World’s Oldest Blog Turns 250 April 17, 2011
Posted by nrhatch in Blogging, Humor, Word Play.trackback
Wikipedia ~ Charles Darwin
The Anvil, one of my favorite blogs (when I’m in the mood for sardonic laughter, satire, and witty wit), is celebrating its 250th Anniversary (after one year on WordPress).
For 250 years, The Anvil’s hard-hitting journalism has amazed and amused its readers:
1793 – Eli Whitney invents cotton gin; next 220 years of 5th graders don’t care.
1953 – DNA discovered; Chimps embarrassed that humans are closest relative.
1967 – Roman pagans sue NASA to stop calling rocket ‘Saturn’ V; ‘It’s offensive.’
1969 – Greek pagans sue NASA to stop calling mission ‘Apollo’ 11; ‘It’s offensive.’
1974 – Norse pagans sue NASA to stop calling Mars Landers ‘Viking’ 1& 2; ‘It’s offensive.’
My sole complaint about The Anvil’s far-reaching historic coverage of inanities and oddities is that, as a heathen, I feel marginalized by The Anvil’s single-minded focus on pagans.
It’s offensive.
via THE ANVIL
When you get a chance, swing by and wish The Anvil and its Editor-in-Chief (depicted at top right) many happy returns of the day.
Try not to be offensive.
Related post: Apples to Apples * The Most Shocking News stories of 2011 (The Anvil) * Zeus destroys giant Jesus statue with lightning bolt (The Anvil) * Disaster at Glenn Beck rally: Too much Kool-Aid, not enough cyanide (The Anvil)
Spirit Lights The Way 
Aw, thanks Hatch. This is the best blogoverseary present I’ve ever gotten.
🙂
I just wish you had found a picture of me after I’d shaved my beard. I look a lot younger without it.
My apologies in advance to any pagans who stop by and feel picked on.
You’re welcome, OA! I love your journalistic satire. It’s stellar.
Sorry about using the old stock photo . . . at least it captures your bald integrity. 😉
Thanks for the intro. I’ve got a feeling we’re going to be friends for a long time 🙂
Eric also writes on another, somewhat edgier, blog, but its name escapes me at the moment.
Fascinating. I’m not sure I have the stomach for a visit but … I will try. 250th? Kudos to them! 🙂
Eliz
The Anvil is well-written and mostly tasteful satire. The other blog Eric writes for is a bit more “twisted.” 😯
I have a sense of humour failure today, maybe I’ll mosey on over and have a look.
While I enjoy some topics more than others, Eric’s wit illuminates every post.
This sounds like a great blog. Thanks for sharing this! I’ll check it out later 🙂
Hope you get a kick out of Eric’s keen wit.
Thanks for introducing me to your readers and for the kind words. One of the great things about blogging as that there are always more seats at the table.
Exactly! We can always pull up another chair and make room for “one more.”
I dunno. . .I was sort of keeping him to myself, and then you horned in, Nancy! Oh, well! With your vast readership, the secret is out of the bag! Expect your readership to at least double in size now, Eric! Just reading The Anvil once, and I gained 50 pounds. . .curses upon thee! (Since I read it regularly, you don’t want to know how much I weigh now, but that birthay pic of me was a fake – definitely pre-Anvil!)
In any event, you beat me once again, Nancy, because The Anvil is going to be the subject of my post today, too. Here’s hoping that he gets a lot more readers – The Anvil certainly deserves it – even if he does tease me unmercifully. And I’m always so nice. . . Go figure!
Uh oh! We should have compared notes, PTC. Eric is apt to get a swelled head with all this extra attention.
And judging from the photo above, his head is already too big for his scrawny (and hairy) body. 😀
That’s not a swelled head. It’s solid bone through and through.
Duly noted. 😉
Nancy, I’m deeply offended by this post 😉
No, not really, I loved your “as a heathen” comment…
Did you know where the term comes from? It simply means from the Heath 🙂
Bwahaha! Glad you enjoyed.
I understand generally that heathens = pagans = country folk who do not follow organized religion.
oh and I meant to say thanks for introducing us to this hilarious blog, some of the headlines are brilliant (I liked the one about Zeus and Jesus)
Eric has written some terrific posts that have had me grinning from ear to ear. Wanna see? 😀
I know, I feel the same way after reading some of his posts 😀
He’s quite a writer ~ clever, witty, creative . . . with nary a misplaced comma or apostrophe.
Thanks for all the kind comments. I do poke fun at religion (and non-religion) but never in a mean-spirited way.
Some day, this post will prove that “I knew him when . . . ”
I look forward to see your writing career soar! 😀
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What a laugh. Thanks for introducing me to OA. I mean Eric. I mean the man behind Anvil. Whoever. LOL with :)’s.
I view OA, Eric, and The Anvil as one and the same . . . like the Wizard of Oz, the man behind the curtain, and the hot air balloonist from Kansas all being one and the same.
But who knows?
Maybe The Anvil has an entire stable of talent hiding out in a Press Room somewhere. 😉