakers in the woodpile. Stubborn all of 'em. Don't know about Italian heritage, but who knows :-) I do love me some Italian food!!!; August 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: I'd point out that I lurked for a long ass time over there because I enjoyed reading the comments--I pretty much never read her posts, they were usually pretty stupid.; August 1, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: I see how it is. Icepick insists on breaking 200, then vanishes.

Oh well. While I'm waiting for this stupid print job to be done I can read some more Taken For Granted.; August 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM
windbag said...: Perspective from Ecclesiastes:

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? I t has been already in the ages before us. There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.; August 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM
The Dude said...: windbag wrote...

*snip*

"Damn, son, you only got two chances at that. Why not just get some tweezers and remove the tick itself?"

While we might not be as smart as hill folk, we are a damn sight tougher, just sayin'.; August 1, 2013 at 1:14 PM
The Dude said...: I have a great idea - Troopski should ban comments. He'll get rich, RICH I TELLS YA!; August 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM
The Dude said...: Okay, three comments in a row puts me in Inga territory.

I say that's a good thing!; August 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM
blake said...: Sure, you can drive up page views by hitting refresh, which is what Troop's little widget measures. (Troop's never bothered to put in Sitemeter, or if he has, he's not showing it.)

But what that would do is drive up the average number of page views per visit, which, as I pointed out is <2, and the median is still 1.

Remember, people are paying for ad space and sitemeter's value is in providing accurate visit numbers. That doesn't mean that visits can't be faked, but it's not trivial.

I managed to count for two visits just now by opening up two browsers, e.g., but doing that the thousands of times needed to drive up stats isn't something someone is doing just by opening and closing browsers.

Remember, browsing is stateless, so the web site (and the web site counter) can't really tell the difference between you opening and closing a browser and hitting the refresh button. Or indeed, closing the site in one browser, and then opening the site on a different page in the same browser.; August 1, 2013 at 1:18 PM
The Dude said...: Troopski admits he has a little widget and that he hasn't seen it in years, but that's no reason to pick on him.

The poor Guinea is a Mick, don't you know.; August 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Okay, three comments in a row puts me in Inga territory.

How do we know you're not?; August 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM
ricpic said...: I don't usually comment about the Althouse brouhaha but I was just over there and she's still posting about it, referring to the flurry of "abusive comments" that became too much, just too much. Anyhow, what fascinates me is that to hear her tell it there was no Althouse meltdown and there were no Althouse abusive comments that triggered anything. Suddenly an avalanche of abuse rained down on her based on...nothing. In a way I'm jealous of that ability to see oneself as always the angel, always the innocent put upon party. No conscience must be great.; August 1, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Icepick said...: I see how it is. Icepick insists on breaking 200, then vanishes.

When I'm not trying to be more like Paul Anka ("slice like a fucking HAMMER"), I try to be like Conrad Dobler.; August 1, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: What about going to fiverr and buying blog traffic?; August 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM
blake said...: There are places that purport to buy you traffic. Dunno if they're any good. If they were, anyone could spend $1/K to inflate their traffic numbers.

Gotta believe doing that kills your ad potential, though, since they can't possibly be monetizable.; August 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM
The Dude said...: Is Dobler an Austrian name?; August 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Icepick said...: It's a mean name, and that's what matters.; August 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: 27,000 results at fiverr for 'buying blog traffic'.

and I know--I know--there are better ways than fiverr (just more $$).

And why does Annie care? Yes, she has ads, but mostly, she's about the numbers.; August 1, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Conrad is a gay name.

Like Conrad Bain.; August 1, 2013 at 1:35 PM
The Dude said...: My uncle Conrad Hilton would beg to differ.

I was thinking dirty, so naturally I thought of the dirtiest commenter around, who is a DP from Austria, and the circle remains unbroken.; August 1, 2013 at 1:37 PM
The Dude said...: 200!; August 1, 2013 at 1:37 PM

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