*Tears of joy*

And to think I knew you when you only as big as Oliver Willis......

Yeah, right? I'm gettin' nice and plump.

Congrats! Now you can just kick back and chill with a gravy-drip.

Just make sure you remember the little people like me, and fat kid, and the black republican when you hit the top and start raking in those big "Wonkette!!!" like blog dollars.....Cause we're all coming after our share!

Above post was mine...

You're catching up on Pandagon, too, who is the next big lefty blog within your reach--and I believe also the name of one of the Demodands from the Monster Manual II.

Cool. I'll keep my eye on him. I don't think I've even seen his blog more than twice, and both times for ten seconds.

Your old blogspot site is ahead of me--but barely. I'm only "Suha's Nose" big for now.

Suha's actually kinda cute. Yeah, I know she's a vicious jew hating whore. But still- kinda cute.

I dunno, Jeff found a pic (second one) that looks like Harland Williams in "Sorority Boys" to me.

Ace,
I don't think Hillary likes to play the skin flute. She strikes me as more of the type to perform analingus if she wants to curry favor, at least with men. Ya follow me?

There's a poll over at the Llama Butchers about which blog is most likely to "mount" Wonkette next. And your in the running, Ace.

Joe,

Exactly. Just like Harlan Williams. that's what I'm saying-- hot.

Been there, tapped that.

See Dubya: That image calls for a pic...

Sure, you guys may be mounting Wonkette, but I'm the #2 Yahoo! search result for "Cameron Diaz moron". Ha!

Holy shit, that's some serious linkage. My week goes apeshit when I get one link on the front page - for those of you who missed it I set a site record, 46 hits in a row from ONE headline link (LOL), not only that, but my traffic went from like 50 page views/week to having over 1,600 this past week - LMAO.

The *really* crazy thing about all that traffic is probably half the content here is some sort of "inside" joke - the D&D stuff, bob dole's cock, johnny coldcuts (where is he btw? he's one of my faves), paul anka and the "let's be honest:" series.

So, congrats ace, this site seriously is my favorite on the 'net (besides pr0n, of course).

Oh, and speaking of search engine traffic I'm pretty high up there with "sisters f*cking", "bare preggo chicks", "fat kid f*cking" and some other interesting ones.

(I guess I drop a lot of ef bombs *shrugs*) Must be b/c I'm an inbred moron from..... Massachusetts (?). Hehe.

Thanks, Fat Kid.

I wonder about all the inside stuff sometimes. I think it does tend to put off new readers. At this point, you sort of need an annotation just to follow a post.

I know guys love inside jokes and call-backs and references -- I know, because I love them (duh). But I don't know if women are as enamored of this form of obsessively-recursive humor. Dianna, for example, is a longtime reader, and I think one time she said something like "When I don't see the humor in something, I just say, 'yeah, cowbell, slice like a hammer, very funny.'"

OTOH, it's sort of a useful crutch.

I was thinking -- thinking -- about retiring all the old references on the anniversary of this blog, once and for all, so every new reference (and I'm sure they'll accumulate quickly) will be accessible to anyone who starts reading around now.

The only one I think I'd miss is Paul Anka. I might keep Paul Anka, just because, well, it's Paul Anka.

Wow Ace, you even beat a dead blog that still gets traffic (Allah). Plus I think you're way better than that asshole libertarian Reynolds. He's been unbookmarked. I don't understand how a guy whose entire vocabulary is heh, indeed and read the whole thing is a literary giant. You've got chutzpah and moxie plus damn and fuck. Go figure. (Don't steal that last one Reynolds)!

Heh.

Look, far be it from me to over say anything negative about Glenn Reynolds (altho he doesn't link me anymore anyway, apparently preferring to link more-acceptable blogs that in turn link me), but hey-- these comments are unmoderated.

Certainly I can't argue with anything you're saying. That would be chilling your right to free speech.

Yeah, now that I think about it, all non-Paul Anka references and "characters" (such as they are) will be retired on the anniversary of this blog, which is Dec. 28 or 29 or something.

I think I'll do big David Bowie style farewell tour, where I announce "This is the last time you will hear 'Geoffrey the Duck' performed live."

Does D&D count as a "reference"? That might have to go to. How many graph-paper and d20 jokes can you make, after all?

Well, I never *played* D&D, but I think the stuff's still funny. Half of it doesn't make sense, but when (Dave I think (??)) came out in the comments with something like an Iraqi rolling 3, then the US Soldier rolling 35,643 - I nearly crapped my pants. So, even turds like me get some of it.

Likewise with the other stuff, I think the Anka thing is the only one people kinda of have to be "in" on to understand. However, watch that vid once, and you're hooked. I can't tell how many people I send here to get all the haiku's and test , etc. All that stuff is priceless. I want to live to see the day when Paul Anka finds out about this and comes on by for a visit.

Dude, if you drop the D&D I'm starting a blog that will be all Belgariad and Fafhrd and Juiblex (aka Michael Moore) all the time. And I will then mount you and Wonkette in a week! In a TTLB ecosystem way, that is, not like a Viking.

Seriously, keep the D&D because it's geeky and fun. "Our bodies, our elves"...that sort of thing is great and kinda unique. And you gotta keep Paul Anka in play--you just can't have this site without it. You've got an explanation and a link down there for newcomers. I recommend you keep the occasional Walken-cowbell riff too. And "like a viking".

I still wish you had done John Kerry chewing out his staff in the limo a la Anka--"Marvin! Where the F---'s my hairbrush? Bring me my special brand of bottled water! Do you know who I am?" But alas, 'twas not meant to be.

Come on, what kind of conservative retires stuff just because it's old and pointless?

someone,

Ah. You're right. It is the tradition of my calling Oliver Willis "Filet-O-Fish" that undergirds our western civilization. I forgot.

See-Dub,

It was a good idea, but the thing is, if you remember, I did Bush chewing out Rumsfield and the rest of the Pentagon over Abu Ghraib, using quotes from Paul Anka. So it was sort of the same piece again.

Not that I haven't written the same piece twice, you understand.

someone,

I hope you know that that response was intended with a (g). Looking at it now, it reads snotty. It wasn't my intent. I tried to build on your joke.

Ah ha. Well, that's why you're the one showing your etchings to Wonkette right now. Love a link to the Abu Ghraib piece if you run across it.

Where did the filet-o-fish thing actually start? Does O-Dub (I rarely go there) actually talk about them or is that just, um, inference from his stature?

One more thing: I got this from Wizbang--apparently there is a picture out there of Dick Cheney looking very excited, or as someone who saw the picture said, ""It's like a Scud missile, for crying out loud," Worth your time: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1276965/posts

The Filet-O-Fish thing was just inference. It all started, near as I can tell, here.

Bush reaming Rumsfield is found here, in a piece titled "The Guys Get Shorts." That title still makes me chuckle.

Getting linked by Reynolds is easy.

1) Nominate Eugene Volokh for the Supreme Court, or
2) Be Oliver Willis.

Ace,

If you're bigger than lardass moore, then you have plenty of space for the old stuff. Even the crappy old stuff like the fighter jet formation in your pants. (the uber-geekiness of that one still makes me laugh, even if it's not technically "funny")

I don't know, it's your site, but I personally like the in-jokes. Makes it more of a community like LGF used to be.

If the newbies stick around enough, they'll get the jokes, too.

Whatever. It's your site. But I will be sad inside if I never hear about Margaret Cho again.

The recycling of old posts, however, is pure whoredom.

No, the recycling of old posts is pure genius!

Only a dumb writer sells something just once.

Okay, I'm not really selling much of anything, but same idea.