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Happy New Year, January 1, 2008
Happy 2008 to you and yours - and thank you for a great 2007 here at BillHobbs.com, which entertained, informed and infuriated more than 22,000 people every month, on average, last year. I'm pleased so many folks like what we...

Screamers, November 19, 2007
When I took my current job at the Tennessee Republican Party - becoming only the third blogger nationwide to run communications for a state Republican Party - a wise political sage with decades of experience told me "You are going...

Pardon the Construction, October 22, 2007
Regular readers will notice a few changes here at BillHobbs.com, starting with the new image across the top, and also including changes to the left and right sidebars, including a slimmed-down blogroll. The banner image across the top is a...

Cha...Cha...Cha...Changes, October 18, 2007
Eleven days from now I start my new full-time job as communications director for the Tennessee Republican Party, and some folks have asked if I'm going to continue blogging here after I do. The answer is yes, with some changes....

Podcast Ahead, September 13, 2007
I just taped a podcast with Austin Bay for Pajamas Media's Blog Week In Review in which we discussed Fred Thompson, my new book, politics and social media and other things. I'll let you know when it is uploaded....

Blogging Forecast, June 29, 2007
I'll be spending most of today at The City Paper talking with the paper's editors and reporters about the art of blogging and how to do it with journalistic integrity but without journalism's blandness. After that, I've got a manuscript...

My Own Horn, April 10, 2007
Toot!...

Ads, April 2, 2007
BillHobbs.com is no longer carrying advertising from the Pajamas Media blog advertising service, and will be resuming carrying BlogAds. With an average of 30,000 unique visitors per month - and nearly 50,000 in March - this is the blog to...

Thanks, Al, March 5, 2007
In my five-plus years of blogging, I've experienced a number of "Instalanches" and even had a few of my posts linked by the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com and Howard Kurtz's media column on WashingtonPost.com, and I've seen big traffic spikes...

Call Me, February 21, 2007
BillHobbs.com is now available on your cellphone browser - just point it to http://winksite.com/billhobbs/blog. The feed is text-only with no hyperlinks....

Into the Storm, February 15, 2007
Blog post accumulation here at BillHobbs.com is expected to be light the rest of the day as I'm traveling to snow-blanketed Philadelphia to visit relatives including my mom who, with the help of God working through some good doctors is...

Ads Gone Wild, February 7, 2007
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed ads appearing on the sidebars recently for the "Girls Gone Wild" videos. Ads on this site are served by the Pajamas Media ads network, under a contract that pays me very little,...

From 'Blitz to 'Burner, February 2, 2007
Memo to my email subscribers - if you currently receive a daily email alert from BillHobbs.com via Feedblitz, I'll be switching you over to a similar email service from FeedBurner in the next day or so, or you can do...

Romney, Bloggers and the Boston Globe, December 31, 2006
The Boston Globe front-pages a story about Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's efforts to reach out to bloggers as he runs for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Read it here....

The Thanks of a Grateful Blogger, December 20, 2006
I'll be blogging less here over the next few weeks as 2006 winds towards its end, winding down some and also focusing on some other projects. I want to wish all of my readers a Merry Christmas and a prosperous...

Fifth Blogiversary, December 1, 2006
It passed yesterday without me noting it here on the blog, but yesterday (Nov. 30) was the fifth anniversary of my blog's creation. I first posted these two items on Nov. 30, 2001, at my blog's original website. The blog...

Comments Deleted, November 21, 2006
All reader comments posted after about 10 a.m. Nov. 4 have accidentally been deleted in a purge of more than 3,000 spam comments. My mistake and I apologize. Unfortunately there is no way to retrieve them....

I Always Wanted to Be A Syndicated Columnist, October 2, 2006
Content from BillHobbs.com is now syndicated by Newstex, under a non-exclusive arrangement that will likely make me extremely wealthy very, very soon....

Thanks!, August 14, 2006
A hearty and much-deserved "THANK YOU!" to my guest bloggers for the past week, Ben Cunningham, who really ought to have his own blog, and Rick Forman, who does. They did an awesome job....

Beach Bound, August 4, 2006
I'm beach-bound with the family for the next week. In my place, Ben Cunningham and Rick Forman both have graciously agreed to provide you with fresh nuggets of news, commentary and wisdom. I'll be back to blogging probably August 13...

Whaddya Think?, July 21, 2006
Not much to blog about today, so I thought I'd fiddle with the look of BillHobbs.com. Like it? Hate it? Other choices for the flag across the top are option 0, option 5, option 7, or option 8. Let me...

Positively Flattering, July 7, 2006
All I have to say is, if this is true, I'm flattered and I want the audio of that show. Oh, and yes, the audio mentioned in the blog post is indeed archived at BillHobbs.com. You can find it here....

Space for Sale, June 21, 2006
That scrolling WKRN ad up there has been running on this blog for more than a year now, and expires at the end of June. The space - 400 pixels wide, 100 pixels tall - is available for rent. Long-term...

Hello, April 20, 2006
Hello. Anything happen while I have been away?...

Full Stop, January 10, 2006
UPDATE March 10: If you're visiting here for the first time because you read the March 2006 cover story of Business Tennessee magazine and its sidebar mentioning me, well, hi. You're probably a tad confused as you just read...

There Be Guest Bloggers Here, January 5, 2006
More travel for me the latter half of this week. The Guest Bloggers have all been invited back, and some will be posting here.....

Guest Bloggers, Perhaps, December 25, 2005
I'm traveling Monday-Wednesday of this, the final week of 2005, so I have invited all of my recent guest bloggers - Nathan Moore, Matt White, Rob Huddleston, Ben Cunningham, Adam Groves, Donna Locke and U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn to post...

Getting Senile in My Old Age, December 7, 2005
A week ago today was the fourth anniversary of my launch into the blogosphere. I forgot to mark the occassion, but this blogger noticed. Here is what I posted on my first day in the blogosphere, Nov. 30, 2001. Both...

URGENT Message for my Email Subscribers, December 1, 2005
If you have subscribed to receive this site's daily email alert then you are probably aware that the service is spotty at best. That's because I've been using Bloglet to power the service. No more. Starting today, your email alerts...

Site Changes, December 1, 2005
I've moved a few things around on my site to prepare for the arrival of Pajamas Media network advertising. You'll find that my category archive list has been replaced by a drop-down menu at the top of the right sidebar,...

Pre-Christmas Ad Sale, November 30, 2005
I've slashed prices on ad space here for the month of December. BillHobbs.com is read by approximately 30,000 different people every month - you can no reach them for pennies per impression. Non-political ads run for two weeks will get...

Back Home, November 28, 2005
After 2,095 miles in a Camry rented from Hertz, and five nights in a total of four Courtyard by Marriott hotels in three different cities in two states, and way too many "meals" served on buns in a sack, it...

Peeking In, November 25, 2005
A big Texas "howdy" to y'all from Austin. I haven't been online much - too busy - but I did get a chance this morning to read a few of the posts by my various guest bloggers. Good stuff! It...

Guest Bloggers Found, November 21, 2005
After last week's stellar guest-blogging here by Matt White, Nathan Moore, Adam Groves and Donna Locke, I have lined up some more great guest-bloggers for BillHobbs.com for most of this week, as I continue to have to be traveling between...

Guest Bloggers Sought, November 20, 2005
I'm once again seeking a few guest bloggers to take over BillHobbs.com for a few days. I'm looking for 1-3 folks whose political views are generally aligned with mine to guest-blog here Tuesday through Sunday. There's no pay involved, just...

Peeking In Again, Again, November 17, 2005
Got out of the car trunk home from travel to find frantic emails telling me my site wasn't loading - just a blank white page. Don't blame the guest bloggers! According to tech support at my hosting service, I have...

Peeking In Again, November 16, 2005
Just peeking in again. Don't tell Donna, but there's free wi-fi in that car trunk. Good stuff from the guest bloggers again today, especially Matt White's coverage of the massive bribe incentive package the state of Tennessee is giving to...

Peeking In, November 15, 2005
Just peeking in on the fine work of my guest bloggers after a long and busy day that included a "direct" flight from Nashville to Austin that was longer than scheduled thanks to lots of routing around the strong storms...

Guest Bloggers Found, November 14, 2005
I've lined up four guest bloggers for this site for the remainder of this week - Adam Groves of Simply I, Nathan Moore of the wonderfully named Moore Thoughts, Matt White of SouthEndGrounds, and Donna Locke of Tennesseans for Immigration...

Guest Bloggers Sought, November 14, 2005
I'm looking for 1-3 folks whose political views are aligned with mine to guest-blog here for the next 3-4 days. There's no pay involved, just the adulation mildly interested attention of millions hundreds of thousands thousands a few hundred readers...

Seven-Day Blogging Forecast: Light, November 12, 2005
Blogging here at BillHobbs.com will be even lighter than the very light rain of blog posts and links I've been tossing into cyberspace here over the past few weeks. A medical crisis involving someone in my family - not me...

For Sale!, October 27, 2005
My blog is worth $406,468.80, based on the AOL-Weblogs deal.How much is your blog worth? Heh. And, yes, I'd sell for that....

Thanks, October 11, 2005
A big "thank you" to all the bloggers saying nice things about me that I don't really deserve, including Mike Hollihan, Sharon Cobb, Blake Wylie, Doug Petch, GeoTenn, Pieter Dorsman, Christopher Fotos, Michael Silence, David Bander, Rob Huddleston, Johnny Dobbins,...

Shocking But True, October 10, 2005
Today I am announcing major changes to BillHobbs.com, effective immediately, that will alter this blog's content and its role in the blogosphere for the foreseeable future. The short version: I am putting my writing of political commentary on indefinite hiatus....

Major Announcement Coming Monday, October 8, 2005
In the news biz, that's called a teaser....

RSS Reminder, October 6, 2005
In updating my site's software to the latest version recently, the URL for the RSS feed was changed to http://billhobbs.com/index.xml. If you aren't getting BillHobbs.com via RSS, that's why. Of course, if you only read BillHobbs.com via RSS, and are...

The Thanks of a Grateful Blogger, October 3, 2005
Thanks to those of you who recently dropped a little something in my tipjar. BillHobbs.com isn't a major source of income for me, nor do I intend for it to be, but it's nice when folks show their appreciation -...

Memo to Rusty, September 30, 2005
Rusty, with the email address rustysntn@yahoo.com, please read this site's comments policy before you post again, and keep your comments specific to the content of the post to which you are commenting. This site is not a free-for-all discussion board...

RSS Glitch Solved, September 29, 2005
I have been made aware that the upgrade to the latest version of Movable Type has altered the RSS feed URL and that people who get BillHobbs.com via RSS readers such as NewsGator haven't been getting it for the past...

Glitch!, September 23, 2005
BillHobbs.com was hit by a big technical problem in recent days with a corrupt database, which interfered with comment-posting and also affected publishing to the site. In the process of repairing it, we upgraded to the latest version of MovableType,...

Argh, September 22, 2005
...database problems. luckily, everything is backed-up. i have a tech genius working on it......