Monthly Archives: December 2008

Blog Stats December 2008

This is a monthly feature here where I measure my 3 blogs’ progress toward goals. My goal is to provide 100% transparency. You can browse current and past entries in the CAN… category. First I list the CAN data for each blog. Then I reflect with a few notes.

Defending Psychotherapy

Depressed people are ridiculed by friends and family often because they can’t just “pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.” This tends to even be a sort of professional view nowadays of psychiatry and psychotherapy in general.

YOUR BEST POST OF 2008! Submit by December 30th, 2008, 9pm pst

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I’m asking for your best post of 2008 to be linked here for New Years. Let me explain how this came about:
I first got the idea from Confdent Writing (I am listed as #23) and tried doing my own in a forum I frequent.
I am a member of a blog directory called Blog Catalog. [...]

Damien Performs Pink Floyd Cover

Damien Riley performs a cover version of Pink Floyd’s Wish you Were Here.

Final Blog Stats for 2008 (a preview)

Blogger Damien Riley examines his blog stats as 2008 rolls to an end. He discusses traffic generating methods, income sources, and the blogging life.

The Christmas Ham [Home Video]

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Sarah made a spiral ham this year and I was ecstatic. In this short video I discuss the ham and invite you into my kitchen for less than 2 minutes :)

My Christmas Present [video]

I had my son video me foe my audience. I show off my new car stereo my wife bought me.

Blog Safari 12-25-08

Social media reveals great blogs out there in the wilderness. These are the best I ran across last week, the week before Christmas 2008. Each entry below will receive a much deserved Stumble from me.  Enjoy them and tune in next week for another safari.

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Archaeologizing Watchmen: An Interview With Dave Gibbons
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A New and Glorious Morn – Blog Stats for 2008

Making money online is possible. I know because last year I made over $2,000 blogging. Read this first post in a series on how I did it and expect to do more in 2009.

My #1 Post Here in 2008

To be part of a cool Confident Writing group writing project, I needed to go back though the hundreds of posts I wrote last year and choose one I think is the best.  That was tough. There were ten or so that gave me a smile as I recalled the inspiration and circumstances surrounding them [...]

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