In April we reported [1] on the blog 365 Dumps, in which Dan Tobin is chronicling "the life of my colon, one dump at a time."
At our last report, Dan was in a bit of a rut, and it was questionable whether he'd persevere. But I'm happy to say that he's back in the saddle, posting actively through the summer, logging his 163th dump this past Sunday [2].
Considering that there is little of what you'd consider action in Dan's blog, it is surprisingly engrossing; he's the Mr. Rogers of Crap. Post #159 [3], from July 30, provides a good overview of his blog and example of his tone:
One reason I write this blog is that there are few universals in life, but we all eat, we all sleep, we all defecate. You read plenty about the first two, but #2 gets overlooked. The fact that I could forget today's is a sad reminder that we largely take our time on the toilet for granted. Was it a masterpiece? Was it a failure? Or was it a fiction? It's lost to the annals of time, and I have not managed to hook my toilet up to the TiVo, so I can't rewind and find out.
His observation about universals sounds like something from PoopReport. Indeed, he's been in contact. Here's his entry from July 5th.
I've agreed to write something for The Poop Report, and I was genuinely grateful and wanted to reciprocate the opportunity. Except that this blog is obviously very personal, so I offered my contact a chance to write about one of my dumps, saying he could come in the bathroom with me and take notes. As I said in the email, if you run a site called Poop Report, I can't believe this is the strangest offer he's received.
Dave, was it you who contacted him? Did he really invite you into the head to watch him? It's hard to believe he was serious, because he rates fairly high on the Shameful Shitting scale.
And Dan, if you're reading this, please consider submitting something to our site. No problem if it is "very personal" -- that's exactly what we trade in here. In any case, good luck with the project.
