August 4th, 1997 (just 10 years and one month late)

The Idea of Progress can best be compared to Skynet from The Terminator. Do you remember Skynet? It was the computer system that destroyed the world. The military spent a lot of time and money getting the thing to work, and when they turned it on, it quickly gained so much power that it decided to destroy the world.

I don't want to destroy the world. The world is where all of the pretty girls live.

But I bring this up, because The Idea of Progress is becoming more powerful than any of us could have imagined. Yes, it's happened.

I've been linked to.

Not by one of my fellow bloggers, but by the Isthmus, an alternative weekly paper from Madison, WI. It ain't the New York Times, but I'll take it.

In my eyes, they are.

The Idea Of Progress Shares Its Newfound Celebrity

Have I mentioned that an article of mine was linked to a fine blog named Adventures In himself Self Loathing? I did? I just wanted to make sure. This was the first time I've been linked to outside of a blogroll (some fine blogs, such as Save Your Generation, have included me there for decades (or weeks, depending on how far from the sun you are located).

I thought I'd return the favor by mentioning some fine entries I have been privileged to read.

-Speaking of Save Your Generation, a lovely post was written by Pistols at Dawn about the most popular searches that lead to his site, which this week was "Giving herpes to my wife." If you'd like to know more about this, perhaps you should visit.

-I would like to draw your attention to a blog Jesus Christ himself might have penned, if he was only more handsome and lived in St. Charles, the mighty Grant Miller Media. You should do yourself a favor and read his incisive commentary into why Huggies CleanTeam Soap proved far more useful than even its developers could have envisioned.

-A difficult blog name to spell: Weltanschau*ng. Difficult words in this post to spell: quinoa, tzatziki, cacık.

-RocketRadio has pictures of Britney Spears wearing no pants, and David Hasselhoff wearing a thong and a leather jacket. I'm sure it's a great article, but those two images prevented me from focusing on anything else. I know something about pants. Or lack of pants.

-McGone over at The International House of Blogcakes wants to make love to Paul Rudd. I think.

-Cipher Theory wants to tell you all about Ben Stein's new movie. I'll give you a hint. Kirk Cameron, Billy Graham, Grant Miller* and George W. Bush could all watch it and be happy.


*not because he's religious, but because he is a huge Growing Pains fan

The First Official Link

The Idea Of Progress has been linked in someone else's blog (visit the excellent Adventures In Self Loathing for more details. Did I mention it was an excellent blog with impeccable taste? Because it is). And so I'm replying with a link to that link. And you know why? Because the Idea Of Progress loooooves publicity.

A link that links to me. Now that's meta.