April 01, 2003

let slip the... Okay, I

let slip the...

Okay, I really didn't want to post anything on this, but I'm getting tired of the emails on the subject, so:

Of course, I am aware of blogsofwar.com. blogsofwar.com is run by a guy named John Little, who registered the name "blogs of war" when he started up, thinking that my blog was "dead." (This was during one of the two periods when I took some time off.) Some site listings have listed his url with a description of my blog, and vice versa. That's too bad; it's not my fault, but I'm sorry if it has caused confusion. I have nothing against Mr. Little, but neither do I have anything to do with, nor am I in any way responsible for, anything posted on his site. My only connection with him is that I read his blog from time to time, and that his wife apparently kind of digs me.

The phrase "the Blogs of War" was probably first used by Fred Pruitt, as a header tag in his great blog, Rantburg. As a name, like a lot of puns, it seemed like a good idea at the time, less so as time went on. It's not that great of a name, but it was November of 2001, the dawn of the warblogging era's second generation-- how was I to know I'd still be posting more than a year later? If I ever scrape together the money (unlikely) or the initiative (even less likely) to move off blogspot, I'd choose another one, even if I didn't "have to." (Hey, I just realized that andrewsullivan.tv hasn't been registered yet...)

So go on over to his site-- lots of pictures, breaking news, etc. Very different from this one. As I used to say in interviews when questioned about Green Day, Lord knows he gets more hits than me. But I'm not in it for the hits; I like the solipsism for its own sake. Enjoy, and send me email about something else.

Posted by Dr. Frank at April 1, 2003 01:38 PM | TrackBack