Like the famed Phoenix of Arizona, this post is reborn out of the ashes of my archives. What started as a silly post to indulge my vanity has made the internet rounds.

Like a DJ at a top-forty station I will suck every last hit out of this post until the public cries in unison, "Enough! Away with your foul reposting!!" Besides, with mucho responsibilities around the Ivory Tower and with the relatives in town, I really haven't had time to sit down and write anything meaningful. Not that I ever write anything meaningful....

If you've already read it, act like you're at a party. You know, they start playing Nelly's It's Gettin Hot in Here and someone invariable says what a cool song it is, but you can't really say anything about how that song was interesting the first bajillion times you heard it.....Act like that.
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You miss a day blogging. No time for a serious hard-hitting post. Hits are down. What do you do? Engage in the blogosphere's oldest vice: Link dropping!!!

But that's just one of the mortal vices of blogging. What are the others?

Rusty Shackleford presents: The Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging: a brief guide.*

1) The Link Drop Post: Steven Taylor and I prove kindrid souls on this one. Don't think this one works? Do you actually believe Glenn Reynolds was born Satan's right-hand man or had to work on it?

2) Search Terms Post: Google not treating you right? BRD has a full discourse on the merits of porn and conspiracy theories. Sure fire way to up the ol' sitemeter .....and send your soul right to Beelzebub's dominion.

3) The Re-post Post: Had a popular post in the past? Hits down? Ace re-introduces us to one of his greatest hit-jobs. Remember, this sin sometimes counts double.

4) The Blogroll Post: Get bloggers attention fast! The Llama Butchers are ordered to do 5 Hail Mary's and an Our Father for jeapordizing their immortal souls.

5) The Breaking News Post: The blogger ethos requires a link to the first person breaking the story. MH King, Amanda Doerty, Jeff Quinton, James....I say to you repent!!

6) The Caption Contest Post: Win the caption, get a link. See how this works? This sin seems to be reserved for Fridays. Shame on you Kevin!

7) The Recipricol Link Post: Want to up your TTLB Ecosystem rating? Easy. Start an 'Alliance' of 'like-minded bloggers' to recipricate links. (via Commissar) Jessica and Boi From Troi are warned that this mortal sin will not go unpunished!!

In the Name of He Who Rules the Blogosphere I Warn All of You to Repent! Any other Bloggers who engage in these sins have been forwarned. Hell-fire and brimstone await if you do not change your wicked ways!

*Mia Culpa. Yes, I have been guilty of all these vile acts in the past. I have seen the light! I once was lost, but now I'm saved.....

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1 Ptffffpptthh!!! You're just sore that I didn't include you in the courtesy list...

Posted by: mhking at August 17, 2004 09:19 AM (bJ0qq)

2 Hey you forgot one: leaving gratuitous comments on other people's blogs. For example, this one! Aw snap.

Posted by: Johnny Walker Red at August 17, 2004 10:37 AM (4AwR3)

3 Damn! Foiled again and guilty as charged...

Posted by: Rtfm at August 17, 2004 09:51 PM (OtwUl)

4 Rusty, you're going to have to add another one: the post that will not die. You really need to let this go.

Posted by: Simon at August 18, 2004 02:36 AM (OyeEA)

5 Califragafuckinlistic advice - many thanks - only really discovered the world of the blog this week but already can see it seeping into the inner reaches of my conscious with every waking moment greetings and salutations blog people - I am becoming one of you....

Posted by: Spo at June 03, 2005 03:21 AM (Ni2ib)

6 Check out this blog: AFF's Brainwash - Chris Roach - you'll be glad ya did.

Posted by: rightwinggirl at June 30, 2005 11:55 PM (1rMYI)

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Blog daughter Jane has one-upped me and bought a .com domainL. Go visit her new site.

Also, the Crack Young Staff over at the Hatemonger's Quarterly are having a worst song ever contest. I'm thinking anything from Don Henley qualifies, but I'm sure at least one of you disagrees.

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A) Back to work.
B) Planned system downage, so no internet access tomorrow.
C) Relatives in town.

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Good morning sunshine. Work starts again today, even though students don't come back for another week and a half. My day? Meetings, meetings, meetings, etc. My pre-work morning routine went something like this.

Morning Caffeine: check
Morning Hug: check.
Morning Cereal: check
Mornig News: check.
Morning Editorial. check (finally!!).

Hey, didn't post until AFTER meetings ended. How did they go? Splendid. And by 'splendid' I mean 'ended early'!!

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Just wait til Ace and Bill hear about this. Via nTodd who dropped a comment to me comes word that Jessica Cutler is back in the limelight. Before I go on, can I just ask how Washingtonienne is 'news', but the fact that John Kerry was never in Cambodia is 'not news' according WaPo?

WaPo (subscription):

Jessica's blog (short for "Web log") was the online diary she had been posting anonymously to amuse herself and her closest girlfriends. In it, she detailed the peccadilloes of the men she said were her six current sexual partners, including a married Bush administration official who met her in hotel rooms and gave her envelopes of cash; a senator's staff member who helped hire her, then later bedded her; and another man who liked to spank and be spanked.

Rob, James, David, Eric Scoles, and (shock) Kevin already on the case.

UPDATE: Why is it that when we think Washingtonienne or Jessica Cutler we think of Bill at INDC? The Llamma Butchers are officially Munuvians, and they get the ball rolling right! And when Jeff Goldstein thinks of sex-for-money blogging, he also thinks of Bill. more...

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I'm on board, are you? Let's pitch in to help victims of Hurricane Charley. (via NZ Bear)

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...turn out the lights, and his nose will grow. Yo, will you stop kicking a brotha when he's down?

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I'm fooling around with my site's look. Trying to add a right sidebar. So if it looks funky, excuse the mess.

In the meantime, check out Allah. Man, I gots to get a copy of photoshop! Kevin also has the goods on NBC's terrorism pranks. Perhaps GE's wholly owned subsidiary has been taking cues from Benjamin Vanderford?

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It's called killing two birds with one stone. This weeks favorite blogs:

1) Brian B's Momento Moron
2) Johnny Walker Red's Right-On-Red
3) Gordon's The Cranky Neocon

Why these blogs? All are frequent guests here at MPJ. Hits are thicker than water. All three also have the funny--something in short supply these days. Don't believe me? Check out Gordon's Reiner-o-meter (although, I must interject that since Uncle Shackleord had some hand in Stand By Me some adjustments are in order). Johnny always has some great take on important events. And Brian? Fuhget about it!

Linked with Patriot Paradox's Link Carnival. If you would like to link to this weeks Carnival, simply follow the intstructions at this post.

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Blogito ergo sum

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Just a note to frequent readers, posters, and friends. Let me apologize en masse for not responding to e-mail and comments like I used to. Read on if this applies to you. more...

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Iowahawk + Allah = Funny

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"Now that Michael Moore has spoken, I've decided to withdraw my support for Porter Goss as CIA director," says Bush clone in alternate parallel Universe:

"You'd think the person who was the head of the intelligence committee would ask a few more questions," said Moore.

"The reality is that Porter Goss was in charge of the oversight of the CIA during a time when the CIA didn't do its job, which in part resulted in the loss of lives of 3,000 people," he said via telephone from New York.

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Boy, this brings back memories. Just waxing nostalgic.

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Check out this week's Bonfire of the Vanities hosted by Kevin Donahue. I seriously forgot I had sent in an entry. I will be hosting the Bonfire the week of August 31.

PS-Which college team is ranked #1?? Say it........

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Why aren't you reading my guest blogging posts over at the Politburo Diktat?

Go on, click over there. NOW.

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Mojo Nixon was right. Inspired by Gleeful Extremist and Dr. Chaos.

On second thought, the lyrics don't need any changes whatsoever. Read them in the extended entry. Also, instead of buying Don Henley's newest crap, why not go down to your local store and buy an old Mojo Nixon album? And if they don't have Mojo Nixon...well, then their store could use some fixin!!!! more...

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As long as I'm on Atrios and Kos I might as well throw Willis in there.

Just remember, it's not about the facts. It's about the timing, man. The timing.

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I just have to thank Gordon the Cranky Neocon one more time for starting the Launch a Jawa for Peace Campaign. He even designed a cool logo for the campaign! What is the Campaign? Go to his site to find out.

(PS: For all you new bloggers, here is a lesson in blog etiquette.

When linking to another blogger's post, keep the information to a minimum. Why? Because if you give too much information about the post you are commenting on then why would your reader take the time to go to the original? This is an oft violated norm of the blogosphere, but one which bloggers ought to follow more faithfully. Yes, you want readers to spend as much time on your own site as possible, but on the other hand do you want another blogger to simply blockquote your whole post onto their site so their readers don't need to see the original? Etiquette and manners are about reciprical relationships. Without them, social disorder ensues. And yes, the blogosphere is a society---of sorts.)

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Ok, I just wasted the last five hours or so trying to get the problem in the comment pop-up window fixed. For some odd reason, when you click on the 'remember info' button, it won't remember anyone's info. Of course, this ONLY apllies to the pop-up window.

Anyone got any quick an easy fixes?

If not, for my regular commenters, a temporary solution would be to click on the permalink and then comment from there. Think of it as duct-tape for the busy blogger.

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