A Cult of Multiple Personalities
From the category archives:
If you find yourself in Memphis this July you will have entered into the classic good news / bad news situation.
The bad news is that it is so hideously, fiendishly hot here now, that your primary mode of transportation will be to swim from place to place in a pool of your own sweat.
The good [...]
{ 10 comments }
Just a reminder/notification/random-particle-of-information that I have a new column up at MemphisConnect.
If you ever wanted to know why there is a church and drug store on every corner in Memphis the answers is there.
Even if you don’t want to know, the answers is still there.
And by there, I mean here: Ask Brent.
Happy Wednesday
{ 0 comments }
Just a reminder that time is running out to vote in our captivating caption contest.
Five lucky contestants are still battling it out for ultimate caption supremacy and their fates lie in your hands…or more specifically, your mouse.
Let me also remind you that I’m still at it over at MemphisConnect with my weekly humor column Ask [...]
{ 4 comments }
The exciting news that I referred to in the last post is that I have started a brand spanking new blog for MemphisConnect.com.
The name of this fine fountain of noteworthy knowledge is Ask Brent and there I expound upon the many social and cultural mysteries of Memphis…
{ 2 comments }
Hello everyone, this is Brent and I will be your author today.
I know it’s been a long time since I have posted here but I did promise to take a break after all, and what kind of role model would I be to the next generation of impressionable young bloggers if I lied to my entire readership such an egregious fashion?
You see I take my responsibilities very seriously.
And if those responsibilities just happen to include lazing about house nonproductively, that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make for you, the reading public…
{ 49 comments }
Nofollow Again
by Brent on January 25, 2009
in Satire, Uncategorized
Fifteen months ago, in an attempt to reward those individuals displaying the taste and distinction to comment upon this site, I converted the Ominous Comma to a Dofollow blog.
Simply put, this means that every comment upon this site would add a small but cumulative addition to the originating site’s google ranking, allowing them to leverage their site’s visibility in the search results one comment a time.
Sadly, all this had done is inspire a host of nearly-random comments…
{ 19 comments }