BLOG MENTIONS RULE!

Please excuse me for a moment as I bask in the glow of a quick blog mention. It was a quiet Sunday night; I was simmering in the warm happiness of another Saints victory (take that, Philly!) and catching up on a little TiVo viewing. Upon finishing up an episode of Boston Legal, I decided to check out the numbers on this blog. I diligently track the flow of visitors to this site, not that there are that many - I average about 150-200 a day and that number can fluctuate greatly depending on how much time I spend pimping it in various comments sections around the lefty blogosphere. So tonight, given that I traveled much of the weekend and didn't devote as much time as I usually do to blogging, I was expecting to take note of a light trickle of visitors.
Lo and behold, at the 4pm hour, the numbers really started to jump. I figured that I had screwed up an earlier tally, but upon further review, the numbers were correct - I had gotten a major spike in visitors. Why? I did a little checking and I found that most of the referrals were from Crooks and Liars, a site I visit probably ten times a day as it's one of my favorites. I began to put two and two together and hoped beyond hope that I had gotten quoted by the esteemed John Amato (who runs C&L). Alas, that was not the case, but I did get a mention in the "Blog Round-Up" section that appears frequently. I was under the heading, "Off the Beaten Path," which just about describes this joint to a tee.
Still, it's always nice to have visitors and readers. The worst thing for a writer is to not have your stuff being read, so I'm greatly appreciative that Mr. Amato happened upon my site and decided to give me a mention.

Here's the link to the actual mention. You can see a sceencap here if you are so inclined.