Comments on: Happy Birthday!!!! http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/ Your Daily Source for Half-Baked Crap Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:59:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213443 brianS Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:40:18 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213443 bunted!! bunted!!

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213299 SBG Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:05:28 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213299 Yep that's six of one, 600 pounds of another. Yep that's six of one, 600 pounds of another.

]]> By: sean http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213288 sean Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:32:08 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213288 I'm not sure his old one would be an improvement. I'm not sure his old one would be an improvement.

]]> By: CarterHayes http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213287 CarterHayes Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:29:29 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213287 Heck, in eight more months the WGOM will have exceeded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(magazine)" rel="nofollow"><em>George</em>'s</a> lifespan. Heck, in eight more months the WGOM will have exceeded George's lifespan.

]]> By: Moss http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213286 Moss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:21:30 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213286 Waitress: "How's the fruit fly tasting?" SBG: "Is it eating? I thought it was already stuffed." Waitress: "How's the fruit fly tasting?"

SBG: "Is it eating? I thought it was already stuffed."

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213284 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:15:57 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213284 You know what they say, "The first lustrum is the hardest." Or is it the <em>next</em> lustrum? I'm not sure. You know what they say, "The first lustrum is the hardest." Or is it the next lustrum? I'm not sure.

]]> By: CarterHayes http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213283 CarterHayes Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:14:55 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213283 It's always great to see him over here, but let's get Aaron to fix his avatar. It's really disconcerting to see his name beneath that mug. It's always great to see him over here, but let's get Aaron to fix his avatar. It's really disconcerting to see his name beneath that mug.

]]> By: twayn http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213278 twayn Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:55:14 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213278 Congratulations on your first lustrum, SBG! <img src="http://www.spacepimping.com/graphics/myspace-happy-birthday-graphics/HappyBirthday62.jpg" alt="" /> Congratulations on your first lustrum, SBG!

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213265 Rhubarb_Runner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:51:53 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213265 <img src="http://www.marketersstudio.com/images/2007/10/24/birthday_greetings_oct_07.jpg" alt="" /> not sure where blog comment section is, but Happy Birthday, WGOM

not sure where blog comment section is, but Happy Birthday, WGOM

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213254 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:04:54 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213254 I think that I had a stuffed fruit fly at Good Fellows once. Not saying the portion sizes were small there, but... I think that I had a stuffed fruit fly at Good Fellows once. Not saying the portion sizes were small there, but...

]]> By: UncleWalt http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213250 UncleWalt Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:58:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213250 Seconded. Seconded.

]]> By: Moss http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213248 Moss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:55:31 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213248 Boss, you should be proud of this labor of love! Who ever thought that procrastination could ever bear such fruit? Boss, you should be proud of this labor of love! Who ever thought that procrastination could ever bear such fruit?

]]> By: Moss http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213246 Moss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:53:44 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213246 Most blogs also have about as much meat as a fruitfly. Most blogs also have about as much meat as a fruitfly.

]]> By: FirstTimeLongTime http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213239 FirstTimeLongTime Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:41:03 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213239 Congrats, Boss. Congrats, Boss.

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213236 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:26 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213236 Thanks, buddy! I'm always glad when you stop by. Thanks, buddy! I'm always glad when you stop by.

]]> By: spookymilk http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213235 spookymilk Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:10:28 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213235 Dude, I swear we're not turning on you, it's your comments section that's getting tough to stomach. Well, for me, anyway. I guess I can't speak for everyone. Dude, I swear we're not turning on you, it's your comments section that's getting tough to stomach. Well, for me, anyway. I guess I can't speak for everyone.

]]> By: Aaron Gleeman http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213234 Aaron Gleeman Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:07:02 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213234 Congrats, SBG! As for blog lifespans, I would bet quite a bit that you're in the 99th percentile. Hell, you're probably in the 95th percentile even among Twins blogs. Our little group has had a ton of long-running sites for whatever reason, but there are still dozens that never made it past a couple months. Expand that to the entire blogging world and my guess is that you're probably more like 99.9th percentile. Anyway, I just wanted to say congrats. This site has always had my favorite comments section, much to my site's chagrin (and despite a few of you guys turning on me recently!). Keep up the good work. One day maybe I'll get a life and you'll move up one spot on the tenure list. Congrats, SBG!

As for blog lifespans, I would bet quite a bit that you're in the 99th percentile. Hell, you're probably in the 95th percentile even among Twins blogs. Our little group has had a ton of long-running sites for whatever reason, but there are still dozens that never made it past a couple months. Expand that to the entire blogging world and my guess is that you're probably more like 99.9th percentile.

Anyway, I just wanted to say congrats. This site has always had my favorite comments section, much to my site's chagrin (and despite a few of you guys turning on me recently!). Keep up the good work. One day maybe I'll get a life and you'll move up one spot on the tenure list.

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213230 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:55:44 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213230 Okay, here's <a href="http://www.caslon.com.au/weblogprofile1.htm" rel="nofollow">some information </a>on the topic (from September 2008): <blockquote> Several studies indicate that most blogs are abandoned soon after creation (with 60% to 80% abandoned within one month, depending on whose figures you choose to believe) and that few are regularly updated. The 'average blog' thus has the lifespan of a fruitfly. One cruel reader of this page commented that the average blog also has the intelligence of a fly. The Perseus report noted above indicates that 66.0% of surveyed blogs had not been updated in two months, "representing 2.72 million blogs that have been either permanently or temporarily abandoned". Jeffrey Henning of Perseus sniffed that <blockquote>Apparently the blog-hosting services have made it so easy to create a blog that many tire-kickers feel no commitment to continuing the blog they initiate. In fact, 1.09 million blogs were one-day wonders, with no postings on subsequent days.</blockquote> Perseus claimed that the average duration of the remaining 1.63 million abandoned blogs was 126 days, with some 132,000 blogs being abandoned after a year or more. The oldest abandoned blog surveyed had been maintained for 923 days. </blockquote> So, at the time of the article, fully 2/3 of all blogs ever created were abandoned. The longest running of those was 923 days, which is less than three years. The average length of those that survived more than a day was 126 days, or four months. Bottom line, if you look at the entire universe of blogs, this one has been a long runner, easily in the 95th percentile. Okay, here's some information on the topic (from September 2008):

Several studies indicate that most blogs are abandoned soon after creation (with 60% to 80% abandoned within one month, depending on whose figures you choose to believe) and that few are regularly updated.

The 'average blog' thus has the lifespan of a fruitfly. One cruel reader of this page commented that the average blog also has the intelligence of a fly.

The Perseus report noted above indicates that 66.0% of surveyed blogs had not been updated in two months, "representing 2.72 million blogs that have been either permanently or temporarily abandoned".

Jeffrey Henning of Perseus sniffed that

Apparently the blog-hosting services have made it so easy to create a blog that many tire-kickers feel no commitment to continuing the blog they initiate. In fact, 1.09 million blogs were one-day wonders, with no postings on subsequent days.

Perseus claimed that the average duration of the remaining 1.63 million abandoned blogs was 126 days, with some 132,000 blogs being abandoned after a year or more. The oldest abandoned blog surveyed had been maintained for 923 days.

So, at the time of the article, fully 2/3 of all blogs ever created were abandoned. The longest running of those was 923 days, which is less than three years. The average length of those that survived more than a day was 126 days, or four months. Bottom line, if you look at the entire universe of blogs, this one has been a long runner, easily in the 95th percentile.

]]> By: ubelmann http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213228 ubelmann Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:48:13 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213228 Yeah, considering how many blogs die after a week or so, you're probably more like the 99th percentile. It seems like it's easy to get a skewed perception of the typical blog lifespan since the ones that are most often visited are (naturally) the ones that have been around for a while. Yeah, considering how many blogs die after a week or so, you're probably more like the 99th percentile. It seems like it's easy to get a skewed perception of the typical blog lifespan since the ones that are most often visited are (naturally) the ones that have been around for a while.

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213226 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:45:10 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213226 Well, I would say that it's absolutely in the 95th percentile. Most blogs die in the first month. Very few last to a year. A lot of the famous ones, of course, last a long time. Of course, in the Twins blogosphere, there are two monsters Aaron and Seth, that were around when I started and are still around. Twins Geek hasn't been continuous and he's been around different spots. I don't know of any other Twins blogs that have been around as long as this one. Well, I would say that it's absolutely in the 95th percentile. Most blogs die in the first month. Very few last to a year. A lot of the famous ones, of course, last a long time. Of course, in the Twins blogosphere, there are two monsters Aaron and Seth, that were around when I started and are still around. Twins Geek hasn't been continuous and he's been around different spots. I don't know of any other Twins blogs that have been around as long as this one.

]]> By: Big Mak http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213224 Big Mak Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:43:38 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213224 Happy Birthday WGOM! Here's to many more. Happy Birthday WGOM! Here's to many more.

]]> By: ubelmann http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213223 ubelmann Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:39:49 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213223 5 years seems pretty impressive for a blog. What percentile do you suppose the WGOM falls in for blongevity? 5 years seems pretty impressive for a blog. What percentile do you suppose the WGOM falls in for blongevity?

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213219 Rhubarb_Runner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:35:18 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213219 "You can say dat again, two times." "You can say dat again, two times."

]]> By: UncleWalt http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213192 UncleWalt Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:04:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213192 Happy birthday to the WGOM, Boss. Happy birthday to the WGOM, Boss.

]]> By: Beau http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213186 Beau Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:19 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213186 Con-grat-u-lay-shuns! <img src="http://images.buddytv.com/usrimages/usr83/83_johnny5.jpg" alt="" /> Con-grat-u-lay-shuns!

]]> By: Jeff A http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213173 Jeff A Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:43:58 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213173 Happy birthday! This is such a wonderful site. Thanks, SBG. Happy birthday! This is such a wonderful site. Thanks, SBG.

]]> By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213167 brianS Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:37 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213167 <img src="http://z.hubpages.com/u/972372_f520.jpg" alt="" />

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213160 SBG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:26:57 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213160 Gonna hold it back... still producing "Bill Callahans". Gonna hold it back... still producing "Bill Callahans".

]]> By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213156 brianS Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:10:45 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213156 Will the WGOM start kindergarten this fall, or are you gonna home-school? Will the WGOM start kindergarten this fall, or are you gonna home-school?

]]> By: rob http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213149 rob Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:33:44 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213149 <img src="http://www.followsteph.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/5-year-birthday-cake.jpg" alt="Happy Birthday!" /> Happy Birthday!

]]> By: AMR http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213147 AMR Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:53:53 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213147 "You're the Birthday, You're the Birthday, You're the Birthday Boy Or Girl" Or website. Happy birthday to the WGOM! "You're the Birthday, You're the Birthday, You're the Birthday Boy Or Girl"
Or website. Happy birthday to the WGOM!

]]> By: Algonad http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213145 Algonad Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:50:03 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213145 Happy birthday! We should all go to Friday's for lunch today. I love it when they sing happy birthday there!! Happy birthday!

We should all go to Friday's for lunch today. I love it when they sing happy birthday there!!

]]> By: davidwatts http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213137 davidwatts Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:31:15 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2009/07/17/happy-birrthday/#comment-213137 <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/glNjsOHiBYs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/glNjsOHiBYs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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