Operation Global Media Domination: award-winning roundup

Miss Congeniality, or Miss Conception?

I’d like to thank all the little people…before they turn on me.

Also the Generator Blog, from whence I stole this Web-award generator. Hey, no sense in waiting for the grass to grow, eh? I thought I’d give all those web-awarders a helping hand. That’s right; raincoaster is always thinking of others. So put your feet up, guys. I’ve gotcha covered.

Meanwhile, in Operation Global Media Domination news, I am happy to report that I have cracked the top 89,000 on Technorati, out of about 45 million blogs, and only since the second-last day of February, when I started the blog. Mother would be so proud. Thanks are particularly due all those Brits who have mistaken me for one of themselves, and a True Patriot at that. Look, I hate Tony Blair as much as any of you, but I also have extremely mixed feelings. It’s…it’s complicated, okay??? Oh yeah, and somebody came to the blog looking for BoJo Porn; try the Times.

The posts most responsible for this rush to the cranial summit of the blogosphere are, of course, Beautiful Agony and 101 Bottles of diet coke, 523 mentos, and 2 mad scientists. Baby Eagles are still big in parts of Cyberia, and some poor, demented dude keeps hitting the blog every damn day looking for Charo porn and finding only a cool, Up With Queers music video. Speaking of gays, Ernest and Bertram went viral for a day or so, landing on a couple of forums across the ocean until the bandwidth got bustickated or whatever it is that happens to bandwidth; short form, E&B viral campaign snipped in the bud, dammit!!!

The latest potentially-viral stars are a couple of YouTubers: Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager, the sad tale of Darth‘s loserish brother’s humdrum life, and Paris Hilton stewing, nearly nekkid, in poop soup. Then there’s the Found Porn Slideshow, always a big hit with the Neanderthals.

The only serious post that’s showing any longevity is From Israel, With Love, the Update which is good as the MSM and much of the blogosphere including BoingBoing seems to have got the story substantially wrong, even after corrections.

So that’s all for this edition of Operation Global Media Domination, other than to say that going offline for a few days actually increased the hits. When I went on vacation, my “take it for granted” number of hits was 300. Now it’s 650.

I should take more vacations.

I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is…more SQUID!!!

Don’t try to tell me you wouldn’t pay to see that!

Troops

Can you ever watch it enough?

Troops is filmed on location with men of the Imperial Forces. All suspects are guilty, period…otherwise they wouldn’t be suspects, would they?


Check out the stolen droid. Look familiar?

headline o’ the day: New power workout machine is a giant $9,000 vibrator

Electric Vibrator Therapy. Bring it on!Thanks to Fark for that one.

The real story‘s far less interesting, which is sad because I wasted a half-hour of my life I’ll never see again gathering up all my bottles to take back for the deposit. I have almost enough.

All asides and italics here are from the original article.

(Quick aside: How creepy is the guy in the pic? And the girl looks a little too happy to be a in a gym setting.)

There’s a new fitness machine causing a stir in England, thanks in part to Madonna. The Power Vibe it out, bitchPlate is a workout machine that consists of a vibrating platform you stand on and do light stretches and squats for 15 minutes, three times a week. Apparently there is something in the added vibration that stimulates the muscles and causes them to tire faster than a traditional workout, a chain reaction that Madonna claims causes her physique to remain toned. (Doesn’t she work out 8 hours a day? –Editors)

socialite name generator

Perfect for me! Socialist/Socialite, who can tell them apart, eh? Via the Generator Blog.

My name is Rain Hoffstetter.
Take The Manhattan Socialite Name Generator today!
Created with Rum and Monkey‘s Name Generator Generator.

Pretty freaky name choice, eh? Nobody told me those psocialites were psychic!