Aug 30

Something Totally Random – A Poem

Something totally random
about the words streaming
from my head
from a tired mind
longing for the rest that
comes once the eyelids
close

Inspired words perhaps
from the heart
as an overflow
inspired by creative
sounds and music
and thoughts

These words uttered
so quickly as in a spurt
have been laid down
without abandon
finished when done.

– Daniel Johnson, Jr., 2009

Buddha said he wanted to have a word with me
Image by Stuck in Customs via Flickr

Photo credit, Stuck in Customs

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Aug 19

Thank you for the blog comments!

WordPress Session at Podcamp Ohio
Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr

In preparation for this weekend’s 4-year anniversary episode of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast, I’ve gone through the comments made on this blog, and have produced this list. It was compiled from the MySQL database that powers my WordPress blog, with the query:

SELECT DISTINCT `comment_author` , `comment_author_url`
FROM wp_comments
ORDER BY `comment_author` ASC

After cleaning up the list in Excel, I’ve got this of everyone who has commented and has left a link. Thank you to everyone who has been involved over the past four years or more:

I think I’m going to try this out for my other blogs as well.  Thanks also to Chris Penn for the idea.

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