Monday, July 13, 2009

Where Have All the Comments Gone?


Where Have All the Comments Gone
is sung to the tune of Where Have All the Flowers Gone
words by Eddie Eddings music by Pete Seeger
performed by The Four Calvinists plus One
recorded in the basement of the First Church of the Third Degree


Where have all the comments gone?
Long time posting
Where have all the comments gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the comments gone?
Maybe now they'll comment some
When will they ever write
On this dysfunc-tional site?

Where have all the bloggers gone?
Long time posting
Where have all the bloggers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the bloggers gone?
They're visiting relatives every one
Do you think someone will write
Before the clock hands strike mid-night?

18 comments:

  1. Hi Eddie. I guess I oughta comment. This comes to you from a volcanic rock island in the middle of the North Atlantic, inhabited by mostly sheep, horses and puffins, with the occasional visit by a polar bear (hey, would you visit a place often where you were shot on sight?)And you can eat sheep, horses and puffins, too (polar bears just get stuffed). I enjoy visiting here (I don't get shot or stuffed), and thought you would especially appreciate today to know that you have a reader way up at the end of the world. Bless from Iceland!

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  2. Does this mean I get a toaster now?

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  3. Hey Eddie,

    I just discovered your blog, sang the song out loud, all of it and am commenting here before even reading any of your other posts.

    Could you do me a favor and visit my blog and leave a comment? It would really give my self esteem a boost.; )

    (Wait a minute. I'm a Calvinist. I'm not supposed to have any self esteem.)

    Okay, now I will take a look, and see what else you have here.

    Craig Boyd

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  4. What happened to the crazy guy in the picture with the bear? I'm thinking "bear twinkie"

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  5. Okay, I liked what I saw, you've got another follower.

    This deal about supplying captions is right down my alley. I've been known to do some creative editing on the morning newspaper before taking it down to my wife. And you should see the Watchtower and Awake mags that I have improved upon.

    Craig Boyd

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  6. Don't mistake comment volume for viewers.

    A week ago I added you to my blogroll

    Your Alexa site rank was somewhere less than 2,029,407th at the time.

    Your one week Alexa site rank is now 904,845th, which means your rank for a month before the blogroll addition was even lower than 2,029,407th.

    People are looking at your site. The vast majority of ranking sites have a much greater component of non commenting viewers, than commenting.

    You're moving up in the world.

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  7. I will answer all your comments one at a time so it will tally up more.

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  8. Thanks chopstickschan! First comment from Iceland! (I hear it would have been better, descriptively, if Iceland and Greenland switched names)...the toaster drawing was last night. I put everyone's name in a hat and drew out the winner. The winner's name is "size 7".

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  9. stranger.strange.land, I have viewed your site and also like what i see. I have added you to my blog roll and will make a comment later. I have no computer at home any more...and have to use breaks and lunch to do what i is doin'

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  10. Ellery, I am not sure of the identity of the man in the photo...and it's too late to pray for him (at least in that situation). Always am glad to hear from you!

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  11. to The Pharisee,
    Thanks for your encouraging comment! I have no idea what Alexa is or how it rules cyber-space. I really appreciate the stats!

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  12. Angus, your comments always make me laugh. Take my advice and make yourself a Sacred Sandwich and have a bottle of Soda Scriptura to wash it down!

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  13. Eddie,

    I've learned a lot in the last three years, but mostly in the last year. Alexa is a function of Amazon.com and is the most public, widely used, approximately accurate and fair methodology for determining your relative position in the world of public internet sites.

    You at Alexa.

    Moi at Alexa.

    The lower your number, the more people view your site. Google for instance, is number one.

    Their rankings are a rough function of original viewers and time spent on site. They extrapolate their data no doubt, from information picked up those lint traps known as cookies.

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  14. I'm beginning to think these toaster drawings are rigged! Rigged, I tell you! If it's not size 7, it's size 8, or 7 1/2 or even 9! It's a conspiracy! They're all in it together! And what on earth are they doing with all those toasters, huh? Tell me that! World domination, that's what it is! Beware, all of you! Do you know for sure where YOUR toaster came from...

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  15. I recognize Timothy Tredwell as the man in the photo with the bear, and we know what happened to him.. he mocked God and he ended up getting eaten by a bear. Not a cartoon, that's for sure..

    anyway, just adding to the comments since you were concerned where they all have gone..

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