Everlasting Blört, 10 years, 10,000+ posts

September 25, 2010 11:33 AM

10 years and 10,000+ posts old yesterday. The web creation of MetaFilter's own, quonsar and madamjujujive, Everlasting Blort, - a compendium of the web's weird underbelly, updated daily with links to the strange, absurd, bizarre, humorous.
posted by nickyskye (54 comments total)

Happy Anniversary!
posted by soft and hardcore taters at 11:38 AM on September 25, 2010

Blortastic. also: miss you q.
posted by exlotuseater at 11:39 AM on September 25, 2010

2 in 1 front slit hareem trousers

blort in a nutshell. blorterrific.
posted by Rumple at 11:43 AM on September 25, 2010

Congrats!
The Presurfer also celebrated a 10 year anniversary this week.
posted by NoraCharles at 11:45 AM on September 25, 2010

Even as a regular web surfer of the weird with a jaded "seen-it-all" cynicism, the Blort continuously reminds me that there is always even weirder stuff out there to be sampled.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 11:46 AM on September 25, 2010

Congrats, you crazy kids! The bork is quite foon indeed.
posted by frecklefaerie at 12:07 PM on September 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

Mad props, q and Mjjj. Here's to the next 10 years!
posted by crunchland at 12:15 PM on September 25, 2010

Blort and Presurfer and great, great link blogs. Happy birthday all.
posted by caddis at 12:37 PM on September 25, 2010

Lovely! Madame, a big kiss and hug from your friend the turtle.
posted by Turtles all the way down at 12:48 PM on September 25, 2010

YAY


Here is a fish. you know what to do.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:54 PM on September 25, 2010 [3 favorites]

En hora buena y un abrazo fuerte to MJJ and Q
posted by adamvasco at 12:54 PM on September 25, 2010

Happy quonsarday! Also, what exlotuseater said.
posted by languagehat at 12:54 PM on September 25, 2010

Hooray fishypants and mjjj
posted by nj_subgenius at 1:00 PM on September 25, 2010

Had no idea blort or presurfer were from mefi's own; been going to both since long before I knew about the blue. Happy anniversaries!
posted by hypersloth at 1:08 PM on September 25, 2010

nickyskye, thank you for this post. Ha, I was updating blort and noted quite a few visitors. So glad we cleaned the house! What a kick to get posted on mefi, thank you. And thanks for all the kind words and well wishes in thread. Can't think of anybody I would rather have at any birthday party than my mefi pals from whom I have gained so much. Cake and champagne all round!

quonsar told me he would be off to a wedding tonight - presumably not his own -- so he will be tickled when he is back. Blort is really his vision and his baby, he's just very generously let me be a squatter. And it it weren't for blort, I'd probably never have joined mefi, so full circle.
posted by madamjujujive at 1:17 PM on September 25, 2010 [10 favorites]

SMOCK SMOCK SMOCK GONDOLA SMOCK!!!
posted by TedW at 1:19 PM on September 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

congrats to you crazy kids, botha youse! Love the Blort and love you!
posted by scody at 1:22 PM on September 25, 2010

One of the best sites on the web, and source of at least a couple of my own posts at Metafilter. And mjjj is always worth reading here, and quonsar is really missed. Congratulations!
posted by OmieWise at 1:23 PM on September 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

No Logic! Love it!
posted by mannequito at 1:28 PM on September 25, 2010

quonsar! quonsar! quonsar! i like saying quonsar!
posted by loquacious at 1:33 PM on September 25, 2010 [6 favorites]

I'm gobsmacked that I didn't really know this existed. An mjjj MeFi post is pretty much required reading, as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, congrats to the two of you. Here's to years more blort!
posted by .kobayashi. at 2:19 PM on September 25, 2010

never heard of this before but it's pretty outstanding.
posted by Bwithh at 2:58 PM on September 25, 2010

Love the Blort. Happy Blortday!
posted by Mikey-San at 3:01 PM on September 25, 2010

You know what this is? This what boingboing.net might have been, if it had been a purer thing.
posted by Bwithh at 3:03 PM on September 25, 2010 [2 favorites]

I pondered posting this last night when I first heard about it (Miss Cellania of Neatorama pointed to Presurfer's anniversary who pointed to Blort; MY internet has lots of fun names), but chickened out and just MetaChatted it.

So let me repeat for anyone who ignored me there: Ten continuous years on the Web is awesome (and I should know; I've had barely 5 active years in the almost 11 since I started blogging). HAPPY WEBBIRTHDAY!!!
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:22 PM on September 25, 2010

Well, there goes my Saturday afternoon. Laundry can wait.
posted by Xoebe at 4:02 PM on September 25, 2010 [2 favorites]

Completing a ten-year stretch of "anything" in life is an accomplishment and something to be proud of. I hope the dynamic duo will be enjoying some well-earned satisfactions.
posted by three blind mice at 4:19 PM on September 25, 2010

My compendium is also named Blort.
posted by codacorolla at 4:20 PM on September 25, 2010

Wait I thought this was "best of the web"?
posted by sammyo at 4:30 PM on September 25, 2010

My pants say yes.
posted by chillmost at 4:34 PM on September 25, 2010

Happy Blortday! And thank you to juju and q for all the great fun links over the years.
posted by homunculus at 4:40 PM on September 25, 2010

Quonsar, no.

quonsar, si.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 4:45 PM on September 25, 2010

Completing a ten-year stretch of "anything" in life is an accomplishment and something to be proud of.

Especially when it's a ten-year stint in the joint for a string of bank robberies.
posted by item at 4:51 PM on September 25, 2010

madamjujujive posts from the clink? My crush intensifies...
posted by Rumple at 4:58 PM on September 25, 2010

Much love to dear madamjujujive and quonsar! Thanks for many spit-upon monitors over the years!
posted by Lynsey at 5:45 PM on September 25, 2010

I too want to say much love and kudos to madamjujujive and quonsar!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:03 PM on September 25, 2010

Huzzah!
posted by buzzman at 6:25 PM on September 25, 2010

I don't know what it means, but it's the greatest URL on the web. I like saying it, or just thinking about saying it. I've forgotten to read it though for about 5 years -- thanks for the reminder!
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:29 PM on September 25, 2010

cool site. quonsor was before my time but i definitely want him back anyway.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:39 PM on September 25, 2010

"quonsor":

quonsar the Hut!
posted by stirfry at 10:40 PM on September 25, 2010

Ah, man, I used to steal borrow so many of their links when I was doing Ribbit! in the 90s. Good on you, guys!
posted by Gilbert at 10:57 PM on September 25, 2010

Aw, q., & juju -- Happy Blortversary, you guys!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
posted by taz at 12:57 AM on September 26, 2010 [1 favorite]

Meepzorps for everyone!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:39 AM on September 26, 2010

And a fish in every pant!
posted by armage at 2:43 AM on September 26, 2010

This time, it flies. Prost!
posted by shoepal at 3:25 AM on September 26, 2010

The images look like things that were on display in the art department of my high school. I hated that stuff.
posted by Yakuman at 4:05 AM on September 26, 2010

??? The images come from all over the internet. Icelandic landscapes, Japanese postcard art, a video about a 19th century robot, a 1960s blues singer, a make-your-own monster app, Richard Nixon family photos, etc., etc., ... all remind you of your high school art department? May I ask where you went to school? ;)
posted by taz at 5:42 AM on September 26, 2010

Wow, that is pretty darned excellent.
posted by cavalier at 5:54 AM on September 26, 2010

The candle burned out long before the legend ever diiiiiiid.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:15 AM on September 26, 2010

and this use of the quonsar tag didn't even lead to any bannination....
posted by caddis at 10:40 AM on September 26, 2010

Cool site but I have to say I'm happy with quonsar over there not here. He was the reason I bailed from this place for a couple of years.
posted by ciderwoman at 10:59 AM on September 26, 2010

I just didn't want that rather ungracious remark to be the last comment in the thread. Hi again, q! Don't ever let 'em capitalize you!
posted by languagehat at 7:25 AM on September 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Woo Hoo!
posted by snsranch at 7:57 AM on September 27, 2010

i'm late. i' late oh the traffic is heavy....
CONGRATS
(I have posted there it is FUN)
posted by clavdivs at 9:53 AM on September 30, 2010