This just in...

I've noticed that this ol' blog (sounds like a PBS show, doesn't it? "Tonight, on This Old Blog--Ivan finally gets caught up with his postings...") has reached the pinnacle of being nestled in Salon's Top 100 Blog Rankings (which measures page reads since July 11, 2002). I'm at #100, so this will no doubt be subject to change...but it's still no reason why I shouldn't thank you good people for making it so.

In search of this blog's origins

I was doing a little web-surfing this morning, and I came across this, which was an early attempt by someone unknown to start an OTR blog. I know Jim Widner told me that he tried to start one at one time; but was forced to give it up due to his workload. I'm not sure if "The Golden Age of Old Time Radio" blog is his or not—I'm guessing it isn't—but it's a shame that the person gave up on it so quickly; I thought it made for pretty good reading. If anyone else out there has taken the plunge of introducing old-time radio to the blogosphere, please drop me a line and I will move heaven and earth to make sure you get a link here at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear.

Incidentally, I had originally planned for the Gunsmoke Christmas show review to be posted yesterday (December 6), but I got sidetracked with a nasty case of food poisoning. I'm doing much better now, and am even beginning to experiment with solid foods again.