Xtra LARGETONY
Either the world got a little smaller or I grew a little bigger. Well, the blog grew a little bigger, anyway.
Yesterday I had a big spike. (Again, the blog I mean. It’s not that unusual for me personally to have a big spike.) I checked to see where all the extra traffic was coming from and found out that the mainstream has taken notice.
The blog made the Knoxville, Tennessee newspaper.
Well, a supplement of the paper.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel runs a sports supplement (the reading kind, not the Barry Bonds/Roger Clemens..allegedly…kind.) called GoVolsXtra. Yesterday there was a column that ran a small list of blogs that talked about the Tennessee-Memphis game.
Guess which blog was included.
Can you believe it? Little ol’ me. In a regional newspaper. (Okay, it was just a listing, but still…)
My little plot of cyberspace has been mentioned in print before. But that was in a gay magazine that focuses on the internet. A pretty specific niche.
I know a sports page supplement is a niche, too. But this feels like something more. I am so thrilled by this I can’t tell you.
Like the commercial says, “I’m swelling with pride.”
It feels like a little something Xtra.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
How cool!! Congratulations!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Larger than life.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Congratulations Tony, that’s great news!
I just seem to be getting some psycho hater back.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Umm, I’ve been lurking for a while on this blog. I really like it. I used to go to Knoxville all the time when young, to visit cousins, and one of my best friends from art school still lives there.
Doncha think that the attention might be a little strange given the overall color of your blog? Has East Tennessee changed since I was there last? I got super stared at just for Gauntlet earrings and hair.
Just wondering…
February 26th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
is that your chest? yum.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I’m happy for you, and I’m confident that after they read your blog many will return again and again.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
bravo, LT. well-earned.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Swollen with pride? All swelled up?
February 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
ruh ro -
you been outed.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Could not have happened to a nicer Vol. Enjoy the fame and notoriety, you deserve it.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Oh My Gawd… Vanderbilt is about to beat Tennessee tonight. SHOCKING. Those damn Commodores!
Vanderbilt > Tennessee > Memphis?
February 27th, 2008 at 10:10 am
congratulations! but you are always big in my eyes!
February 27th, 2008 at 10:46 am
You are just so BIG now! HUGE! GINORMOUS! How will anybody be able to accommodate the hugeness of you??? But I suppose you’ve dealt with that question before… So just rely on experience! Congratulations:hope you go far!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Looks like your 15min of fame has started Tony. You have a bigger audience, better use it wisely! LOL
February 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
You couldn’t hide your brilliance under a bushel forever. Enjoy the attention! You are knowledgable and philosophic about Vols football and a pleasure to read.The News-Sentinal would do well to give you a guest column from time to time.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Proof positive that the fat lady has to learn many, many more arias before she can sing,
February 27th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Coolness! And no homophobic comments? I’m impressed.
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
“I am so thrilled by this I can’t tell you.” Says it all. Congratulations.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Congrats! Very cool …