Hey, this is post No. 700 for my buh-log. You'd think by now I would have honed my blogging skills to have something special in the can for such an occasion. Or maybe because Texas T-bone has dragged on for so long I'm just out of clever, interesting things to say. Is the blog half empty, or half full? I dunno. And T-bone, why haven't you posted more often? Dunno that either.
A larger number, but one that is less impressive because of how it got there, is my number of comments (since moving to this Redeaglespirit-hosted locale; I lost some comments when jumping from Blogspot). I've surpassed the 5,000 mark. I am grateful that you have stopped by – some of you for years now – to leave a little nugget of wisdom via the comments here. I read every comment, and it's not just because they are set up to be directly e-mailed to me as well as published here. Nope. If you cared enough to type something, anything, I return the favor by reading it. Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy? Yeah, well ... I tried. Often, if it's something that strikes me, I try to respond with a l'il e-mail of my own. Hope that's OK.
Sadly, my number of comments isn't as special as the personal comments themselves because of the Spambots that add little nuggets of crap to the compost pile. Without fail, after a post goes a little moldy for a few days it suddenly draws all kinds of modern, automated snake-oil salespeople. Other spam comments defy categorization, kind of a mix between a master's thesis, wisdom found in fortune cookies and locker-room dialogue. But why not thank the Spammers? After all, I'm sure they have been beacons of hope to those paying too much for their mortgages, women with little breasts, men with cocktail weenies, those looking for foreign prescriptions and, occasionally, the dope who puts too much faith in royal family members from other countries who want you to "help" them by them getting your bank account number.
I'm not sure this is a positive wish, but here's to 700 more posts. Lordy.
A milestone indeed. Time to check your server space!
Congratulations on number "700" T-Bone!
Just finished moving from BlogSpot myself over the last couple of days. A few things were somewhat 'squirrely' but for the most part the transition turned out okay.
And one more thing on a bit of a personal note if you don't mind....
Try not to piss-off the Cocktail Weenie folks if you can help it. My order hasn't come in yet. Thanks!
And indeed....onward and upward! (no pun intended)
Agent 700 always felt snubbed by his counterpart in the Agency.
Agent 007 was always the limelight hog, and forever first to jump from his chair in secret closed door meetings, arm waving wildly to accept the choice assignments that surely entailed big breasts and fancy locales. You'd never catch Double-Oh-Seven on any lowly task of watchdoggin' some fat old politican.
So, Agent 700 found his consolation in a job well done, a perfection of talent in that strange dimension we call blogging.
*Cue Shirley Bassey in a long red dress*
"Texas T-Bone
He's the man, the man with the writing touch.
A Blogger's touch..."
Wow! That's a lot of T-Bone! 700 posts! Congrats and keep up the most excellent work!
oh damn i missed out on being 701
Congrats on your 700th blog entry. I hope to be able to read at least 700 more entries. Keep up the great writing.
Lucky 700! Congrats to ya! Here's to another 7,000 more posts.
Congrats on your longevity....A rare thing in the blog world!
We're lucky to have you. Thanks for all you do!
I love reading your posts! I sometimes neglect my blog too - get busy with the family, etc..
Congrats on the 700!!!
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