I can be accused of many things. But being accused of not listening to what people say, is not one of them.

Someone over at Freedom’s Phoenix complained about the fact that this Blog had too many ads. At first, I dismissed it.

But after thinking about it, I had to admit, he was kinda right.

So, I’ve made some changes, I’ve gotten rid of some ads. Actually, I have gotten rid of a ton of them.

Only Advertisements left are BlogAds, which pay me, when someone wants to run an ad here. Which is a nice service.

The only others now are AdToll, Adsense, Adbrite and Project Wonderful which is an Ad bid system.

Gone are the ads from Commission Junction and Linkshare, which were pay per action ads, that were not paying me a dime.

Hopefully this improves the expereince of those coming from Freedom’s Phoenix. I mean, I have to make some money at this. Capitalism is America, after all.

I did have another posting on here, basically giving quite a long story about why I’m asking for donations.

Well, some smart-mouthed person, who seems to think that she’s “God’s appointed” judge and jury of people like me, left a rather nasty comment. Needless to say, she got told what I thought of her and her attitude.

Anyhow, I’ll spare you the story and just say it.

I could use some donations. There are 3 options on the left and one on the right. Use them liberally. You can also take out ads on BlogAds. 9 slots are available, per side. My rates are cheap. I also have adspace available via adtoll, adbrite and adsense.

Thanks.

-Pat

Last week:

Hits: 5077
Hosts: 3232
Visitors: 3490
Sessions: 3790

Not bad for someone who was averaging less than 200 hits per week just a few weeks ago. 😀

These are from Site Meter and since I installed the new counter. I must say, I am quite amazed. 😀

Visits

Total …………………… 1,679
Average per Day ……………. 331
Average Visit Length ………. 1:30
This Week ……………….. 1,653

Page Views

Total …………………… 2,228
Average per Day ……………. 439
Average per Visit ………….. 1.3
This Week ……………….. 2,195

Wow. Just….Wow. 😀

I’m beat. See you all when I arise from my slumber.

Hits:     2677
Hosts:    1629
Visitors: 1740
Sessions: 1894

Those come via GeoStats.com

A big thank you to Mike Hendrix at Cold Fury and  to the gents over at Q And O Magazine for adding me to thier Blogrolls.  It is nice to see the jump in traffic here. Whether everyone is reading what I write is another story. But just the same, I thank you both! 😀

I am about to sign off here and hit the rack (or in english, go to bed :P) So, if this blog doesn’t update till some time in the afternoon, that’s why.

I drank waaaaay too much coffee today. 😮

If you happen to notice changes to the looks. It’s because I’m fiddin’ around with the new theme. I want to look a bit different then default.

So, The header photo will be changing as will be colors.

Anyhow… Enjoy the weekend.

Your Host,

-Pat

“He changed the damned look again!?!?!”

Well, hey it is my blog after all. 😛

The old theme or template was nice, but there were a couple of thingamabobs that didn’t work with this version of wordpress; which will work with this one.

Plus, this one is much wider, more real estate to the edges of the screen, it looks better on my laptop. 😀

Plus the old one was too, uhm, Red? I’m a Conservative-minded person, but the color is associated with Republicans and Republicanism (is that even a word??) I’m a bit more independent than that.

Anyhow, this theme has a crap-load of stuff that can be configured, I mean who ever did this theme went whole hog. (So to speak…)

Anyhow, hope you like my new look. 😀