Max is enjoying a small dose of fame.
You see, aside from some folks who are harvesting “likes” with stock photos of Maltese puppies, Max has been the near sole contributor using WordPress’ “Maltese dogs” tag.
Finally, WordPress elected to use a picture of our hero as the header photo for the category.
Here it is:
Yup, that’s the whole image. Of hundreds of pictures on his blog, this was the chosen one.
Wouldn’t have recognized it without the photo credit on the corner.
Congratulations, Max, I think. Enjoy your fame
Oh, and they changed the photo already. Sick transit, Gloria
Categories: The Dog From Rancho Cucaracha
WITHIN THE K STREETS 
Well, of course, anyone who follows you would recognize Max in a heartbeat! bahahaha! I think it’s pretty cool, though. For Max. Down, Tom. Good boy.
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I think it’s going to his head. He wants an intro to Lady Gaga.
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And which fartarse ‘creative’ thought this was clever? Probably from the same stable as the one that thought hiding ‘images’ in its ‘block’ sector would encourage the user to try any of the utter bollocks you have to hunt through in order to find what you want.
Still, Max has had recognition…his fifteen minutes of fame. Time to party…let milk bones be unconfined.
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Yeah…WordPress…sigh. But in dog time 15 minutes is equivalent to 105 minutes human time and that’s plenty for an already conceited Maltese.
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Max deserves lots of cookies for his 15 minutes of fame! I can’t even figure out how to insert pictures!
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Yesterday he was busted for sneaking into the AJF’S purse and purloining a whole baggie full of mini milk bones. He got about 20 of them ( fortunately they’re tiny) and he got a major scolding from DogMom. He told me it was worth it.
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Tags? Should I have been doing tags all this time? Oh, well.
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Only if you want followers. On the other hand this silly dog blog is hardly the poster child for a how to attract followers discussion.
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Oh Max, what charisma, what personality!!
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What ego.
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When I clicked on the tag link, Max was the top 3 posts!! Way to go Max! That’ll show ‘em. 😄
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Max accounts for something like 75% of all posts under that tag. He is the boss dog, the heavy, the don of that tag. Not that anybody actuslly uses that link. Still, he’s inordinately proud of his fiefdom.
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As well he should be!!
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Just talking to someone who knows Max makes me somehow feel superior to others now. It’s like Buddy seeing Santa and yelling that he knows him! I’ve seen him in all sorts of ensembles. I remember when he had paw troubles. I remember when he lived in Hawaii. This is his time to shine. The Spoiler of Beef should prepare him a feast in the presence of his enemies.
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Next thing we know he will have an entourage, a TikTok account and he will be called an influencer on social media.
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Yes, and then TikTok will delete his account with no explanation like they did to my son. Because that’s how America works now. So make sure Max gets his message to the people quickly.
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Max’s Manifesto. I like it.
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Max does look like Andy Worhol, you know, the blonde monochrome thing, so the 15 minutes of fame makes sense (snorf)…
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Max is more interested in the Campbell soup can image. It’s always about the food with that dog.
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Worhol, Bowie…Max is in good company!
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Max thinks he’s more like Schwarzenegger, Stallone or that other guy, what’s his Damne name?
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Way to go Max! You were born a winner. Murphy is so proud of you and she says you should milk your 15 minutes of fame for all it’s worth!
And pay no attention to Tom. You’re not conceited. You’re well assured of your power and worth.
Ginger
Think positive. Test negative.
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Max says that he is available to sign autographs on an appointment-only basis.
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Pet blogs are the only social media I do. If I stopped, you’d be birdless.
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Plus we would miss your feathery commentary! Got to keep pet blogs going! The only news/opinion/silliness sources I trust these days.
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So so good to see you and Max!!!! Bad Lois, I’ve been off frolicking in other creative fields … but with always a thought to da blog, and of course to you!!!! Happiest of congratulations to our darling Maxie … love dat pic … 🤣🥴 …
Anywho … off to finally add an entry over on my side of the street … and hopefully … this time … stick with the blog a little better.
Happy New Year … stay well and safe!!! And I’ll be back to catch up with you guys and the posts I’ve missed very soon!!!!
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Good to see ya! Not even you could do anything with that photo. Maybe just title it “Furry Malt Chest.” I have to assume there’s a WordPress bot that randomly plucks photos from the tag category and crops them to fit irrespective of content. At least, I hope that’s the explanation. Oh well, it’s not like The Furball doesn’t have enough pics circulating on WP. Look forward to seeing your posts and all the best in what so far seem like 2020 Part Deux.
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Hmmm…
Did they ask permission for the pic?
If not, the US legal system can be beneficial here.
‘Hurt feelings,’ ‘Copyright,’ ‘intrusion,’ ‘Privacy breech,’ ‘Family breakdown,’ and ‘abuse of dog’ by cutting off head.
All in all I expect Max to make around $5 million from this.
(15% to me for advice)
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Too late! The offending photo disappeared within minutes and I can’t prove my copy hasn’t been photoshopped. WP is mum on the dog abuse. I threatened them with never posting again in the silly blog but they were thrilled to hear that and asked if I would swear to it. Humph. The Maltese is miffed.
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But all those objctions melt away if Max has felt ‘offended’. No proof required, just his subjective feeling…if you need evidence the fact that he most uncharacteristically ate twenty milk bones to assuage his grief must count heavily.
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Max spends his life assuaging his grief. We don’t know the source of said grief or the authenticity thereof but he doesn’t care as long as the milk bones keep coming.
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Tsk! Since when was ‘evidence’ required in a US court?
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Andy Warhol had a younger brother who created pictures of vegetarian baked bean cans instead of soup. His pictures are in the same museum as Book Toby. Toby wants to know if Max would like to join him at the museum for some unsupervised noshing and late night toots.
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“A Night in the Museum.” I think I saw a movie about that. Sounds lkke a plan.
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Oh, Max…you deserve a HUGE dose of fame! You are famous here! Coop and I are honored to know you! 🙂
Good thing your Dad has you to contribute so much to this post…you are totally the reason it’s successful! 🙂 If you could type on the keyboard, you wouldn’t need him to help you with this blog at all! 😉
PATS and RUBS!!! to you, Max!!! 🙂
PS…Say woof to your Dad for us! 😛
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It’s nice to be needed, even if only for a little. Mostly I’m treated like hired help around here except I don’t get paid. Food’s good, though, so there’s that.
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Yes, I’d work for food! 😉 😛 HA! 😀 But, I don’t do windows? Do you do windows, Max!?!?
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AS a matter of fact, I am in charge in of our housekeeping here at Chez Max. For real…I do laundry, make beds, windows, floors, dusting, pretty near all housekeeping but…no cooking! (Except BBQ) Cooking is the AJF’s territory.
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Wowza! You are very valuable! 🙂
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The “unicorn” of husbands. But do I get the respect I so richly deserve? No. I get no respect, no respect at all.
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On the plus side…your blog at least got credit, fleeting (and incomplete) as it was. Too funny. Max will always be Top Malt in our books! And not partially or fleetingly.
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Max and I are very serious journalists. Our Hemingway-esque prose is not written not to attract shallow popularity or fleeting acclaim. We write to perfect the craft. Well, that and because we don’t have anything better to do but ignore that last part.
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Hahaha! We’re fully aware of your seriousness…about spirits and blog posts. 🥃
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Nox was very impressed with the chest shot and now wants to see the rest of Max. She wants a date with him as she thinks it would be fun to go out with a famous dog.
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Well, there are only about 300 photos of Max on his silly blog so Nox can fangirl all she wants. Max would, of course, be honored to date Nox provided she understands a long term future that includes puppies is not a possibility. (“Thanks a lot, DogDad.”)
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Nox likes funny dogs, so all the funny pictures that make Max look silly or funny, makes Nox howl. 😄
Sine Nox would not be able to have puppies, even if Max could sire puppies, she understands that a long term future wouldn’t include puppies. (Thanks to Dog Mom and Dog Dad and the veterinarian.)
She still thinks Max would be fun to date as he is so cute and funny.
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Well, if road trips are ever permitted again, who knows? It could be the great love story of our age. Better than Twilight anyway.
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