My 2009 in blogging
People sometimes ask me, “Scott, what is this blog you’re always blogging about?” Sometimes, confused, they add, ”Blog.”
I try to tell them about When Falls the Coliseum, about our more than 60 writers, about our regular columns and reviews, that since Thanksgiving more than a dozen new voices have joined us, that we actually have readers and lots of fun things to read here, that they should give us a visit and tell their friends. But all some of them hear is “blog.” Everyone’s got one of those.
I’ve done some blogging in 2009 and have been fortunate enough to have my posts linked by cnn.com, reason.com, instapundit.com, amspec.org, and other places. That’s translated into actual readers who don’t know me personally, which not every blog has. So there.
Since 2010 is almost here, it’s year-in-review time. Early in the year I said “I like Vista.” I’ve now had it longer and I like it less (though I clarified that in the comments to that post), but it still isn’t a big deal to me. Other than that, I don’t have any corrections or retractions to make to my 2009 posts (but I didn’t re-read them, only looked at the titles).
This year, I posted opinion pieces, personal essays, reviews, links to things that amused me, commentary on the news, people who should be killed this week, pieces about language, and other stuff I’m too tired to categorize. I’m pleased to see that not all of it was political.
Here are the blogs that I blogged on my blog in 2009:
- Phantom Menace video review, part 2 on December 23, 2009
- Common sense about today’s political class on December 23, 2009
- Funny review of The Phantom Menace — Part 1 on December 22, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on December 22, 2009
- Monday morning links on December 21, 2009
- Let people speak on December 18, 2009
- The only way to be sure a vampire is no longer a danger on December 17, 2009
- 98-year-old woman kills 100-year-old woman on December 12, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on December 11, 2009
- 100-year-old pedophile released from jail on December 10, 2009
- When green bananas stay green on December 7, 2009
- University drops requirement for fat students to exercise on December 6, 2009
- Mike Huckabee should be in jail, where he can do no more harm on December 3, 2009
- The Nazis stole Fromm’s condom empire on November 30, 2009
- University requires fat students to take fitness class in order to graduate on November 21, 2009
- “No, Daddy, no” on November 20, 2009
- The New York Times wants me to require students to subscribe* on November 17, 2009
- DPG Online — a magazine of student writing on November 16, 2009
- Lionel McIntyre assaults woman, English language on November 12, 2009
- Restaurants evil for making food taste good on November 9, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on October 15, 2009
- How not to prevent swine flu at work on October 14, 2009
- Might isn’t right on October 12, 2009
- Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, 2009
- Disclaimer about books we review on October 6, 2009
- An open letter to Hollywood about Roman Polanski on October 2, 2009
- Friday links — I surf the Web so you don’t have to on October 2, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on October 1, 2009
- A case for books on October 1, 2009
- Dave Barry on free speech on campus on September 25, 2009
- What might keep Mesac Damas out of heaven on September 23, 2009
- Politicans, just stop lying to us already on September 22, 2009
- Insane killer brought to state fair, escapes on September 18, 2009
- Jimmy Carter is high on PCP on September 17, 2009
- No helmet for this head (of state) so far on August 28, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on August 28, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on August 21, 2009
- Debating PWSBKTW on August 17, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on August 14, 2009
- Rough stuff: Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking on July 29, 2009
- Ben Schwartz interviews athletes on July 17, 2009
- People who should be killed this week, reader edition on July 10, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on July 3, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on June 26, 2009
- Protesters force police to retreat in Tehran on June 22, 2009
- Our hero on June 21, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on June 19, 2009
- The (alleged) cat killer’s motive on June 17, 2009
- I would of written would’ve if I knew what the hell I was doing on June 17, 2009
- We don’t take serious movies seriously on June 11, 2009
- People who should be killed this week on June 9, 2009
- Funny, she doesn’t look like a killer on June 8, 2009
- Kafka’s “Before the Law” on June 5, 2009
- Fun with old music videos — literal “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on June 4, 2009
- Appointing “qualified” women and minorities to the Supreme Court on May 14, 2009
- Saving our independent and diverse newspapers on May 7, 2009
- Hammered — I, The Jury, by Mickey Spillane on April 29, 2009
- Gender disclosure? on April 23, 2009
- National Review publishes my story on April 20, 2009
- Not bad, for a silly singing contest on April 16, 2009
- The failed playwright of Virginia Tech on April 16, 2009
- This is a trillion dollars on April 2, 2009
- Soda economics and my terrible shame on March 27, 2009
- Wantonly spending what little we have left… on March 25, 2009
- Jill Sobule finances own CD through fan donations on March 24, 2009
- Famous people falling off of bicycles on March 23, 2009
- Ben Schwartz to be in movie, Peep World on March 20, 2009
- I would ban music that sounds like my phone on March 19, 2009
- Congratulations to Ben Schwartz, television star on March 16, 2009
- PECO Energy owes me $54 on March 16, 2009
- Hope and change, good and hard on March 15, 2009
- ‘Literally’ decimated, figuratively speaking on March 10, 2009
- Daylight saving is kicking my ass on March 9, 2009
- Post-traumatic bat disorder on March 5, 2009
- Frank Wilson interview on March 3, 2009
- Chicken McNugget emergency! on March 3, 2009
- Joe Biden owes me $2.50 on February 27, 2009
- Morgan Freeman doesn’t need your stinkin’ black history month on February 27, 2009
- Drexel Publishing Group launches site and blog on February 26, 2009
- The second time Mooger went crazy on February 20, 2009
- Drunk guy falls in front of train and wins $2.3 million on February 19, 2009
- An amazing world wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots on February 17, 2009
- Daddy, what does ‘gay’ mean? on February 17, 2009
- Baseball players deserve the money on February 15, 2009
- SureType on the Blackberry Storm doesn’t suck on February 13, 2009
- Is the Blackberry Storm any good? A review on February 11, 2009
- Groundhog bites Mayor Bloomberg in defense of freedom on February 3, 2009
- Where the world is really flat on January 30, 2009
- Bloomberg’s voluntary War on Salt making it hard to write satire on January 29, 2009
- John Updike’s death makes me think of a glorious few days reading on January 27, 2009
- Meet the new boss… on January 22, 2009
- A joke on January 16, 2009
- Zero Tolerance on January 12, 2009
- I like Vista on January 6, 2009
- Not as bad as Bush, so it must be okay on January 5, 2009
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I love writing for WFTC. Thanks for getting me involved and for always encouraging me to write and stick with a weekly post. It’s probably one of the best things anyone has done for me in 2009. I am at my best when I write. Even if it’s bad writing, or people hate it. I feel great doing it. Thank you for that. I should probably thank Amy too because she introduced me to the site, but fuck her, I’m only going to thank you. Consigliere, my ass. I want a title dammit. But I digress.
Despite our many differences, I always enjoy your blogs and your point of view. Your caustic wit and sense of humor are refreshing. You manage to write with conviction while always working in something that makes me laugh.
You’ve done an awesome job with When Falls and I look forward to the new writers and all the good things 2010 has in store for us… like a Going Parental icon and a title for me.
Happy New Year!
Reading some of the titles of your blogs, I realize I am missing something. But then again, I haven’t read Mean Martin Manning yet, so I am way behind. Anyhow, keep up the good work. As long as you read all of my blogs, and get either agitated, amused, or confused. That’s all I ask for.
Consigliere? Jaclyn, perhaps Scott will make you a capo. As for me, I’m just a lowly soldier.
WFTC is getting better by the day. I am spending more and more time staring at this damn computer, reading everything by the growing list of contributors!
“That’s translated into actual readers who don’t know me personally, which not every blog has.”
That’s interesting. No one I know reads anything I write. They all get a belly full of hearing me say it in person, I guess.