The Fredösphere

Last night Der Drübermensch was showing great interest in my Sitemeter stats.  (His powers of attention become awe-inspiring when bedtime is being avoided.)  I showed him how many people had visited the Fredösphere this week.  His reaction:  "well, I didn't know that many people loved you."  It's not enough, kid.  It will never be enough.

So, how can I get my traffic numbers up?  How do you succeed in the arts blögôsphère?  The 800 lb. gorillas:  what's their secret?  I went to Steve Sailer for answers and found this article.  I'm not interested in debating his thesis, that  the doping scandals of athletics in the 1980s raised false expectations that women could eventually equal or surpass men in sports like sprinting.  But check this out: 

The East German bioengineers were stumped at producing male sprint champions, however, because the benefits of a given amount of steroids are much greater for women than men. Since men average 10 times more natural testosterone than women, they need dangerously large, Ben Johnson-sized doses to make huge improvements, while women can speed-up significantly on smaller, less-easily detected amounts. Thus, the reduction in steroid use due to improved drug testing has hurt women's times more.

The other major reason for the widening of the gender gap after 1998 is that the scandal of Ben Johnson, who was injecting so many steroids his eyes had turned yellow, winning the men's 100m in a subsequently disqualified world record was so great that more effective steroid tests were subsequently implemented.

Could "Ben Johnson-sized doses" of testosterone improve one's blogging ability?  It seems fantastic, and yet, I'm comparing The Fredösphere to other blogs, and I'm asking, what's wrong?  I've been blogging for literally weeks, I've paid my dues dangit, and where are the hordes of adoring, commenting fans?  What's Reflections in D Minor got that I haven't got?  What's Greg Sandow or Kyle Gann injecting that I'm not?

So,  'fess up, Terry:  how did you get so freaky?  How about it, Michael:  what's your secret to beating the drug tests?  Look in the mirror, Alex:  what color are your eyes?