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Happy Birthday Swinery! (The name of the site was officially changed from The Swinery to The Cesspool on 2/16/07) Well here it is one month to the day that The Swinery officially opened. So many memories. I count the day we opened as the day the first article was uploaded. Originally I wasn’t planning on officially opening the page until September 1st but that all changed. I remember the frustrations of accidentally signing up for the Linux hosting package and wondering why nothing worked. I remember having to redesign the site multiple times because of that. I remember the short lived video section and my inability to make up my mind about the forum feature. I remember spending countless minutes writing articles and designing the web layout when I should have been studying. Only an idiot would take on such an ordeal while taking two college summer courses and working. But hey I’m a go getter. The semester is over and The Swinery has a small but what appears to be loyal fan base. I personally want to thank all 7 of you. It is for you and for you alone that I write this semi-coherent babble. At first I was getting 1 or 2 hits a day, mostly from friends and family that I forced to check out my site. Then one day I was checking out my statistics and noticed that I had over a thousand visitors that day. Perplexed, I had to know why the sudden surge. I tracked the incoming traffic to leenks.com and quickly noticed that they had posted a link to what I considered my dumbest article, The Pink Conspiracy. I wrote this article in about 3 minutes one day after I got home from school (yes I was taking an algebra class, and yes I passed it with a B, but I still have no idea what I learned). I want to take a moment and send a shout out the folks at leenks.com for believing in an angry ol’ ass hole like me. I am sure that most of you reading this article found my site this way. If you didn’t I would love to hear from you explaining how you found out about it. I have spent no money (other than the 250 stickers I had made) promoting the site and I will not spend any. It is my hope that my writings will speak for themselves and that you will help spread the word. So now a month and over 3000 visitors later I sit content that a few have remained to play. To you I say thank you. I have an offer to make to all of you. As my first and loyal readers I would like to reward you in The Swinery Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is simply a list of the first 100 loyal readers. It will simply be a list of names (or nick names) along with a web site if you have one or a quick quote. This list is static and will never change. Once the 100 slots are filled no more will be added. All slots will be on a first come first serve basis. All you need to do is send me an e-mail stating you want to be added to the list and I will add you. Please include all of the following information and send it to me. 1.) Name or Nickname 2.) Web site address if you have one 3.) Quote about The Swinery 4.) Picture if you want one posted 5.) How you learned about The Swinery All information must be complete or I will not post it. All information is subject to editing. I will e-mail you a proof before I post. Once it has been posted I will not change it so please send complete information. This is my way of rewarding my early readers. It might not mean a whole lot now, but as traffic picks up it could mean a whole lot if you have a web site or want future bragging rights. So all in all the first month has been a success. I personally want to thank all of you that have supported me and my mission. If you like what you have experienced so far then please spread the word. Below I have included a few frequently asked questions from this past month. 1.) Why does your site look so gay?
Well aside from the fact that you’re an idiot, the layout is about the
furthest thing from my mind. The purpose of this site is the text.
If you are focusing on anything other than the text you are missing
the entire point. I spent a total of 20 minutes designing the
graphics on the home page and that’s all the work I will put into
it. If you think it looks gay then don’t come back.
She agrees with most everything I write about as should you if you know
what’s good for you.
-= Bagoda =- |