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More waffle to keep things ticking along.
Background
I miss the olden days of blogging. When I say olden days, I don’t mean the days when I first started out blogging, as I felt, back then, that I was writing pretty much to myself. I could hear the tumbleweed rolling along the empty corridors of cyberspace after I’d posted another irrelevant post.
I used to picture myself sometime in the future approving comments, replying to comments and commenting on other blogs on a regular basis.
I’d fantasize that my daily visitor numbers would be reaching all time highs, and, on a couple of occasions they actually did. On a couple of occasions.
Nowadays, they are just about bobbing along just above zero.
I appreciate and treasure each and every visit, no matter how scarce they are.
I used to enjoy the search engine terms that were listed in the dashboard, that visitors used to find my blog. Now the list shows ‘other search terms’ or ‘unknown search terms’, without actually listing the terms themselves.
I used to poke fun at spam commenters, but now all I get is Japanese spam that I can’t read and (being honest) can’t even be bothered to translate. In fact, I can’t even be bothered to delete it.
The thing is, I’m feeling somewhat deflated at the moment.
Possible solutions
I don’t want to take another break from blogging, as it is very hard to get back into the swing of things once again. Each time I’ve taken a break I’ve found it harder and harder to get back into being creative. So, that’s now not an option. Completely and utterly out of the question. Cutterly, in fact.
I’m reposting older posts because I feel that’s the only way visitors will actually get to see them. I couldn’t, shouldn’t and wouldn’t imagine a new visitor wanting to search through my entire history of posts since 2010 to find something that I had a little fun with back then, and on the same side of the coin (or the different side depending on how you look at things) I wouldn’t expect regular visitors to remember anything I’ve written years down the line either… I’m really not that up myself.
I’m only hoping that the posts I do repeat are as ‘entertaining’ as I think they are.
A blog isn’t really a place to entertain, apparently, but I’d like to know that anyone who calls by here, however they get here, has a little fun while they are here. Even reading stuffy old waffly posts like this. If I have to resort to (urgh!) social media to promote works such as this, then so be it. Or not, as the case may be.
I’m also my own worst enemy. Time constraints restrict me visiting other blogs and commenting there, as they also mean a delay in my replying to comments here. When I get chance, I visit, comment / like / comment and like as appropriate. Rather haphazardly, inconsistently, and seemingly without reason. No excuse… that’s just how it is at present. I really should work at improving this.
Moving forward
Well. Here’s what’s going to happen. Theoretically.
I may revert back to my original Me! Me! Me me me! blog title. The blog isn’t all about me, but sometimes it is. And if there’s only me here it gives off a nice echo effect anyway.
I may use another theme (again!). One of the boring ones, which will make what I write simply shine. That’ll prove the old saying that you can make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
I may pay for visitors from one of those pay-for-visitors sites. I don’t know of any, but if needs must it’s an idea. It would have to be a cheapo site though, as I need any spare cash I have to keep this Mansion and all the surrounding Grinds running. And pay for the staff. Not that I see any of them either…
I may advertise the blog on the side of a bus… or on TV. I don’t actually mean on a bus, or on TV, rather surreptitiously sticking post-it notes where any chance passers-by may see them. Telephone boxes. Post boxes. Shop windows. Advertising opportunities abound when you start to think about them.
I may write serious posts. Ha! Ha! Ha ha ha!
Finale
To get me back on track, blogging-wise, I’m going to have to seriously prune my reading list. Chop off those I haven’t visited in an age to allow me more time to get reacquainted properly with the ones I really do follow. The pruning shears are quite sharp, so I may chop off more than I intend to… ouch! For that I apologise now.
My links page will, as a result of said pruning, get a complete overhaul. But hey, I think that page was last visited in 1978 anyway. Check it out while links last! I really should be in advertising.
Afterthought
I’ve recently watched the movie ‘The Best Western Marigold Hotel’ (or whatever it’s called!) and one of the lines of the film spoke to me:
Everything turns out good in the end. If it isn’t good, then it isn’t the end yet.
Or words to that effect. It obviously doesn’t apply to this blog, because this place is ruddy brilliant!
Second afterthought
And see… what a good ending! No cliff-hanger. Apart from who’s for the chop…
Mwahahahahaha! That’s real evil laughter, that. Meant in a good way, though. Obviously.
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