kung fu grippe

Luckily, our own Jim Cramer’s here to lend today’s developments a much needed dose of sanity and perspective. And, when we return, Chriss Angel, Dr. Phil, and Flavor Flav join host, Corey Feldman, for a lively discussion of macroeconomics, fluid dynamics, plus 11 surprising new places where hot chicks tell us they love to tan.

Here’s some totally choppy video of a dude named “Marilyn,” talking about How to Blog.

Hint: Van Hœt cameo at 32:07.

Look at me streaming!

TL;DW? Here’s everything that I know about blogging in one slide:

I like this talk. It felt great to do. I think it might be my secret love letter to Gruber, David Simon, and my boys on YLNT; they each make me want to be better.

Added 2008-09-15 04:13:54 EDT

Here’s my slide deck for this (cleaned up a little).

To determine within 75% confidence whether you were incredibly frustrated at the time you named a document, project, setting, or client file: check whether the name you chose begins with the adjective, “Fucking.”

Multiplied By

Not sure what this is yet. Just something I’m playing with.

HOWTO: 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility!

Also there’s this.

John Gruber (DaringFireball.net) and Merlin Mann (43Folders.com) discuss the current state of blogging as a medium for creative expression, weighing the opportunities and challenges of building a thoughtful online presence in a world where everybody owns a printing press. They’ll consider the ascendance of Digg-friendly “problogs” and debate the subtler pleasures of careful writing that reaches smaller, but potentially less “profitable” audiences.

“Reblogging” sounds like the cause-of-death for a sorority girl who shotgunned 21 straight cans of blog.

Every idea Mad or I have had so far seems to involve Ellie having a beard.

I’m thinking this must be instructive. But I’m not sure of what.

I’ll just say that once you have a clear mental image of a one-year-old baby with a realistic-looking beard, it is extremely hard to shake.

As Letterman used to say, I don’t have a joke here; I just love saying “Edward Bastard.”