It’s an Anniversary
A year ago I posted my initial blog entry. I wrote that the elapsed time between starting the introductory piece and posting it was about 11 months. This was on top of a few years of internal dialogue about “putting myself out there.”
I was prolific for awhile, posting 10 musings in the month of December, 2015. In January there were 7 and 5 more in February. Then I pretty much went silent….at least when it comes to my blog. Only 8 items in the next 10 months.
I’m not sure why I stopped writing. It was probably two reasons:
- The crazy politics of 2016.
- The fact that nobody reads what I write, i.e. looking at the stats was more than a tad bit depressing.
Looking back, I shouldn’t have let the fact that I might piss off a few people I’ve known for a long time, or a few relatives, been a factor. (See #2 above….they most likely wouldn’t have read it anyway.)
If they really know me, they know that I’m a LIBERAL, especially from a social perspective, and I’m proud of it. I’m still waiting for someone to provide evidence of any advancement of the human condition for which conservatives can claim credit. I can provide a LONG list of advancements thanks to liberals…but I won’t do it here and now.
Regarding the fact that nobody reads my blog, my response is to tweak the lyrics of a great song (Dog) from a great band (Bottle Rockets):
I love this blog
It’s my blog
If you don’t read or like this blog
That’s okay
This isn’t about you
It’s my blog
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I’ve never been a big fan of resolutions, but when it comes to this blog I do resolve:
- To post more regularly
- That most posts (not all) will have a lyric component
- That some posts will be overtly political.a. This assumes that the flimflam fascist who will take the oath of office as POTUS does not shut down the Internetb. That my political posts will be fact based, unlike the Lies that spew from the Drumpf on a constant basis.
- That I’ll ignore the stats of the blog. I’m writing this for me. If you happen to read something you like, it would be nice to know. If you don’t like it or don’t agree with me, that’s OK too.
RE #4, as usual singer-songwriters say it better than I ever could. These lyrics from 44 years ago have been some of my favorites for a long time:
“But it’s all right now, i learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT6bgyimP8g