I Am a Prolific Blogger, Starting Now

According to New Scientist, Susan Jamison-Powell at Sheffield Hallam University found that (in the universe of LiveJournal.com) bloggers find blogs with more words "more attractive," regardless of the content or tone of the blog.  New Scientist translated that into the lede: "WHEN it comes to making friends online it is the quantity, not quality, of your blog posts that counts."

That's not really a correct conclusion to draw from her data.  She's talking about the number of words, not posts.  Technically speaking, her study produced data supporting a possible conclusion that bloggers want to signal to observers that they find wordy blogs more attractive. No more, no less.

In protest of this lazy journalism, I am going to post the ten hundred-letter thunderwords that appear in James Joyce's polyglot practical joke/diary of insanity, Finnegans Wake:

bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk,Perkodhuskurunbarggruauyagokgorlayorgromgremmitghundhurthrumathunaradidillifaititillibumullunukkunun,klikkaklakkaklaskaklopatzklatschabattacreppycrottygraddaghsemmihsammihnouithappluddyappladdypkonpkot,Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach,Thingcrooklyexineverypasturesixdixlikencehimaroundhersthemaggerbykinkinkankanwithdownmindlookingated,Lukkedoerendunandurraskewdylooshoofermoyportertooryzooysphalnabortansporthaokansakroidverjkapakkapuk,Bothallchoractorschumminaroundgansumuminarumdrumstrumtruminahumptadumpwaultopoofoolooderamaunsturnup,Pappappapparrassannuaragheallachnatullaghmonganmacmacmacwhackfalltherdebblenonthedubblandaddydoodled,husstenhasstencaffincoffintussemtossemdamandamnacosaghcusaghhobixhatouxpeswchbechoscashlcarcarcaract,Ullhodturdenweirmudgaardgringnirurdrmolnirfenrirlukkilokkibaugimandodrrerinsurtkrinmgernrackinarockar.

Take that, Icelandic volcano. Jerk.