Not that it matters, but when I got up this morning and did a brief look-see at my blog I noticed something strange with the TTLB ranking.
I took a gander at my stats and they were in half. IN HALF. How’d they get cut in HALF overnight?
Of course, I don’t really care, but WHAT HAPPENED?
Last night there had been a few comments left on this post that I deleted. There were a dozen or so of them. They said things like ‘eat sh*t’. I thought they were awfully clever in the way they phrased their displeasure with what I had written. And Lord knows, I believe in free speech. But all the same, I deleted them. It’s my blog and I can.
Did the little not-so-clever commenters delink half my links? Surely if they were smart enough to do that they would have been smart enough to come up with some kind of retort other than, ‘eat sh*t’.
Anyway, I’ve been cut down to half.
Not that it matters.
It really doesn’t, honest it doesn’t. I could care less. My life doesn’t revolve around TTBL rankings and that sort of thing. It just doesn’t matter at all. Not a bit. Really.
So on to good news.
I joined the Hillbilly Ecosystem. Now, I have to say, that is undoubtedly the friendliest group of people I’ve ever met in the blog world. They are just down home and friendly. I’m sure they’re so friendly cause they are thrilled to have me as a member and has nothing to do with the fact that they are all lickered up most of the time.
I was hoping to be a mill manager or a supervisor in the Hillbilly Ecosystem. But now that I’ve been demoted in the TTBL system I may or may not qualify. I really don’t want to be a welfare queen. That was really bad timing to get so many de-links. Maybe N.Z. Bear knew I joined the Hillbilly Ecosystem and is afraid of the competition and that’s why he cut my links in half??? Well, quit looking at me like that - it’s possible!
Not that it matters.
If you go over to the Hillbilly Ecosystem, say ‘hey’ to Lemuel (I affectionately call him Lee Mule. I don’t think he thinks it’s funny, but he hasn’t hit me up side the head with an iron skillet yet).
If ya sign up for the Ecosystem, you get your very own highway sign with only about 10 or so bullet holes in it. Those are right good for target practice - as -  you - know. You also get on his list to get all kinds of messing with from a bunch of heavily armed lickered up hillbillies.
Like Lemuel says, we’re all heavily armed because we’re - well - hillbillies.
Take a fishin pole and baccy and set u’r mind to sat a spell cause he does lack to jabber.
You’ll get to hang with the lacks of some right passable hillbillies. Like Lemuel says, looks like they can read and write pretty good.
That’s the silver lining in the de-linking black cloud.
Now, shoe …..  go on with ya …. I got to go to the dollar general ’n get me some duck tape and see if I caint get this ecosystem thang fixed four it gets any worst.

April 24th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Beth - My links were cut in half last night, too! I was getting used to being a grinnin’ monkey, and now I’m just a fat ol’ mammal. At least it seems I have a lot of company in the demotion department.
April 24th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Lee Mule!!!! You stole my links you dirty dawg!
Carol - I feel your pain! I really do!
Nordish - be nice. You’re gonna need hillbillies and rednecks on your side to fight the terrorists. Trust me on this! Caint nobody fight like a hillbilly AND aint nobody as Patriotic! And that’s the truth!
April 24th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Hehe… no worries Beth I like hillbillies & rednecks!
April 25th, 2006 at 5:10 am
That just seems to be the way TTLB works. This is the third time this has happened to my blog in the 8 months I have been blogging. Mine went from 500 all the way to over 1000 yesterday! (I’m way down there compared to you and your other readers)
April 25th, 2006 at 8:51 am
LOL Nordish - that’s a good thing!
Joan - you DOUBLEd??? You doubled and I halved… there’s something real fishy about that! You sure you didn’t steal my links? You and Lee Mule?
April 27th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
Beth, I have never heard of the Hillbilly ecosystem, but the way you recount your experience was hilarious!
April 27th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Hi Beth!
My ECO stats were in half as well…
But there is something strange with http://bluecrabboulevard.com/ ´s sammenhold blogroll: All his posts appears in my tecnorati-stats…
Have a look at his blogroll. Something must be wrong there…
Only these blogs appear:
A Lady’s Ruminations
Born Again Redneck
Chas’ Compilation
Code Red For Troops
Red Hot Cuppa
Liberty Bell
Mark My Words
Soyooz
Sugiero
Marvin’s Word
Third World County
Regards,
sugiero
April 28th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Thanks Nathan and sugiero - I’ll check it out.