Movin' On Up

As today is the last day of the month, it's time for another update on our Comments-Per-Post (CPP) statistic.

As of this morning, our CPP stood at 1.72. (This, of course, assumes that we do not engage in any of the slick financial engineering we discussed in one of our posts last month).

This compares to an initial reading of 1.28, and a follow-up reading of 1.42. So, in a bit more than a month, our CPP has improved by approximately 34% and 21% over the initial and follow-up counts, respectively.

That's not half bad, and it bodes well for the future.

However, my joy is tempered somewhat by the realization that the CPP on my posts remains dismally low, at approximately 1.40. Obviously, IcebergCarwash's CPP is being propped up by the efforts of FBB and our mysterious guest-blogger, Phil. (He signs his name FIL, but that's got to be a typo, doesn't it?)

Perhaps I need to try losing a shoe here and there and picking up semi-eaten cookies at parties. Maybe I should try to come up with solutions to dealing with pirates - in both the boardroom and on the high seas - that would make Karl Marx weep with joy. (Here's another idea. If you're a shareholder of a company which loses money in a given quarter, not only will you not be able to receive a dividend, but the government will also send someone over to your house to slap you upside the head, just for good measure).

Or, perhaps I'll need to monitor the approach of our trouser-challenged friend over at www.doctorgreunkern.blogspot.com.His slacks-free take on things is sure to be entertaining, and I predict a rather robust CPP right out of the gate for "the pantless wonder."

One final note on the CPP front.
You'll recall that my initial CPP-related post decried the fact that IcebergCarwash's CPP was significantly lower than that of Qwerishi Astjinogsbitae, the Kenyan blogger. Well, that problem has been solved. While Qwerishi Astjinogsbitae's CPP remains higher than that of IcebergCarwash, I've been informed that Q.A. has quit the blogging game and moved to the United States.

Allegedly, a shadowy fundamentalist Muslim group has paid his tuition to Harvard. They've paid the tuition for his donkey too, apparently, and have gotten them a really expensive, tastefully-furnished place in a luxury condominium in downtown Boston. They're expecting great things from him (and perhaps the donkey) in the future, and are eagerly anticipating a solid return on their investment.

Of course, you'll never hear about that in the mainstream media.
That's why we're here.