I'm a fish!

Notice anything different?

Well, at present, I'm a Flippery Fish in The Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem of blog rankings. This represents a big step up from my previous status as a Slimy Mollusc and, before that, an Insignificant Microbe.

I started Riding Sun just two months ago. I owe its growth to you, the readers -- especially those of you who've linked to it on your own blogs, like POV and The Roth Report. (Unfortunately, I hadn't joined the Ecosystem back when Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs gave me my first-ever blogalanche.)

They're all linked in the sidebar, along with lots of other interesting blogs. If there are some you haven't seen already, I encourage you to check them out.

Special thanks go to Captain 2Slick at 2Slick's Forum, who's sent monster amounts of hits my way. 2Slick's a Black Hawk helicopter pilot recently back from service in Iraq and Kuwait. He managed to keep up a top-notch blog while serving our country in a war zone. I stand in awe.

Anyway, I'm not exactly sure how the Ecosystem works, but I think my ranking will drop like a stone unless I keep on attracting readers and linkers. And if I break my arm patting myself on the back, I won't be able to type. So, enough celebrating -- it's time for more blogging!