Blog, Blog, Blog

I'm blogging again today, not because I have anything to say really, just because I have to. I got the lowdown from our blogging boss the other day. This is a picture of Riley Garnett our Internet guru. He gave us a breakdown in a tersely worded, sternly focused email this week. In it he had a breakdown on who's winning in the blogging sweepstakes here at the station. I looked over the information and came away with some key findings.

Part of Roscoe Garland's email detailed how many blogs there are out there. I was stunned to see Rocky Garbands stats. He states there are now 70 million blogs out there. So I came away with these thoughts.

1. What on earth are these 70 million people saying?

2. Who cares what they are saying?

3. Who is reading this stuff?

4. How did you find time to read my blog when there are close to 70 million bloggers just begging for readers like you?

5. Is Ronnie Garbinny lying? (Okay by now hopefully you have keyed into the fact that I keep changing the name of our Internet guru. It's actually Rick Garner, but I have never gotten his name right in any of my earlier blogs. It's a source of irritation for him, but it provides me a great deal of joy. By the way no one has ever taken a picture of him here at the station, but the image above is a perfect likeness.)

So let's get deeper into the numbers shall we.

Dave Statter has the blog with the biggest numbers. If you haven't checked out his blog, it's sort of like watching an Irwin Allen movie. Irwin was known as the Master of Disaster. Remember "Tower of Inferno." Well that's Statters blog. You'll find lots and lots of fires. More than a half million people read his blogs in 2007. That means one of two things, there are a lot of pyro maniacs out there and they've found our website, or firefighters can't begin their day without oatmeal and Statter.

Kim Martucci comes in second. Now if you've ever read her blog then you know it's well, it's, it's unique. It's easy to see why Kim came in second. Every day on the air she pleads with viewers "Read my Blog!" When she leaves work she drives around in her Prius criss crossing our region with a bull horn bellowing "Read my blog I'm Kim Martucci.'

I came in 7th in the tally. So you are not alone. More than 10 thousand people found time to read my blog. I thank each and every one of you. I ended up barely edging out the newsroom rat who had a delightful entry on how he chased J. C. around the newsroom one day. Bret Haber also was nipping away at me. By the way his last blog entry was posted in 1987.

But the most important feature of Rolondo Gommickinickees note was this:

BLOG AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN A 7 DAY WEEK. If you aren't doing that, let's delete your blog. You're doing no one a favor.

I saw the rat smiling at me as I made my way to the set this morning and I'll be angry if his blog stays and mine goes. So take it to the bank, I'm writing at least three times a week! So keep reading.