PSoTD

And it's jam-packed with information.

Caught when I was skimming Bloglines...

As of January 2008 there were approximately 155,583,825 sites on the internet. That’s roughly 1 for every 42 people on earth. Where's my 42 readers?

I'm going to get around to this meme, but it is labor-intensive, creating your life soundtrack:

Basically, you start at the year of your birth, and pick the best album for each year.

When you're 49, that's a lot of music to consider.

Philosophers' Playground wants to know the best blogs you read that others may not know about.

You never know what kind of crowd you'll draw when you throw the word "nudity" in your post title.

I have found the way to get our kids to quit asking for us to buy them soda. Now I just have to buy some of this.

Interesting post about a study in 2003 that found that "the average pay in large firms was $39,721 while in small firms it was $31,655 or 20% less."

Patti Smith is cool, period.

By others.

You just never know what your neighbors might be doing with the video recorder on.

I wonder if there will be a time when certain continents have considerably greater bee populations than other areas with similar supportive resources, and if so, will we figure out why.

Technology will get us all.

I don't mind a Bible being in my hotel room. I just look at it as something the hotel is providing that is optional for use, kind of like the coffeemaker, half of the stuff in the free soap kit provided, a couple of the drawers in the dresser, etc. I just don't see it as an either/or option for any hotel. And I think it's stupid to toss the Bible in the trash, or remove it, just if you don't believe in God. It's an option for people, just like that phonebook, and just let people decide for themselves whether they'll use the option.

There's apparently 1, and only 1, MILF at Marineland.

Sometimes Tweety says things that are... almost... inspiring, but it happens way too rarely considering how many times he gets an opportunity.

What's the deal with the manholes?

Here's your chance to catch up on some interesting stuff:

"Britain on alert for deadly new knife with exploding tip that freezes victims' organs." It's a legitimate item, clearly not for most people, but what is the alert about?

Have a great moving story? Mad Melancholic Feminista is looking for some.

One Million Served.

Ever see a 96-armed octopus?

Disbarment, obvious, is not enough, but it should come with the territory of those who get Bush pardons.

The termites are immediately back at the lobbyist disclosure provisions on gifts to lawmakers and staff.

Courtesy of Pen-Elayne, here's a fun little application to play around with...

Like I said, I'm in my own little summer world right now, and I didn't even realize that Senator John Warner has reintroduced the idea (not a bill) of reducing the national speed limit. But where's the bill, Senator?

I had not even heard of Taca Airlines.

MoxieGrrl is winding down her blogging. There's a lot of that going on, I feel it too.

It would probably improve the ratings for the Summer Olympics, too.

Pantone doesn't own me!

Like everywhere else, you can go to jail for crack in Flint, Michigan. Not like everywhere else, the crack involved is from having your pants hang too low.

One of the first bloggers to blogroll PSoTD was Melanie at A Bump in the Beltway. She followed my transition to blogging from the original Political Site of the Day, and just added this blog without request.

The past few months I have not been reading other blogs as much as I used to - I think the anguish between the Obama and Clinton camps bothered me so much that I really reduced my blog reading to avoid the finger pointing - and somehow I missed this news earlier this month:

My friend Melanie Mattson died a few weeks ago. One week from today is her birthday and she would have been 54. (I’ll have a piece of cake for you, Mel.)

An original Daily Kos regular, she was the publisher of Just A Bump in the Beltway, one of the first wave of political blogs. She was also one of the founders of the FluWiki, a comprehensive resource for those studying pandemic flu, and a contributor at Effect Measure.

Melanie will definitely be missed by many bloggers, myself included. She made a difference, and it was recognizable online, and there will be others that will continue the efforts she started. But it's a sorrow that Melanie won't be there to pursue it as well. If there's an afterlife with Bloglines, I hope she realizes how many bloggers were touched by her.

One of the sad realities of blogging is that bloggers die. EVERY time it happens a shock occurs to readers, and it ripples through the blogosphere. I wonder, as a blogger, if many bloggers have prepped a "last post" blog entry for use in case they end up, you know, expired.

Sky is Falling. Always Falling! Death is near! Barack Obama caused it!

Yep, PETA's running one.

I'm glad that Mr. Phyrillas is excited that his blog has been number one "position on the BlogNetNews.com ranking of Pennsylvania's Most Influential Political Blogs for four consecutive weeks", but I really don't know the real value of that. This blog is also tracked by BNN, and I guess we're being measured by a "variety of data sets to determine which blogs are most powerfully influencing the direction of the Pennsylvania political blogosphere", but I really don't feel any more influential when PSoTD doesn't make the top 20 as when PSoTD cracks the top ten. Links alone don't indicate influence, as search engines and RSS feeds and visitors that don't read are all part of the story, and besides, just because PSoTD is linked doesn't mean it's about anything of influence. Many of the posts here that actually get links are weird items that are found that others find curious, but that's about as far as it goes.

100,000 unique visitors in 18 months, that's something that can be compared as a metric, and congratulations to Mr. Phyrillas for that.

Anyone know what this is about?

Sometimes when a prominent person dies, they leave a "blog subject" tombstone as a marker.

Some interesting, or funny, posts to share:

If you like Joe Cocker but sometimes can't understand the words, this translation is for you. (h/t to Avedon for pointing it out)

Wow, Bush blamed Clinton for the increase of gas prices in 2000 to $30 a barrel. You know, the good ole days.

Are you having a problem with Firefox 3.0? I'm not, but archy is.

This is a good idea, so I'll snag it too: If you want to be on the PSoTD blogroll, let me know through email or comment.

Yeah, I'm not getting Larry Johnson anymore, either.

Hey Republicans - you are blaspheming the Office with the President with your various organizational seals. Change them immediately.

When candy design goes really, really wrong.