UPDATE: 1 million mark passed!!!!!! (PS--sorry about trackback spam.....stupid MT keeps pinging and pinging and pinging...big apologies)

Some time in the next couple of hours my Jawa will have been petted by at least 1 million visitors. It is done!!!!!! Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta!

Thanks all for the constant barage of referrals, positive feedback, and serious fun.

A few shout outs are in order.

First, the Commissar who gave me early encouragement and let me guest blog for him last year.

Next, a shout out to the OG pimptastik wicked gang. These are like-minded bloggers like the Llama Butchers, Bill at INDC, Jeff Goldstein, Iowahawk, Cranky Neocon, Six Meat Buffet, Ace, Allah, Prof. Chaos, BRD, Way Off Bass, Demosophia, and a bunch more that I just can't recall in my present caffeine-free state or who have given up the blogging gig. These are bloggers who were kind enough to throw me links early on, when I was getting like 100 hits a day. They also would show up on my site regular enough that it made a petite blogger feel like Macktastick Rusty Wicked.

Let me also thank the hundreds of other smaller bloggers who throw links my way on a very regular basis. You guys are awesome--totally awesome. As I've explained on numerous occasions the fact that I blog anonymously prohibits me commenting on your site. However, I do read just about every post that trackbacks to me. Also, if you have a post that needs a plugging, just e-mail me and I'll try to do it. I know how much it meant to me when Allah plugged an early post, so I try to return the favor as often as I can.

Last, let me tell you the six degrees of seperation for My Pet Jawa. My original inspiration for blogging came from Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs. After 9/11 a few buddies in grad school and I realized that we were pretty much on the same page. 'Boomhauer', 'Bill Dauterieve' and me, Dale Gribble Rusty Shackleford, sort of ganged up on our poor Chomskyite friend who was against the Afghanistan invasion. I think originally we started meeting in the alley for brews because we felt so out of place amongst our peers in grad school who were appalled at Shrimp-Chub-Hitler-Bush's response to 9/11. I don't know how Chomsky-lite started to hang out in the alley with us. It was probably because unlike most other disciples of the Maharaja-Chomsky, he had a sense of humor and he was into chicks. That--and his mutual love of dick and fart jokes.

Somehow or another I did an internet search trying to refute Chomsky's drivel and eventually found my way to LGF. Boomhauer and I then started a now defunct group blog. It got old quick, especially when sitemeter told us that like 10 people a day were reading it. Eventually I got a job here and Boomhauer got a job in another part of the country so we stopped blogging.

However, I didn't stop reading blogs. From LGF I started surfing his blogroll of anti-idiotarians. It was there that I found Iowahawk, Emperor Misha of the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, and the illustrious and semi-retired Allah. The Commissar had a blog-ad going over at Allah's at the time. I visited these sites as often as I could, which wasn't that often. It was my first year teaching at a university so a lot of prep time.

One day Bill Dauterieve calls me up and says, "Dude, I'm starting a blog again." This time he would put his real name up on the blog, his CV, and all that jazz. Me? Never one to be out done by Bill, I went over to blogspot to sign up once again. But what to name the blog? How about something really offensive? Yeah. Something that only South Park fans would get. Jawas. Yeah. How about like Emperor Misha's blog which is actually at 'nicedoggie.net'? Nice Jawa? Ouch--that certainly is offensive.

But wait, let's up it a notch. I kept thinking of that stupid TV production bumper "Sit Ubu sut, good dog." How about My Pet Jawa? (Mr. Burns) Excellent. Within an hour I had designed the initial layout of the site. I chose green because it is the sacred and holy color of the Religion of Peas. That, and I sort of ripped it off from Allah.

That was a little over a year ago. Last summer a couple of blog friends, namely Simon and BRD, convinced Pixy Misa to give me an mu.nu account. I changed the name from My Pet Jawa to the Jawa Report cause I wanted to hoodwink a few unnamed websites into believing that we were a legitimate source of news. (Nelson Munz) Ha-ha! The rest is, as they say, history.

I've had a lot of good times on the way. Plenty of links from big sites like Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway, Wizbang, Vodka Pundit, and others--including a solitary Eschaton link and a single Instalanche.

Plenty of more from my devoted cadre of fellow-travellers and minions including:

Interested Participant, Hans Bricks, Team Hammer, Incite, Vince aut morire, Right Wing Nuthouse, Pirate's Cove, Digger's Realm, Jeff Quinton, Robert Spencer, Dean Esmay, Scott S., Mike King, John Donovan, Captain Ed, John Little, John Henke, Chad Evans, Rob of Say Anything, Spoons, Editors in Pajamas, Goldfalcon, Sundries Shack, Cox and Forkum, American Soldier, Jane Novack, Sworn Enemy, Julliette, Jeff at Beautiful Attrocities, Blog Tower, Sparse Matrix, Cal Tech Girl, Dummocrats, Flea, SondraK, Kate at Small Tasty Dead Animals, Mr. K, Zippo the Pirate, Scared Monkeys, Joe Gandelman, Myopic Zeal, Jack Lewis, Beth of MYVRWC, Maximum Leader, Chris Cross, Passionate America, Daniel Aronstein, Misplaced Keys, Hyscience, HispaLibertas, and a bajillion others.

I even have two blog children (as far as I know--wink, wink): Brian B. of Memento Moron and tee_bee!

So, while the rest of you are busy typing away on today's important events, I think I'll kick back, eat some meat, and take it easy. Thanks one and all. Biyatches!!!

UPDATE: Sorry about multiple trackback pings. Seriously, something went screwy with this thing.

Posted by: Rusty at 09:39 AM | Comments (36) | Add Comment
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1 Congratulations! One million people can't be wrong, can they? Jawas seem to be pretty clannish after all...

Posted by: superhawk at March 15, 2005 10:40 AM (M7kiy)

2 Congrats, Rusty! The Jawa Report continues, better than ever.

Posted by: The Commissar at March 15, 2005 10:48 AM (a0KXj)

3 I even have two blog children (as far as I know--wink, wink): Brian B. of Memento Moron and tee_bee! Well between you and the Emperor, one of us is bound to turn! Congrats, Pops, and thanks for the link-love.

Posted by: Brian B at March 15, 2005 10:56 AM (CouWh)

4 Now you can organize a million Jawa march. You put a lot of effort into bringing the most current and often unpublicized news to us. You're a great resource in addition to being a good bud, a fine American, and a star wars character. Congrats.

Posted by: Jane at March 15, 2005 11:00 AM (6krEN)

5 Congratulations, Rusty! Awesome acheivement. Keep it coming.

Posted by: William Teach at March 15, 2005 11:03 AM (TFSHk)

6 Way to go Rusty. Congrats and well deserved.

Posted by: McQ at March 15, 2005 11:06 AM (o/+d4)

7 Day-um Rusty! You done good. Real good. And you're a pretty cool guy to boot.

Posted by: Gordon at March 15, 2005 11:09 AM (SN0Ew)

8 Congrats Rusty.

Posted by: Rob at March 15, 2005 11:40 AM (fcqpB)

9 So who's the one millionth customer!

Posted by: Scott S at March 15, 2005 12:04 PM (1/Smr)

10 I still think of Jawa motorcycles first, it's on account of where I grew-up - I lack the Star-Wars gene.

Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at March 15, 2005 12:19 PM (sE9R7)

11 Congratulations! That's a pretty crowded sand crawler.....

Posted by: caltechgirl at March 15, 2005 12:23 PM (5VQpT)

12 Congrats. And thanks for not forgetting about us little guys.

Posted by: phin at March 15, 2005 12:34 PM (Xvpen)

13 Avast! Me hearty! Congratulations and continued fair winds and following seas! Yar, we be needin' a bigger boat to accommodate that huge Jawa head!

Posted by: ZiPpo at March 15, 2005 12:35 PM (P7XXv)

14 Way to go, RustMeisterGeneral!

Posted by: John from WuzzaDem at March 15, 2005 12:35 PM (Pt3Le)

15 Rock on. Soon, the plan will be complete... everyone will be required to eat 7 pieces of cheese a day. No, that wasn't the plan for you... hmmm... well, whatever your plan is, I am sure it will go swimmingly too.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at March 15, 2005 12:42 PM (Wsn+K)

16 Ahhh, the plan. Monkey's paw: check It's all coming together now. Excellent.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 15, 2005 12:54 PM (JQjhA)

17 Congratulations! Yip! Yip! Yip!

Posted by: Robert the Llama Butcher at March 15, 2005 01:45 PM (XBUdh)

18 Congrats! I'd post about this, but Blogspot is apparently down.

Posted by: ccwbass at March 15, 2005 02:03 PM (bXypk)

19 Hey, thanks for the link... Congrats on your uberbloggerhood...

Posted by: Jon at March 15, 2005 02:11 PM (alDTJ)

20 Congrats!

Posted by: King of Fools at March 15, 2005 02:45 PM (2w8UH)

21 Well done! Now if all those visitors would donate one measly dollar each, Dr. Rusty could quit teaching and move on to full-time bloggery. Congrats!

Posted by: Preston Taylor Holmes at March 15, 2005 03:41 PM (WsZ4F)

22 Congratulations! Love these million-visit milestone parties!

Posted by: BR - visitor from Wizbang at March 15, 2005 04:28 PM (3ySDg)

23 I had to delete the tip jar since it gives away personal information.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 15, 2005 05:02 PM (JQjhA)

24 Congrats on the 1 millionth hit. You've been busting your ass working on this site, and the results are well deserved.

Posted by: Beck at March 15, 2005 05:21 PM (pmSUH)

25 A million visiters! Too bad they're from the Left!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 15, 2005 05:45 PM (S5syt)

26 Good work Rusty.

Posted by: Simon at March 15, 2005 06:11 PM (OyeEA)

27 well done rusty now your into your next million keep up the good work

Posted by: sparky at March 15, 2005 06:17 PM (F1nba)

28 I'm too jealous to congratulate you. Wait. Was that just a congratulations? Damn it. Good job buddy.

Posted by: Ron Rutherford at March 15, 2005 06:21 PM (nbfM4)

29 FANTASTIC! You are AWESOME!

Posted by: reliapundit at March 15, 2005 07:58 PM (8jzrq)

30 Congrats!

Posted by: Willis at March 15, 2005 10:29 PM (zcsBP)

31 Visitors: 1 million Fatwas: 0 Still getting to call you Salman Rusty: Priceless. Heartfelt congratulations and much thanks for the linky. The first 'lanche I ever got was a Jawalanche

Posted by: Eric at March 15, 2005 11:15 PM (lK7Sh)

32 Great work---this is one hell of a blog. I laughed when you said you were 'small' because you only got 100 hits a day--I only get 10!

Posted by: Labosseuse at March 16, 2005 03:47 PM (1PGnB)

33 I turn around to get midterms done, come back, and find out you've told the world you're my real dad. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta!

Posted by: tee bee at March 16, 2005 07:44 PM (q1JHF)

34 I can make your millionth compadre go away for $20 now,$20 when it's done,and $20 for expenses.

Posted by: octavio at March 17, 2005 12:39 AM (//0Dv)

35 A couple days late, but CONGRATS, Professor!

Posted by: Editor at March 17, 2005 11:08 PM (F4059)

36 I saw the pop-up screen on my computer regarding one million visitors. I subscribe to it can you please tell me more about it because I have a website for mostly a year and I only have one visitor. I don't know what to do about it. That's why I really like what I saw, and I take a good chance to it. Thanks

Posted by: Esther at August 01, 2005 06:00 PM (jPHc7)

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