Da-da-da-da-da-da…

Today’s yer birthday…
Da-da-da-da-da-da…

If you’re not over here at his house, downing jello-shots, hogging up his computer, and wondering when the hell the cake is coming…well then apparently, you’re a l-o-s-e-r. :0)

Have a good one buddy!

Yup… that’s your CyberPal, right there with the Editor, Publisher, and Editorial Editor… um, well, basically laughing at the buffoons picketing the Pocono Record. (Story at the Pocono Record site).

At the Pocono Record offices, staffers (from left) Web page designer Eric Brooks, Editor Kim DeBourbon, Publisher Carolynn Allen-Evans, Editorial page Editor Paula Heeschen. David Kidwell /Pocono Record

Actually, we were *all* at the window chuckling at this makeshift parade… supposedly an unknown group of contractors protesting the way the Pocono Record has portrayed the home-building industry in Matt Birkbeck’s Special Report.

Out of the 200 people there (I still say 130-150) there were, maybe, 30 men there, that could pass as contractors. The rest were women, children and dogs (with posterboards taped on their back).

We’re all lined up against the windows, yelling “Hey pal, what’s under the kilt??!!??”, “What? no eggs or tomatoes?”. Photographers David Kidwell and Jason Farmer snapping up pics of the protesters outside.

Well, that’s the front page of today’s Pocono Record. If you can get up here and grab a copy, hurry up, because it’s selling like hotcakes, and the same people holding up signs that say “BOYCOTT POCONO RECORD” are buying up 5 or 6 copies for their friends and family because their names & pictures are in the paper…

Am I the only one who sees the irony in that? :0)

• A big congratz is in order to BOBTHECORGI for hitting the 1,000 visitor mark… in what, a matter of weeks? Holy cow… it took me eight months to do that with my very first site… and that was with me checking on it 20 times a day! (Of course it’s one of those boring stodgy “Let US design your website with our cracksmoking staff”, a la my Schizophenic Website stage… )unlike BOBTHECORGI, which happens to be one of the most entertaining and well-written blogs/journals out there…CONGRATZ BABE!
• In case you missed it last year: Kare has reprinted her now-classic “Mr. Wonderful” rant… (I’m sure you have an ex or two that this post will strike home with…)
• Friendly sex advice from Uncle Bob… Green M&M’s don’t work on virgins. Scientists offer no explanations on this as of yet.
• I’m taking the rest of the summer off… The Tribe called Brooks has a lot of restructuring to do in our lives. Writing to moi@ericbrooks.com is probably a guarantee that you won’t get a response for a couple of months… you can write me at my top-secret work email (if you know it) for a better shot. I’ll probably post sporadically here, but no promises.

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Don’t know when it happened, but sometime early this morning visitor #1,000,000 came strolling in!!!!

Well, whoever you are (you probably don’t know because the counter is invisible through most of the site)… I have a prize for you: One can of TURTLE WAX!!!… yeah bay-bee!!!!!

Special thanks to: Tucows Interactive, Cathie Walker, Mark Connell, George Carlin, Matt Haughey, and the gazillions of friends with portals and personal pages that have linked to me.

A “Thanks for nothing” to the so-called and self-proclaimed “Independent Design Community”… ass-kissing was never my style anyway, and it turns out I didn’t need your clique after all. Losers. :0)

And an EXTRA-SPECIAL thanks to each and every one of you reading this for all your love and support in the past two years. I love each and every one of you, and just want to share a simple little tip for *your* success:

• Know your audience…
• Give ‘em what they want, with no strings attached…
• Always support your friends… that’s where the hits and reciprocal links come from.

Thanks guys,
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PS: Kendra redesigned Structured Ramblings… and it’s ASS-KICKING