When pigs fly

I think TTLB has it in for me. Every time the Bear changes his algorithms, I get knocked down in the ecosystem. A few months ago when there was the big brouhaha over people gaming the system with linkfests, I got knocked down from marsupial at Last One Speaks and from an adorable rodent here at The Imp and I didn't try to game the system.

I don't even track my links but I feel certain I wasn't massively delinked anywhere. The ratings change for no apparent reason that I can see. It seems a little weird that at a time I know a lot of new blogs just linked to me, that I'm knocked back down to reptile this week. I don't care so much about the ranking, but it's annoying and I can't help but note that when the right wing blogs get raised, the little lefties like me seem to get knocked down. But no matter. I don't blog for ratings.

Posting has been light for the last couple of weeks for a number of reasons but I'm getting back on track and hope to resume my usual volume by tomorrow. To entertain you in the meantime, I just received this in my email.

As President Bush gets off the helicopter in front of the White House, he is carrying a baby pig under each arm. The Marine guard snaps to attention, salutes, and says: "Nice pigs, sir."

The President replies: "These are not pigs, these are authenticTexan Razorback Hogs. I got one for Vice-President Cheney, and I got one for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld."

The Marine again snaps to attention, salutes, and says, "Nice trade, sir.

It made me laugh.