Just a Quick Notice

OK I made a few changes to the look of the site. The main priority was to change fonts, and that I have done. So as a result, a lot of PAST posts may not be formatted correctly. I will be going back right now to change a few of the most recent ones, but that's it.

I have also gone back to the pure white background, and along with a couple other very subtle change that you probably won't even notice. I sincerely hope the new look is appealing to you! We needed a change.

Happy Birthday, One For The Road!

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Well as you can guess, today is my blog's first birthday! I knew it was coming soon, and thought it may have passed. So, last night I go back and check the date on my first post, and viola - it was August 27, 2009! Had no idea that my blog shares a birthday with the landfall of Hurricane Katrina, which was August 27, 2005.

For the record year #1 contained a total of 1,341 posts.

That breaks down to:
• 111.8 per month
• 25.8 per week (best week: 46 - worst week: 7)
• 3.7 per day (best day might have been the day before yesterday: 12)
• 1 post for every 4.1 hours awake

As for hits, I'm pretty proud of my 1908-hit week back in week-20, thanks to the Heavy Metal Band Names Chart. Likewise that week and the few that followed became my best month: May - 3,283.

I want to personally thank all of my readers. I know it's tough to check out all the cool sites you wanna check out every day, and I know some of you do, and some don't have quite that much time. Nevertheless, thanks for making One For The Road all that it is today, one year later. All I can hope is to make it even better in year #2.

Vacation's Over

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Blog post awesomeness will return to normal momentarily, as I regroup and get situated back into the routine. Thanks for being patient and for continuing to visit!

I Write Like..

I write like
David Foster Wallace

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

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Yikes! He hung himself at 46...

I may just have to find another selection of text. Using a flaming Dr. Pepper recipe isn't exactly a writing style, let alone MY writing style. More later..

Top-10 Blogs in Tons of Different Categories

A few:
10 Popular Austin Blogs
10 Popular FAIL Blogs
Top 10 TV Blogs
10 Best Cheese Blogs
10 Best Road Trip Blogs

Simply a super link that I immediately bookmarked. There are literally thousands of great blogs here.

See the rest..

From Interesting Pile

New Blog

Welcome to my new blog! I've done this for years, but on sites owned by others... Linkfilter, Myspace, Facebook. Now it's mine, and I hope to provide everyone with stuff that's interesting to me, interesting to most others, or nonetheless interesting period. When you can't find any other places to surf for the day, please come back here for your last one for the road.

I'll be getting it off to a fast start by posting quite a bit in a hurry - most of which I've already posted somewhere else - in an effort to launch this from ground zero directly into orbit.