A couple days ago, Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger offered up this 7 Link Challenge. The object is to link to 7 posts that fit into these 7 themes. Here are mine:

1. Your First Post — Dead Rooster Takes Flight. This is it — the one that started it all! It was my very first blog post on this site. I never thought anyone ever read it until almost 2-years after I wrote it when someone finally left the first comment.

2. A Post You Enjoyed Writing the Most — Dead Rooster Survives Bug Attack on Universal Mummy Coaster. This post, according to my readers, is BY FAR the funniest thing I ever wrote on this blog. There are no less than four comments by people that confess to peeing their pants while reading it. It’s interesting how the posts I enjoy writing the most are the one’s that are the most successful (except the one I listed below at #6).

3. A Post That Had a Great Discussion — Dead Rooster’s Sure Fire Method for Seducing Women. Some of the comments by my readers were priceless! And, I’m sure they had a great time making fun of me too! LOL

4. A Post on Someone Else’s Blog That You Wish You’d Written — I May Be Unemployed, But I’ve Got Big Plans. I could have chose almost anything from Margaret’s blog Nanny Goats In Panties because I think she is one of the most entertaining writers out there. But, I chose this story because I laughed my ass off when I read it a couple of years ago and I never forgot it. Hilarious stuff!

5. A Post With a Title That You Are Proud Of — Hot Blonde Reveals Cruel Method to Increase Blog Traffic. Come on, admit it! This was a stroke of genius! OK, maybe not, but I was pretty proud of myself after I came up with this title. And, it wasn’t long after I wrote this that my blog was featured on CNN… coincidence? Another interesting fact: I came up with the title and then wrote a post to fit it.

6. A Post That You Wish More People Had Read — Dead Rooster: Confessions of a Dot Com Trillionaire. For some reason, this post just never got going. I thought it was one of the funniest things I’d ever wrote, but as usual, when I think something I wrote is funny, I’m the only one that thinks so.

7. Your Most Visited Post Ever — How to Get in the Mood to Write. This is my most visited blog post. I wrote it 2-years ago and still get a substantial amount of visitors to it week-in and week-out.

I hope you enjoyed this clip-show style blog post. Let me know if you take the challenge with your blog.

It’s true! The scourge of all web developers has died and gone to the fiery furnace where it belongs. If you are using IE6, be aware that you are floating down river on the bones of a dead browser.

IE6 has caused so many headaches for me over the years that about a year ago I simply quit worrying whether or not my blog loaded in it or not. If you are using IE6, you are definitely not seeing this blog as it was meant to be viewed. I have no idea what you’re seeing — like I said — I haven’t tested for IE6 in a long time.

And, it’s not only me, there are plenty of others that gave up on it, including the biggest dog of them all: Google. They phased out IE6 support on March 1st for Google Docs, Google Sites and announced YouTube will discontinue support on March 13th.

Of course, Microsoft, the creator of this horrid monster, hasn’t exactly killed it off yet; they’re keeping it on life support until officially pronouncing it dead in May of 2014 when they will stop support completely.

As a result of Microsoft’s slow hand to pull-the-plug, Ryan Parr and David Stewart have created an IE6 Countdown to Death website complete with a fully functioning countdown timer leading up  to the big day.

Personally, even though it’s been dead to me for over a year and Woopra Analytics is reporting only 4% of my visitors are using the specific “IE version 6″ over the past month, I can’t wait ’til this thing is completely non-functional on the internet.

Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver, Colorado, isn’t waiting. They held a funeral last night (March, 4th) at Forest Room 5, also in Denver. Photos of the event are rolling in as we speak:

If you’re still using IE6, it’s definitely time to upgrade. Aren’t you tired of seeing misaligned web pages, suffering browser crashes and getting infected by web bugs? If you are, just go to the official Internet Explorer 8 web page and upgrade now. Then come back and see what Dead Rooster actually looks like!

Or, if you want to use what I use and recommend to all my readers, download the latest version of Firefox.

OK, let’s all just simmer down a little — this is Bobby Slayton we’re talking about here…  if you were so easily offended, you shouldn’t have watched his hilarious 1-hour comedy special premiering this week on Showtime® (Premieres March 4th, 9/8c).

If you like, vicious, “Pit-Bull of Comedy” style stand-up routines, this Scarsdale, New York native will yank out your funny bone and crush your skull with it. He’s rude, crude and not afraid to burn every sniveling morsel of political correctness in his wake.

If all that didn’t chase you away, I have one last word of warning: the guy is hilarious. There’s a reason why he appears on Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. He’s side-splitting funny and, while watching this special, you should seriously consider having an oxygen tank nearby to revive your uncontrollable laughter.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll see on March 4th:

Thanks for the laughs, Bobby! See you on Showtime® March 4th. And, thanks for doing the following special video “shout-out” for Dead Rooster; it really means a lot to me. You’re the greatest!

…And don’t forget to check out Bobby’s official web site at www.BobbySlayton.com

I rarely put videos on my blog, but when I saw this Walmart Clown Commercial during the NFL playoffs yesterday, I laughed so hard I knew I had to share it.

It is easily the funniest commercial I’ve seen in years and it boggles my mind as to why Walmart didn’t wait a couple weeks to feature it during the Superbowl. What a bunch of clowns! I’m sure it would have been one of the winners.

Death Metal Rooster Bonus

This next one isn’t nearly as funny as the Walmart Clown Commercial, but I think  it is related and relevant enough (given the “rooster” theme of this blog) to earn a spot on this post. Thanks to my friend John Sullivan at the Best Blog in the Universe for turning me on to it.

Screaming clowns and screaming roosters… I hope you’ve had your coffee!