How does this happen?

I am now a Slithering Reptile in the TTLB Ecosystem — two levels above a Flippery Fish of just yesterday.

Thanks to those who appear to be reading me in a drive-by fashion.

This is now, most definitely, the highest I’ve yet ranked in the TTLB Ecosystem.

Thanks, once again, to all those who visit and read!

BZ

P.S.
I find this most charming and complimentary, and I am grateful that, despite my frequent and periodic recent absences, you are still continuing to read my blog. Thank you one and all for that honor.

Here are the rankings from TTLB:

Higher Beings
Mortal Humans
Playful Primates
Large Mammals
Marauding Marsupials
Adorable Rodents
Flappy Birds
Slithering Reptiles
Crawly Amphibians
Flippery Fish
Slimy Molluscs
Lowly Insects
Crunchy Crustaceans
Wiggly Worms
Multicellular Microorganisms
Insignificant Microbes

Dee, who pens the wonderful Little Miss Chatterbox blog, had a post on Sunday that asked: what sitcom character would you be when you grow up? — taken from ABFreedom’s blog.

She offered three: 1) Sydney Bristow from the series Alias. 2) Elaine from Seinfeld. 3) Jackie from That 70s Show.

I thought about that for a moment and came up with my first three. But instead of limiting myself to sitcoms, I cheated and expanded the venue to TV in general (but not movies — that would be a geometrically different level — perhaps to be visited later?).

Here are my three:

1. Captain James Tiberius Kirk from the original Star Trek series:

Low tech, campy, but strikingly original for its time, Star Trek and specifically Captain Kirk embodied, for me, the quintessential Leader Who Didn’t Mind Changing The Game. As was later revealed, Kirk reprogrammed the computer in his academy during the “no-win” Kobayashi Maru scenario so that he could win. That was most certainly “out of the box” thinking. Brash, bold, with pointed sideburns and “normal” musculature — that is to say, no six-pack abs and massive biceps — Kirk always seemed to “get the girl” and extract himself and his ship from any number of perilous predicaments. Physical when necessary, able to make the tough decisions whilst keeping in mind the greater good — Jim Kirk is where I would be first.

2. James T. West from the original Wild, Wild West:

Gosh. Another James T. And Robert Conrad was and is one tough, short cookie. Once again, in the mid-60s, another TV show offered a high-risk/high-gain hero whose brash take on life placed him in frequent danger — which he managed to extract himself from at the last moment. Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon was the perfect sidekick for West. And I shall never forget West’s most perfect foil: Michael Dunn as Dr. Miguelito Loveless! Ah. They simply don’t make series like this anymore. Say what you will, the Wild Wild West movie plainly sucked. Will Smith is a nice guy but he ain’t no James West!

3. Hoss Cartwright from Bonanza:

I identified with Hoss for a few, ahem, reasons. First, I was just a little “chunky” and “large” back when — and I found myself in the role of “second” or “partner” for a few of my friends. Hoss somehow managed to keep his great power in check and mostly remained in the background; he was shy, reticent, gentle, honorable and most importantly, humble. Alas; you pissed him off to your considerable regret.

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Such are my choices.

Yours?

BZ

Another BZ First:

There were two candidates who fought for their initial places and then — KAZAM — I decided to make room for both!

1. MOONBAT: Michael Berg

The pickings here are almost too easy. So exists a pacificist who apparently cannot “connect the dots” between al-Qaeda and al-Zarqawi taking a dull blade to the fresh and throbbing neck of his own son and, having sawn through only a portion of the neck of his own seed, only to leave it exposed for those who wished to do a bit of hacking of their own. Oh. And let us not forget the hilarity that ensued when Nick Berg pleaded for his life and then gurgled. Shoot. That’s not worth retribution of any kind. That’s a perfectly acceptable act. As Mike Berg says: “There are perhaps evil acts; there are no evil people.”

But Mike Berg still had a disagreement with his son; Bush is a bigger terrorist than Saddam Hussein. It was wrong to go after al-Zarqawi. Moonbat. What is it about Mike Berg that makes him look like a Dachau Survivor? Thank GOD he’s conserving calories better consumed by YOU and by ME.

2. MOONBAT: John Murtha

Again, the pickings were almost too easily made. John Murtha is an doddering old fool who once served in the US military and uses that stance to excuse his ridiculously ill-thought-out “withdraw from Iraq now” plans.

Though one must consider this from the “official press:”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.

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With a guy like this, certainly I’d expect he’d be representing an area in Fornicalia instead of Pennsylvania.

BZ