A New Milestone!

35,000
VISITORS!

It hardly seems real, but we've reached a great new milestone: 35,000 visitors.
In recent weeks visits to this blog have just kept climbing to the point where we are exceeding 3,500 page views per week.
And, we're getting visits from all over the world: North and South America as well as Europe, Africa and Asia.
We thank you all for making us such a success.
We appreciate all the attention.
And we urge you to keep telling your friends, keep linking, keep returning and keep watching this blog.
We promise: You won't be disappointed!

Top Four, Top Drawer!

Through a delightful serendipity Villanova is among the Top Four and so are we.
This website is among the four most influential sites in the region according to BlogNetNews New Jersey.
The other three blogs in the "Final Four" of most influential blogs are Politicker NJ, the Save Jersey blog, and MiddletownMike.
We congratulate the others in the Inner Circle of Influential Blogs and we wish them the best.
And we thank all of you for making us one of the most popular, most clicked, most influential blogs in the region.
Every day and every week and every month more and more people are coming to our blog.
We're gratified and we ask you to keep returning and keep telling your friends!

Kutcher Defends Phelps

Ashton Kutcher is defending Michael Phelps. And Kutcher is also retracting his previous criticism of whoever it was that circulated the Phelps bong picture in the first place

Kutcher posted his defense on his own blog. Here's what Ashton has to say:

I don't smoke marijuana and any statement to the contrary is a lie. I simply feel that Michael Phelps is entitled to his privacy. The kid made a mistake (he is only human) and anyone who has been in the public eye knows the magnification of minor missteps can be blown way out of proportion. Yes he is a role model and a great one at that. But I'm sure that in his lapse of judgment he wasn't thinking, "boy I hope the whole world can see this so that kids everywhere can copy me." And truth be told, if they went out and trained and worked as hard as he has to reach the great heights of success in their careers I wouldn't hammer them about a slip up either. And in kind I would like to retract any negative statement that I made about the kid who published the pic. I'm sure he/she wasn't in a sober head space while taking it or publishing it for that matter (you are the company you keep). I leave perfection to the creator of this great universe and wouldn't assume that duty on any human being.

BTW: That photo that you see above is neither Phelps nor Kutcher. It's Demi Moore bending over in a white bikini. Ashton took the photo and posted it on his Twitter page. Demi's reaction?

"He is such a sneak and while I was steaming his suit too!"

They Prefer Web To Lovers

From Reuters:
German twenty-somethings would ditch their spouses and do without a car in a heartbeat if they had to choose between having them or Internet access or a mobile phone, according to an industry study.
In a survey by German broadband association Bitkom around 84 percent of respondents aged 19-29 said they would rather do without their current partner or an automobile than forego their connection to the Web.
Living without a mobile phone was also unthinkable for 97 percent of those questioned in that age range.
Nevertheless, Bitkom president August-Wilhelm Scheer said on Monday in Hanover that did not mean that "the Web is an anonymous medium that leads to social indifference."
One of the main themes at this year's annual tech trade fair CeBit in Hanover is what the organizers have dubbed "Webciety," short for WorldWideWeb society.
Bitkom said 1,000 people had taken part in the survey, and one in two people said they had made new friends thanks to chat forums and Internet communities. Around 8 percent said they had found a new partner thanks to online relations.
"The Web creates real relationships and does not result in autism and dehumanization," said Scheer, who admitted he gets nervous when he does not have Internet access while on vacation.

Check Out Clog

We like Philadelphia City Paper's The Clog blog and we recommend it to all our readers.
We always find helpful tips, interesting news and bristling commentary at City Paper
We're happy to be added to The Clog's blogroll and we're delighted to add The Clog to our roll. Check out The Clog.

Buck Naked?

We enjoy the Buck Naked Politics blog. It's lively, irreverent and often thought-provoking.
So, we're delighted that Buck Naked has linked to us. And we're happy to link to Buck Naked here at our blog.
May the blogosphere continue to be the source of an endless array of views, comments and observations!