I am Overwhelmed with Your Attention

I am also overwhelmed with the politeness and innate sense of fair play present in the corner of the blogging community that I seem to have stumbled upon. As my repertoire of blogs that I read regularly expands, I've taken to unceremoniously linking to them in my links section. (In case you're wondering, I'm an avid - though relatively new - Gawker reader, hence my fairly predictable list.)

I think you can see which day was yesterday.

Yes, the traffic increase was a big deal for my itty-bitty newbie blog.

Much to my surprise, two of the popular blogs belonging to people that I don't know linked back to me - on the same day, no less. A sincere thank you to This is What We Do Now and Things That Make you Go "Hmm." I have added Technorati to my site to make sure that I can pay it forward to anyone else who links to me. (UPDATE: Logged Hours seems to have added me today.)

So without further ado, new readers - welcome, even if you never visit again! If you are interested in learning a little more about this blog without reading my piddley month and a half archives, please direct your attention to my About This Blog, which is also my first entry. Having just reread it for the first time in about a month, I feel that I should add that, like many bloggers, I was encouraged (read: forced) by my friends to start this blog so that I would stop sending them zillions of funny (read: annoying) emails every day.

And now, a long-overdue -

FAQ:

Who the heck are you, and why should I care?
No one, and you shouldn't - but that never stopped me before. Honestly, I think my Blogger

Profile answers this question sufficiently.

Lame.
Fine. I graduated from an arguably decent college in "Boston" in June of 2005, found gainful employment in November, and moved to Manhattan from the far-off land of my youth, Westchester, in January. I like penguins, bread, and stealing street signs.

Oh my God don't care. What are you thinking about right now?
The giant hibachi grille in the middle of Times Square this morning, in honor of the "Salute to Steak." I strongly endorse salutes to any and all food products, particularly if they occur during my commute.

Did you ever try those beverages?
Yes! I did try them and I'm so glad you asked. In fact, I have tried all of them.

The Starbucks blackberry green tea frappuccino was divine, though it was essentially the same as green tea ice cream.

The City Bakery hot chocolate functioned as a diet shake, as I was not hungry for the rest of the day.

Mud Truck coffee was good, but honestly, no better than any other "good" coffee I've had in the City. My favorite coffee in New York remains that of Tarallucci e Vino, both for its proximity to my domicile and the attractiveness of the pseudo-Italian waiters. Oh, also the coffee is amazingly good and cheap. And they have super-cool disposable cups with twisty tops.

I'll stop writing instead of trying to explain this.

Should Ben close down his blog?
No. And I'll fight him tooth and nail about this. More on this in the next week.

(Heh.)

Wait, you're at the end of this entry already? But I have more questions!
Comment or email me. Whatever suits your fancy.