Showing posts with label pw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pw. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2009
Future
I have it on good authority (pw's mouth) that pw will be posting again this summer as his studies conclude. Despite spending most of my blogging time these days over at EFCA Blog I'll try to pitch in as well. Not sure what Aaron's plans are, but let's all keep our fingers crossed for a revival of sorts.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Extinct Blog of the Day
Today's hospiced blog is...The Pseudo Body Politic. For the past two weeks I'm sure our loyal reader(s) has wondered what has befallen TPBP. Rest assured, pw, Aaron, manfish, and myself are all alive and well. Put simply, after a discussion with those folks, I've decided that TPBP has run its course.
On a more positive note, and one of the reasons I'm taking a hiatus from TPBP, is because it's looking likely that I'll soon be a contributing member to Beyond Bread, a blog run by Bread for the City, a large DC nonprofit that engages in all kinds of support services for DC residents in need of help. I'm not sure exactly when I'll be up and running with those folks, but it should be soon. I'll let you all know.
This blog started with a $1 bet (that has yet to be paid) with my friend Dome about whether TPBP would endure for a week. It did. It's been seven months, nearly 500 posts, four total contributors, and 200,000 words of original content. During it's tenure, over 1,000 separate people from 30 countries checked it out at one time or another.
In terms of content, some of it's been shit, and some of it (mostly from pw, Aaron, and manfish) has been quality. Sorry for anybody that had to wade through the former to get to the latter.
This blog came along when I desperately needed something to focus my time on, and a way to sharpen my writing skills. TPBP gave me both.
A blog is, above all, a community. To anybody that stopped by, commented, or contributed in any way, thanks. Commenters db, nick, and anonymous deserve a special shoutout, as does any cleveresque pseudonym my brother invented. Special thanks to Aaron, pw, and manfish, who are all great people and talented writers, and were willing to let me share this space with them.
I won't be "turning the blog off" so to speak. It will remain up and one never knows when one of us will show our Pseudo faces, so feel free to check back at your leisure.
Until then...
On a more positive note, and one of the reasons I'm taking a hiatus from TPBP, is because it's looking likely that I'll soon be a contributing member to Beyond Bread, a blog run by Bread for the City, a large DC nonprofit that engages in all kinds of support services for DC residents in need of help. I'm not sure exactly when I'll be up and running with those folks, but it should be soon. I'll let you all know.
This blog started with a $1 bet (that has yet to be paid) with my friend Dome about whether TPBP would endure for a week. It did. It's been seven months, nearly 500 posts, four total contributors, and 200,000 words of original content. During it's tenure, over 1,000 separate people from 30 countries checked it out at one time or another.
In terms of content, some of it's been shit, and some of it (mostly from pw, Aaron, and manfish) has been quality. Sorry for anybody that had to wade through the former to get to the latter.
This blog came along when I desperately needed something to focus my time on, and a way to sharpen my writing skills. TPBP gave me both.
A blog is, above all, a community. To anybody that stopped by, commented, or contributed in any way, thanks. Commenters db, nick, and anonymous deserve a special shoutout, as does any cleveresque pseudonym my brother invented. Special thanks to Aaron, pw, and manfish, who are all great people and talented writers, and were willing to let me share this space with them.
I won't be "turning the blog off" so to speak. It will remain up and one never knows when one of us will show our Pseudo faces, so feel free to check back at your leisure.
Until then...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
A Third Amigo
The Pseudo Body Politic would like to welcome longtime reader and commenter 'pw', who will be joining Aaron and I as posters within the next day or so. He's an extremely smart guy, and will be a valuable addition to the analysis and commentary here at TPBP. I can't wait to see what he brings to the table. An additional bonus to 'pw' joining TPBP team is that the reader awards are now wide open.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
TPBP Week in Review
Our little blog's all grows up. Thanks for another great week here at TPBP. Like Michael Phelps, we've shattered all previous records in the last week, setting new highs in site traffic, total number of posts (this being the 30th this week), total reader comments (with 45), as well as the most commented upon post (Self Parody) with 7 comments.
This was also Aaron's first full week of blogging. I hope you're all as excited as I am by the contributions he's made to the site.
So, who will join TPBP on the medal podium? Let's find out...on to the reader awards.
Competition was particularly fierce this week, and I'd like to thank everyone who contributed.
Comment of the week: I read the comments, I reread the comments, I fought, I tried, I wanted to find a way to break "pw"s stranglehold in this category, to no avail. His first comment in the "Because That's the Way It's Always Been" post was just too damned insightful and interesting. I'll do what I can not to so much as mention Chinese food in the coming week to at least make "pw" hit a pitch that's not right in his wheelhouse. Honorable mentions go to "daddy yankee" for his comment in "Self Parody", and to "Jarod K. Anderson" for putting me in my place in "A Little Perspective".
Commenter of the week: I swear I'm trying. I thought about giving this award to Mrs Green, who, after all, compared TPBP to a veneral disease. I thought about Jarod, who had a nice mix of sacastic/humourous -- interesting/insightful posts. I thought about daddy yankee, who made a late run. I considered Aaron for god's sake, which is cheating. I even thought about anonymous. I figured that I should give at least one of these awards to someone else because it might make them feel good for a hot second, and make them more inclined to read the blog in the future. pw had the most posts. pw had the best posts. I really don't know what else to say.
So, congratulations pw. You win both awards. Again.
As always, thanks to everyone who read, commented on, told a friend about, or dedicated a lunar astrology post to, TPBP this past week. A big thanks for making Aaron and I a part of your routines. In the coming week, please check back for our analysis of all things political (and some things not).
Also: Dome, welcome to week four of TPBP. You still owe me $1.
This was also Aaron's first full week of blogging. I hope you're all as excited as I am by the contributions he's made to the site.
So, who will join TPBP on the medal podium? Let's find out...on to the reader awards.
Competition was particularly fierce this week, and I'd like to thank everyone who contributed.
Comment of the week: I read the comments, I reread the comments, I fought, I tried, I wanted to find a way to break "pw"s stranglehold in this category, to no avail. His first comment in the "Because That's the Way It's Always Been" post was just too damned insightful and interesting. I'll do what I can not to so much as mention Chinese food in the coming week to at least make "pw" hit a pitch that's not right in his wheelhouse. Honorable mentions go to "daddy yankee" for his comment in "Self Parody", and to "Jarod K. Anderson" for putting me in my place in "A Little Perspective".
Commenter of the week: I swear I'm trying. I thought about giving this award to Mrs Green, who, after all, compared TPBP to a veneral disease. I thought about Jarod, who had a nice mix of sacastic/humourous -- interesting/insightful posts. I thought about daddy yankee, who made a late run. I considered Aaron for god's sake, which is cheating. I even thought about anonymous. I figured that I should give at least one of these awards to someone else because it might make them feel good for a hot second, and make them more inclined to read the blog in the future. pw had the most posts. pw had the best posts. I really don't know what else to say.
So, congratulations pw. You win both awards. Again.
As always, thanks to everyone who read, commented on, told a friend about, or dedicated a lunar astrology post to, TPBP this past week. A big thanks for making Aaron and I a part of your routines. In the coming week, please check back for our analysis of all things political (and some things not).
Also: Dome, welcome to week four of TPBP. You still owe me $1.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
TPBP Week in Review
Ah, it's been another satisfying week here at The Pseudo Body Politic. We set new records in site traffic, and total posts. We also added blogger Aaron, who has already been a great addition to TPBP, and managed to add to the cultural lexicon by creating the word "terroristin’" in a post earlier today. You can't put a price on new verbs folks.
Also, my friend Dome still hasn't paid me his outstanding $1 debt (as he predicted that TPBP would last less than a week). Obviously, the continued existence of TPBP is a bitter affront to his pessimistic worldview. Ah, well, onto the TPBP reader awards...
Comment of the week goes to reader "pw" whose contributions on the Chinese Democracy post made even me feel almost knowledgeable about the level of internal dissent within China (clearly, no small feat). The post itself may have been so-so, but it's really worth going back and reading the comments, if only to see pw's really insightful thoughts.
Reader of the week goes to..."pw", with a dishonorable mention going to "nicholas" who's comments were so offensive as to merit deletion roughly half the time. It may have been a high traffic week here at TPBP, but it wasn't the best in terms of reader participation. So, step it up, and challenge "pw's" current stranglehold on the weekly awards.
Joking aside, thanks to all of you that stopped by to make TPBP part of your lives this past week. If you think this blog is worthwhile, please let others know about it, as having a sizable readership makes it far more likely that we'll be able to continue providing (nearly) quality posts on a daily basis. I hope you can check back again.
Also, my friend Dome still hasn't paid me his outstanding $1 debt (as he predicted that TPBP would last less than a week). Obviously, the continued existence of TPBP is a bitter affront to his pessimistic worldview. Ah, well, onto the TPBP reader awards...
Comment of the week goes to reader "pw" whose contributions on the Chinese Democracy post made even me feel almost knowledgeable about the level of internal dissent within China (clearly, no small feat). The post itself may have been so-so, but it's really worth going back and reading the comments, if only to see pw's really insightful thoughts.
Reader of the week goes to..."pw", with a dishonorable mention going to "nicholas" who's comments were so offensive as to merit deletion roughly half the time. It may have been a high traffic week here at TPBP, but it wasn't the best in terms of reader participation. So, step it up, and challenge "pw's" current stranglehold on the weekly awards.
Joking aside, thanks to all of you that stopped by to make TPBP part of your lives this past week. If you think this blog is worthwhile, please let others know about it, as having a sizable readership makes it far more likely that we'll be able to continue providing (nearly) quality posts on a daily basis. I hope you can check back again.
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