We closed the Independent Sources offices to attend the Thur/Sat NCAA regionals in Anaheim, CA. One of our regular supporters comped the staff with 5th row seats (and who says blogging doesn’t pay?).
The exciting conclusion to the UCLA - Texas A&M game.
View from the 5th row.
Staff members having a good time despite the ‘no beer’ […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Last Sunday Independent Sources was at the Pacific Palisades YMCA Christmas tree lot looking for a nice noble fir to brighten up our rather drab editorial offices when everywhere we turned we found ourselves face-to-face with actual celebrities. First we saw Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly Buffington who tragically have been in the news […]
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Independent Sources Celebrates Milestone
Looking back over the past 18 months or so and the stories that got us to two million page views we see a mix of politics, humor, and female hotness.
Most recently and in a class of its own (about 300 links/comments) we have: Top Ten Unintentionally Worst URLs
Also in a class […]
Insider is hitting the road Jack!
Not sure if I told you but I’m hitting the road. Subject to Wi-Fi availability along Route 66 I’ll try to file a few dispatches. I’ve also posted a few stories in the queue that will publish over the next week.
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Tamara Hoover is the most popular person at school at Independent Sources and probably one of the most popular Internet searches right now.
57% of our current traffic is coming in from Internet searches of her name, and it’s increasing.
Last 100 visitors to Independent Sources midday on 8/18/06
Read the related stories below or type her […]
If you want to see photos & captions like this daily:
FBI Agent’s Cover Blown By Own Jacket
Then add The Onion to your RSS feed. (While you are at it, add Independent Sources too).
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A few nights ago it was Norwegian visitors who were flooding the site. Tonight it’s Sweden’s turn. It’s been fun watching our URL story move around the world as well as dragging people like Tamara Hoover and Erica Chevillar along with them. Those and other stories must give an odd impression of our culture. We […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Chad, Senior Admin, and I (Insider) are celebrating our one millionth page view on Independent Sources. We know that this is small potatoes to those hot shot blogs who tout their 3+ million pages or whatever just this year, but for a couple of yahoos like us it’s a pretty big deal.
Watch for a follow-up […]
Thank you readers for our biggest day (over 72,000 page views) and one of our most popular posts ever.
Update: Saturday’s total was 68,863, just shy of our record.
Update: Sunday total was54,645 56,713, our biggest Sunday ever.
Update: Monday total was 86,641, a new record.
Update: Tuesday traffic 61,113, our biggest Tuesday.
Update: Wednesday traffic 49,831, our biggest Wednesday.
Update: […]
Chad, Senior Admin, Insider and some of the behind-the-scenes staff members of Independent Sources take a rare break from the never-ending job of pop politics blogging. Photo is from the Independent Sources 4th of July staff picnic where a good time was had by all (including the women-folk):
Can you tell who is who?
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The Independent Sources team wishes all the best on this Memorial Day week-end.
Chad is going spending it listening to his old 38-Special 8-tracks.
Senior Admin is scouring junk yards for AMC Hornet parts.
Insider is sittin’ on his porch all day with a case of Coor’s Light.
Mullicious!
You could get your news from Reuters …
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, the securities class action law firm indicted last week on fraud charges stemming from corporate lawsuits it filed, made large political contributions almost exclusively to Democrats since 1999, records show.
The firm and individuals there made $2.78 million in campaign donations to Democrats […]
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