Comments on: Sometimes someone has to call you on your bull

By: robin

robin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:45:37 +0000

Sarah Louise, I’ve got the coffee brewing. We can start our Bloggers Anonymous meeting.

By: sarah louise

sarah louise — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:31:28 +0000

Ah yes, the blog addiction thing. I’m with Mary Lee on Bloglines. It is a sort of Kryptonite for me because I just keep adding more and more and more…

There is no such thing as balance. Healthy and unhealthy, yes. I’m trying to learn how to be healthy about my blogging habits. (My name is Sarah Louise and I have discovered that blogging can make my life unmanageable…)

By: bj

bj — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:12:27 +0000

Um, I did that for you when I initially set up the blog. I do it for every wordpress client. In your case it’s already paid off, but don’t thank me, it’s probably why complete strangers are entering your Chocolate Contest.

Ya takes da good wit da bad . . .

By: robin

robin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:49:18 +0000

BJ, you did all that for me? THANK YOU! I think I owe you more chocolate.

By: bj

bj — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:45:04 +0000

And NOW I’m gonna give you the perfect excuse to keep blogging– if you do you’ll sell more books. YUP. That’s true. Why? Because I brilliantly set up your blogging ap to ping all the update services every time you post. What does that do? It creates a link for you on the update service blogroll, which helps you achieve better Google SERPs, and it notifies people who are subscribed to certain services that a blog in their interest area has been updated, which brings you traffic, and potentially more links if they like what they read. Links to your blog are the Gold Bullion of Web Currency.

And with all that extra royalty money you can pay someone to clean off your desk.

By: Elaine Magliaro

Elaine Magliaro — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:06:39 +0000

Housework? I am not sure that word is still in my vocabulary–except when company will be coming. Then it’s a flurry of vacuuming, dusting, etc. I never invite people who are really tall. I don’t dust places that I, personally, can’t view at eye level.

As Joan Rivers once said–and I’ll paraphrase: You wash the dishes and dust and six months later you have to start all over again.

At least I’m a really good cook. I figure that’s more inportant!

By: robin

robin — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:33:21 +0000

“The dishes are always giving us The Finger.” Jules, some day I want you to write a book called that, okay? Promise?

Your Deathbed Question does put it in perspective. I’m absolutely sure I won’t wish I went to Safeway one time more than I did. I despise grocery shopping almost as much as cleaning. Thanks for your support on all this, although I know I still need to back up a truck to my desk today and start clearning it off.

Mary Lee, welcome! Good job giving away the book you weren’t enjoying. The freedom is incredible.

By: Mary Lee

Mary Lee — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:16:39 +0000

Liz,
You’re right. Two bloggers to share the work and to balance each other during busy times (as long as they are not simultaneously busy times) is the way to go!

Heather,
I’m with you on the joy of Bloglines…except I subscribe to everything I find interesting, so there’s no real time-saving going on.

MotherReader,
I recently quit reading MY NAME IS RED. Then I gave the book away to a stranger in the art museum. Best day of my life.

Robin,
Blog as much as you can and have fun every minute you blog. When it stops being fun, go take a day long hike!

By: jules

jules — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:47:16 +0000

P.S. I promise I don’t live in filth.

By: jules

jules — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:59:50 +0000

Ah, screw the dirty dishes. Really. I hate how housework comes undone. Hate it. Hate it (can you tell I’m bitter?). (In other words, you can’t just check dirty dishes off your list — you clean them; they get dirty again. How RUDE. The dishes are always giving us The Finger).

I spend too much time writing, reviewing, reading others’ blogs, etc. — my dishes and laundry and floors get ingored more ’cause of it, and I STILL don’t have enough time to read all I want to read and hate feeling like I skim too much.

But I always ask myself The Deathbed Question: When I’m on my deathbed, am I going to wish I’d done ________ more? Fill in the blank with “blogging,” as in the joy I get from reading others’ thoughts, learning about new books, connecting with others, writing reviews myself . . . and the answer is YES. Fill in the blank with “cleaning house”? Ah, screw it.