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My stats are through the roof for the last couple of days thanks to a post on Metafilter<\/a>. Good to have you. But, I don’t want to pay $5 to register, just to answer the negative comments there. So, I’ll do it here!<\/p>\n

For the record, my site may not predate Lileks<\/a>‘, but it came about at the same time and before I knew of his. It is not a copy. We both started on AOL, and have similar interests. I discovered his site searching for more images by Art Frahm<\/a>, and have been in contact ever since. My site started in the mid-90s.<\/p>\n

Secondly, unlike Lileks’, I have not gone back and reformatted my pages. They are largely just as they were when they were created. I don’t have the large amounts of free time he has, and I would not spend it making my site look all pretty if I did. I am more interested in adding content.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, I am not a professional writer, and I would not compare my snarky commenting to his. He is much better at it. I just say the first thing that comes to mind. It’s not like I am writing books for publishing or anything! Plus, again, that was all written 10 years ago, for the most part.<\/p>\n

Fourth, It’s my site, I can be as snarky as I wanna be. That’s the title of my new rap CD too. “Snarky As I Wanna Be.”<\/p>\n

When you pick up my book for $20, then<\/em> you can be critical as all get out. Don’t be too hard on the free stuff. I bruise. Well, not easily, but, still.<\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah, it’s the internet. Everybody has a voice and they are just commenting and all that stuff. I just think people don’t have the right context for what they are looking at is all. If I did all this stuff this year, it would look very differently and maybe the writing would be better, or not…<\/p>\n

Thanks and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My stats are through the roof for the last couple of days thanks to a post on Metafilter. Good to have you. 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