(1000 Russian Rubles. The best I could come up with.)
We've made it, people, post #1000. I have been thinking about what 1000 means and I've come up with a couple things...
First, I hope that 1000 posts means that, at the very least, I have made you chuckle 1000 times. Most likely it is more than that, though I'm sure sometimes you don't chuckle at all, and sometimes I get several guffaws.
Secondly, it means that with the exception of my two or three mobile posts, I have sat down at my computer 1000 times to amuse you. That's even more times than I sat down to look at porn. Impressive, right?
Thirdly, joking aside, I spent some time last night looking back on many of the past posts, and it has been quite a ride with this blog. So much has happened to me personally and professionally, and it's pretty cool to see what I was thinking all along the way.
So, what's next?
I've been thinking how I can make this site bigger and better and I've come up with a couple things. Since I know people like lists, here we go...
1. I commit to post something everyday for this year. Sometimes it will be just anything, but that seems better than nothing.
2. We have just begun videotaping the Hot Gay Comics podcasts and I will start posting some of the videos here with links to the full podcasts.
3. I will respond to all comments one way or another. This is something I used to do, and then people started telling me it was unnecessary. I enjoy doing it though, and it makes this interactive which is gonna be very hot in 2009.
I have a couple other surprises in store, but I don't wanna give it all up right now. Oh, and also, since we are gonna make this more interactive, if we aren't friends on Facebook or MySpace, let's make that happen.
(That means you have to click above and request me, I don't know how to add anonymous internet friends.)
Alright, so 1000 and counting. I'm pretty sure that makes this the longest running website on the internet after Amazon and Xtube.
I will be back later today with a more humorous post, but I will leave you with this profound thought. I am watching Live with Regis and Kelly as I write this. The show went HD today which makes Regis look like a cartoon and Kelly look like an alien.
Post 1001 this afteroon...
It was due to happen, and it finally did. I have been sick all weekend. It's my first time in a couple years (knock on virtual wood), and seems to be passing today, so it looks like I will survive. NyQuil is really just fantastic, by the way.
I just watched the President Obama speak at the State Department. Man, he is thinking big. It really seems like there will be a new deal in the world, and the US is back in business. People are excited about America again. This must've been how it felt in 1945.
Damn, they're good.
George just gave his farewell speech to the nation and I must say it was much smoother than the rambling, stumbling speech he gave to the press corps a few days ago. He opined about hot topic issues, mainly 9/11 and freedom, and winked and smiled accordingly. For someone that seemed mildly drugged, he read the whole thing off the teleprompter with barely a mispronunciation. 
As I write this I am watching Oprah's Best Life Week show on sex. I won't go into all the grueling details but I had no idea so many women were suffering from dry vagina. Upsetting at so many levels...
You are looking at the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man issue 583, which will come out the same week as Barack Obama's inauguration. It was a toss up between putting Obama on the cover or Green Goblin, but the people at Marvel decided that the country just isn't ready for a goblin on the cover of a comic book.
As you've probably heard, this man, Roland Burris, was selected by Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace Barack Obama as Senator from the great state of Illinois. (Why is every state "the great state" by the way? Seems like we can all admit that North Dakota ain't much.) While Burris seems like a decent man, the powers that be in the Senate are putting up a fight about him because of the Blagojevich scandal. As I've read about this today, I can't help but think that not only is Blagojevich a scum-bag for basically trying to sell the senate seat, but also for so cynically choosing this man who nobody had heard of before. In a time when the country has come so far by electing a black president, it is a damn shame that all the news outlets are talking about how the senate is blocking what would be the only black senator.
As if post 1000 wasn't enough for today, I have an extra bonus for you. If you look right above this post, along with Myspace, Facebook and email, we now have a button "rss feed." If you click it, you can subscriibe to Rubinville and automatically see when I post something new. Sure, you lose the element of surprise, but just like the Flowbee, sometimes consistency is better than a hot, new dew.
