35 Million
OTB crossed the 35 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, a few minutes ago. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 30 Million - October 14, 2008 29 Million - August 26, 2008 28 Million - July 11, 2008 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 17, 2009 14:59
Blog Rankings
Via @JonHenke and Rick Klein, I see that OTB is ranked as the 57th most widely referenced political blog for the month of June. Like Henke, I am skeptical of the validity of these things (which are apparently based on links found in RSS feeds.) I would note, however, that Ross Douthat is ranked 56th and got a sweet column ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 4, 2009 14:55
So . . . What Did I Miss?
We're back from vacation and normal blogging should commence shortly. In addition to barely blogging over the past week, I've paid only scant attention to the news. Did I miss anything?Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 20, 2009 14:59
OTB on BBC
I'll be on BBC's "The Takeaway" with John Hockenberry from approximately 7:45 to 7:59 Eastern tomorrow morning discussing my recent New Atlanticist piece "NATO Afghanistan Mission Risks Repeating Russia's Mistakes." BBC analyst Olexiy Solohubenko and Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita, are tentatively scheduled to appear in the segment. You should be able to hear live at the site or at major ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 10, 2009 20:30
Notice: Testing New Commenting System (UPDATED)
UPDATE (April 2 - Bumped to top): After a little more than 24 hours of testing, it seems that the system has some quirks. I'm going to disable it for now and either spend time trying to deal with said issues or perhaps look for another plugin. As one who reads most of the comments on the blog (I don't get ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 2, 2009 17:32
From the Archives
Looking for the Colonel Jessup discussion I referenced in my last post, I came across the post "GOOD MOVIE, WRONG LESSON," written on January 31, 2003 and imported over from the original blogspot site (unfortunately, owing to then-existing vagaries, sans comments). It was the fourth substantive post and fifth total post ever on the site, written on my first day ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 24, 2009 14:31
Thursday Baby Blogging
By popular demand, more Katie pictures. These were taken a little more two weeks ago, when Katie was 13 days old. You can see the whole set at Jill Thomas Photography clicking this link and password "joyner."Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 29, 2009 16:34
Katie Goes Home
Mom and baby were given the all clear this morning and released from the hospital. Katie has met the rest of the family -- dogs Miniver and Molly and cats Henry and Scamp -- and has adjusted remarkably well. [caption id="attachment_29437" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Katie's outfit for the ride home."][/caption] Don't worry -- this won't be turning into a Daddy blog. I'll ease ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 2, 2009 14:56
Happy New Baby
Here are two pictures of Katie, age one day, taken today. [caption id="attachment_29416" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Kim Joyner and Baby Katie, New Year 2009"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_29417" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="James and Katie Joyner"][/caption] Mom and baby are doing great. Katie's been given the green light to go home but, alas, her mother has not. Kim's been up and about all day and would ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 1, 2009 16:31
Katharine Webb Joyner
My wife Kimberly woke me a little before 2 yesterday morning to inform me that her water had broken and that it was time to drive her to the hospital. After 12 hours of trying naturally, another 14 of trying with the aid of an inducing drug, and two hours of hard labor, Katharine Webb Joyner was ultimately delivered by ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 31, 2008 08:09
Prognostication Scorekeeping
I'm in the process of preparing some 2009 predictions, in the hopes of providing a good opportunity for embarrassment. While I was doing that, though, I thought I'd go ahead and look back at my predictions for 2008 and see whether I should even bother. Here are my results: Predictions that came to pass Barack Obama will win the Democratic ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 29, 2008 00:20
OTB Reader Survey
The fine folks at BlogAds are running their annual survey to assess readership trends around the blogosphere. Please take the Blog Reader Project survey and indicate that you got there from OTB. We'll publish the aggregate results for OTB readers once the survey has completed. Last year's results can be viewed here. Let's just say the modal reader is an ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 24, 2008 14:21
OTB Latenight - Falco
BONUS TRACK: German versionPosted in Outside The Beltway on November 14, 2008 22:15
30 Million
OTB crossed the 30 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, overnight. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 29 Million - August 26, 2008 28 Million - July 11, 2008 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 14, 2008 08:14
29 Million
OTB crossed the 29 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, early this afternoon. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 28 Million - July 11, 2008 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 26, 2008 17:43
