A Look Into The Life Of A Blogger

My friend, Billiam, was recently off for a long stretch as he recovered from some work-related health issues.

Having too much time on his hands and an abnormal fascination with duct tape can lead to problems:


I bet his cat, if he had one, would be awfully damn glad that he is back to work now. But I bet Bill has been having a lot of luck collecting wallets that "just happen" to get stuck.

Obama Reaches Out To Billiam

via Pundit Kitchen

Bill's New Pet

My friend, Billiam, is a trucker. I recently gave him a suggestion to make those long hours on the road less tedious by getting a duck. Instead, Bill, the Duke of Duct Tape, must have gotten a cat:


Ahh, the wonders of Duct Tape!

courtesy of lolcats

For My Friend, Bill The Trucker

Here's a handy suggestion to help make those long trips go easier, old buddy.




Tip of the crown to looking for light at Kay's Blue Racine

The Blogosphere Is A Sadder Place Today

My dear friend, Bill, author of One's Man Journey and View from the Cheap Seats, has chosen to take down his blogs.

Although Bill is conservative, he is a good friend of mine, and he would always give food for thought, even when we disagreed.

Another conservative blog that appears to have gone by the wayside is the Crocodile Cage. I enjoyed debating with Reaganite, and miss his insight.

I hope both of these gentlemen are in good health and all is well with them.

Unfortunately, their absences leave the Cheddarsphere a duller place.

Stranger In A Strange Land

A little more than a month ago, my good friend, Billiam, made the mistake of giving me the keys to his site, A View From the Cheap Seats.

Imagine that. A lefty blogger on a conservative blog.

Well, I took him on the invite tonight, and put up my first post over there, wherein I write about the pretentiousness of some people. Go check it out. Don't worry, I took it easy on his conservative readers. I'll give them the culture shock with my next one, whenever that may be.

But a side note to Billiam: What with me being the "king of the left hate" and all, if I am to keep posting there, you should change the name to "A View From the Cheap Thrones."

My Respect For The Man Grows

I have been fortunate in my life, in the sense that I have made many friends, both in the real world, and in the cyberworld. Some of my friends and I have lifelong relationships that make them seem more like family than some of my actual family members. They have helped me celebrate the good times, and even more importantly, helped me survive the bad.

While my wife always was, is and always will be my bestest best friend, there are many others that I am proud to call my friend. Sometimes you meet a friend that makes a bigger impression on you than either of you realize at first.

One of these friends of mine is Bill, the Duke of Duct Tape. He is the first blogger I met in person, which is rather odd, since Jay Bullock is the one that launched me on the poor, unsuspecting blogosphere. Bill and I are on different sides on most topics, but still have managed to find some common ground, and more areas of agreement than either one of us probably suspected existed.

So you can understand how dismayed I was to see that Bill was going to give up on his blog. I was equally ecstatic to find out that Bill did not give up on blogging, but chose another direction in his blogging, as many of us do from time to time.

But when I read his first post on his new site, I was stunned. The courage it took to write what he did is simply awe-inspiring. It also made my respect for the man grow, if that was possible. I am truly humbled and honored to be able to call him my friend, and I hope he doesn't mind if I join him on his journey from time to time.