About 9:10 last night, my Twitter feed started going nuts. Turns out my humble blog got mentioned on The Rachel Maddow Show. Well, she mentioned “Electablog” so I assume that she meant “Eclectablog”. Maybe it’s time for a name change… ; ) It’s at the 6:30 mark: I’m also told my blog was mentioned on the Thom Hartmann show on […]

Me. “Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal to destroy unions,” wrote the liberal Blogging for Michigan Web site.” That was from a blog I cross-posted over at Blogging for Michigan earlier this week. Cool. Full quote: Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal […]

I just wanted to take a minute to thank all my readers. Today at around noon, this blog had its biggest month ever. And it’s only the 18th! The previous highest month was 13 months ago when I did a piece on Rachel Maddow that went totally viral. You’ll notice that traffic spiked that month then petered out over the […]

Last Friday I blogged about an absurd New York Times article that highlighted a Democrat that supports the moronic tea party Congresswoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann. This person chosen was sourced as, I kid you not, “one person on a blog”. Later that day, Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post ran a piece in which he quoted my blog and […]

NOTE: This entry has been updated HERE. I usually enjoy the New York Times, but their latest article about Michelle Obama’s promotion of breastfeeding is absolutely ridiculous. In general, the right-wing outcry against what the First Lady is doing is ludicrous on its own. It should be heralded as such and Michelle Obama’s effort to promote the health of babies […]

As I blogged about before, the pragmati website Blue Wave News was hacked and taken down. Leanne from BWN has this update: No, the site isn’t dead – it’s resting. ;) Seriously, though, we are indeed working on getting back up and running, which should happen very soon. We may not have all the bells and whistles functioning at first, […]

You may have noticed that I have been playing around with ads on Eclectablog lately. I was banned from Google Adsense for some unknown reason so I tried out Chitika and Adbrite. After a month, I’ve earned a grand sum total of $3.45. Woo hoo. So, I’ve pulled them. There’s no point in inflicting useless visual garbage on Eclectablog readers […]

I just wanted to thank everyone again for their support that earned me the Daily Kos “Diarist of the Year” award. For those that missed the show, here’s a rare shot of me receiving my award: Hee, hee! I’m just sayin’…

Um … me. Seriously, I have no idea how this happened but I actually won Diarist of the Year at Daily Kos (basically “Blogger of the Year” for non-Kossacks. Results HERE.) I would like to thank all of you who took the time to vote for me. I’m sitting here enjoying a celebratory martini letting this soak in. Wow. P.S. […]

Our friend Leanne at Blue Water News reports the following: Blue Wave News has experienced a critical failure. It appears that someone hacked into the site and deleted all our content sometime early yesterday morning. Fortunately, we have access to our entire history of posts, but the full restoration will be tedious and time-consuming. In the meantime, we hope to […]

I am in the final round of voting (last nine) for the Daily Kos Diarist of the Year. If you are so inclined, you can vote for me HERE. You do not have to be a member of Daily Kos and if you voted for me in the 1st round, you may vote again. Thanks! I’m just sayin’…