Thursday, February 09, 2006

Why do I do it...?

Not-so shamelessly nicked from The Extraordinary One

1. First blog you ever read?
That would be Mark or Graham's. At the time, Graham ran a Yahoo group where he, his bro and a select number of friends would post their views on whatever occurred, much like their blog content - only I think Mark was angrier then. When we all discovered blogger, that group kinda died.

2. What inspired you to start your own?
See above!

3.The best and worst about blogging?
Best - Having a soapbox upon which to stand that no-one can knock you off. Oh, and finally keeping a diary going for more than two days...and getting feedback on what I write. Can't top that!
Worst - Changing servers and losing 90% of your traffic and a top rating on Google.

4. Who was the first person to comment on your blog?
Blimey, who knows? Lost in the mists of time, that one.

5. What has been your most popular blog entry?
I got mega hits when I linked to a video of "Show me the way to amarillo" done by a british soldier in Iraq. Also, the post where I commented on an episode of "24" that was dedicated to a recently killed American Marine.

6. If I re-named my blog I would call it?
I think I've renamed it often enough now.

7. If my blog had a theme song it would be?
Gawd...maybe the Wonderstuff song that goes "These words are not my own, they only come when I'm alone"

8. If my blog was a room it would look like?
A comfy sofa in a cluttered living room.

9. Five bloggers I would like to have over for dinner.
Oh, there's far more than five...

10. Two bloggers you would like to set up on a blind date.
Lord Bargain and...oh, someone nice, with no emotional hangups and shit.

11. Somebody I wish had a blog?
Tony Blair, George Bush, Osama Bin Laden.

12. If you were only allowed to read one blog ever again. Which blog would it be?
What? And alienate my other reader? No chance!

13. Is there a fellow blogger you would like to snog/shag/do rude things to? Feel free to name names if you’re game.
I refuse to answer this on the grounds that my words would be used to publicly castrate me shortly after the missus reads them.

14. Discover a blog. Link to a blog that you have recently found, or a blog you have been reading for a while and haven’t blogrolled.
I have yet to add Ditch Monkey and Wanderingscribe to my blogroll - which may be making a return to this hallowed page sometime in the near future (or whenever I can remember my blogrolling account details).