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I was going to make this my absolutely the funniest item of the day, but frankly, I think it transcends that. Bubblehead pens an ode to the Instalanche:

“‘Twas the day after Sunday, and all through my site,<br/> Not a visitor was active, not getting a bite;<br/> My posts had been writ with the greatest of care,<br/> In the hopes that some comments would fill up dead air;

“My referrers log empty, most bloggers would scoff,<br/> My visions of blogofame seemed quite far off;<br/> No trolls came to visit, leaving posts in ALL CAPS,<br/> So I settled my head for a sorrowful nap;

“But now my Sitemeter spun faster and faster,<br/> I clicked “referred by”, thinking ‘who’s the spam blaster’;<br/> When what to my bloodshot, wet eyes should be seen,<br/> but “instapundit.com” that was filling the screen;

“Much faster than spambots the linkers they came,<br/> I shouted and yelled as I called out their names:<br/> ‘Oh Billy, oh Steven, oh Cut On the Bias,<br/> Daimnation, Yay Chrenkoff, Atlas Shrugs, and the Argghhh!!! guys,<br/> From the depths of all blogdom and blogrolls so small,<br/> Now link away, link away, link away all!’”

For a more prosaic account of the week’s events, read the whole thing.