Going Behind The Steel Curtain
I've recently signed on as a contributor to Behind The Steel Curtain, the biggest and best Steeler blog on the web. Therefore, you'll be seeing fewer Steeler and NFL posts over here (but many more over there).
A Twitter Top Ten (Follow me! Follow me to freedom!)
Yeah, I joined Twitter. Initially, I found its entire existence to be an exercise in ego — but that's not really the case. Not now. People use Twitter for all kinds of marvelous, entertaining reasons. That being said, you still might need a good reason to follow the tweeting of yours truly.
Yep, one good reason. That's probably enough to follow along, no? Well, how about ten good reasons? Will that appease you?
Ten good reasons to follow me on Twitter:
10. If you like this blog, now you can get even less of a good thing.
9. I won't bother you with the mundane details of my life, but I will share my innermost thoughts on ... uhh ... robots! And ... honeybees! Or ... how strange it is that Bolivia has two capital cities! You just never know!
8. Links. I will hook you up with the dope links.
7. What else are you going to do? You're just sitting there. Look at you. LOOK AT YOU!
6. It may feel odd. It may look odd. But your sinuses will thank you!
(Oh, I'm sorry, that's a reason to use a neti pot.)
5. Ever wonder, "What does Phil think about <event that just happened>?" You might get the answer to that question. In all honesty, you probably won't. But you might!
4. Fancy blogs require too much readin'.
3. It's free. And you actually gain something in the process: Knowledge. Which equals power. Free power? I know what you're saying — "Where do I sign up?"
(And really, who can say that certain bits of knowledge are "useless?" Not me, man. It's all in the eye of the beholder.)
2. Why not? C'mon.
1. Buttafuoco, Buttafuoco, Buttafuoco!
From the spam file
I block a lot of spam comments from the site. Most of them are complete gibberish, but a few of them come oh-so-close to making sense. This was the first one to make me laugh:
"I am very impressed with the article I have just read. I wish the writer of phildzikiy.com can continue to provide so much practical information and unforgettable experience to phildzikiy.com readers. There is not much to state except the following universal truth: You are always a little bit scared when you stroke a hourse. I will be back."
Universal truth, indeed.
List-o-mania
Apologies for the recent (longer than usual) delay between installments of my top 100 albums of the decade list. There's been a lot of list making at work lately. And as much as I like making lists, I don't love it nearly enough to do it for 10-12 hours a day.
So many lists. You might say it's ...
I couldn't help it. Well, anyway, the countdown will return soon enough. Also coming soon, an epic collaboration post that also involves something resembling a list ... but it's also so, so much more. I know. I'm being coy.
I've thought about it, sure. Who hasn't? But do I really want a fish that might outlive me ... and my grandchildren? I don't want to struggle with human mortality every time I look into the pond.
