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Over 11,000 Views This Month!
Wow! An all time high. My monthly graph looks just like it should, all going up hill. Last month I had 9147 views. This month it jumped to 11,564 (and the day’s not over yet). In January of 2009 I had 535 views. August of 2009, 5677. More than doubled in a year. Thanks everyone and keep spreading to word!
So Cell Phones Aren’t Evil
We don’t have cell phones. I recently told that to someone and she looked at me very oddly and said, “Oh, you’re the one.” As in, the only one left in the civilized world that doesn’t have a mobile communications leash. We do have a TracPhone that we use when we are on the road. And it came in very handy recently. What brought this up is that my father-in-law had a stroke and passed away last week. In the waiting room everyone was calling their families (he has two brothers and two sisters) and keeping them updated on the status. Much better than one phone on the wall for everyone to use with no long distance. Hopefully in a few days I’ll be back to posting.
My Groovy Retro Pals
Here’s my thanks to the many bloggers that send people my way. I thought I’d return the favor and be sure my readers are all aware of your blogs. I’m a bit odd in the retrosphere (I just made up that word, so now it’s trademarked to me! You have to send a penny each time you use it. Never mind, I hate rolling pennies.). I read comics as a kid, but I didn’t study them or collect them. I’m not into horror, except 1930s-40s Universal movies. Or science fiction, except for the Star Trek TV show, Star Wars (really only the first one, but the first three are worthy), and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Or fantasy, I only watched The Lord of The Rings movies because of my wife, but they are really good and I’m glad I did. I missed out on a lot of TV from my day because we moved to a small town in 1978 and we couldn’t get any reception and my folks wouldn’t get cable more than a few months a year. All that to say I don’t read and comment as widely as I should and I apologize. Anyone else who links to me, thank you, and just leave a note in the comments.
- Gilligan at RetroSpace has far and away sent the most visitors my way. Over twice the 2nd place spot. Of course his is the top retro blog around.
- Next up is Keith at 2nd and 3rd place with Coolness is Timeless and Sugar and Spice. (Actually 2nd place goes to a blog that had a post making fun of Texas, Football and Christianity that linked to my Tom Landry comic book, but they don’t count. Keith is much cooler.)
- Funky Junk Trunk is next.
- C. K. Dexter Haven at Hollywood Dreamland has a great blog on old movies.
- Amy at I Love Retro Thingskeeps us informed of Retro New Zealand.
- The Shelf, amazing they ranked so high seeing as how they post about once a quarter.
- LP Cover Lover is next.
- Dr. Monkey Retro Blog, a great place for vintage scans.
- Rave and Roll 80s music blog send a fair amount also.
- Pop Culture Safari for comic stuff.
- Vintage Child Abuse, what a great name for a blog!
- I also get a fair amount of traffic from the Internet Movie Database. If you do movie reviews, you can add your reviews to the “External Reviews” section on the left hand side of the page for the movie. You have to create an account and then just go in and add your reviews. They check them out so it takes a few days to get on there, but it’s good high-quality traffic and links.
My Wife’s New Blog
This is way off topic, but some of my (probably female) readers may be interested in my wife’s new blog. Exquisite Crochet Dainties at http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/. If you like crochet or doilies, then check her out. Now back to regularly scheduled programing.
Bing Crosby Ice Cream
Valley Farm’s Ice Cream with Bing Crosby on it. Who’d a thunk it. I’m sorry these are blurry, but the Bing Crosby Ice Cream carton is 800 miles away from where I am now. If you Google or Yahoo or Bing(!) Bing Crosby Ice Cream you’ll find a fair amount of pictures. Who knew?
Bronze Cowboy Hat Ashtray
Lassen Hotel, Wichita, Kansas. “Famous for it’s food” which probably includes giant steaks. My dad also has about a hundred of those tire ashtrays also. Things have been super busy around here, but I hope to be posting daily again later this week.
LP Cover Lover
RetroSpace