September 28, 2016

Is It Time?

Got the opening lyrics of this song rambling around in my head and  I thought  I would share Adrian Belew's nifty cover of it today.


While you're jammin' on some good early 80's schlock, I thought would spend a few minutes contemplating the meaning of life, or rather, the meaning of blogging.

Blogging, for me, has changed radically as a platform to engage the various peoples that I've come across over the past 8 1/2 years. From an initial start of six to eight posts a week in 2008, we have dwindled down to two posts a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays) on two different blogs. While the Saturday blog has been exclusively devoted to my writing journeys (albeit a mix of PG-13 & R), both fresh and re-heated, which in turn has allowed me to find my ju-ju again, this blog has of late, become a vastly different enterprise.

To be honest exceptionally blunt with everyone, my ju-ju with this blog has been pretty much decimated. I'm finding it to be extremely difficult to come up with any kind of meaningful post for this blog. Doesn't matter what the potential topic may be, I've covered it at least a baker's dozen times. Even if it's writing related, I've covered it ad nauseum here.

With that being said, one can come to the not-quite-erroneous conclusion that I'm riding off into the sunset. While I do have one foot in the stirrup, I'm pretty sure that due to no arm strength to speak of (thank you Mr. DNA) I have no conceivable way of swinging my pasty white leg over the horse and saddle.

So until I can figure out a way to either get that pasty white leg of mine over the horse and saddle or  remove my other pasty white leg from stirrup and give the horse a slap on the rump, I will continue to think very long and very hard about what I want to do here.

The 4th Quarter is upon us (no, not the football 4th quarter, but the traditional business calendar 4th Q) and one way or another, I will have a decision for one and all on what I want to do with this wonderful Blogger blog on New Year's Day 2017.

In the meantime, if you do follow football, I implore you to come over to the dark side and become a member of the cult we call The New England Patriots.

(c) 2016 BOOKS BY G.B. MILLER. All Rights Reserved.

10 comments:

  1. No! I will not succumb to the dark side.
    Hey, I'm always amused by what you come up with here.

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    1. No dark side for you, eh? You prefer the light, eh?

      I'm glad that I can give you a little chuckle to liven up your day. Thanks for the compliment.

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  2. You could always do what I do and post cat memes and stories about potatoes.

    No?

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    1. I think my imagination is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too warped for cat memes, and I'm currently reading a book by Penn Jillette, called "Presto!", which is about how he lost 100 lbs by eating nothing but potatoes for two weeks (to start).

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  3. It gets harder and harder, doesn't it? I'm down to two posts per week, too. I used to get out more when I called on customers for work, so there were more photo opportunities, etc. Now I'm mostly confined to a beige windowless building, so it's hard sometimes.

    I like Debra's comment. :)

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    1. For this blog, it's getting extremely difficult. I've mined so much of my life on this blog that I'm just about tapped. With my writing blog, it's a bit different. Not only do I have a brand new audience to explore/write to, I can get a little more explicit with my content (if need be) without getting any static about it.

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  4. I move from rejoicing in blogging to hating it. I always love the people I have met and those I have yet to meet. You always seem to waffle then bounce back full force.

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    1. That has usually been the norm for me, but I'm not too sure if it will happen this time around. Unlike my Tumblr blog, which because it has a theme (of sorts) I can build of the continuity for the next post, there really is no continuity to speak of for this one anymore. I need to write something for tomorrow (10/5) and I have almost nothing for a topic to expand/expound upon.

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  5. A video that starts with juggling gets my attention. I sing that song sometimes with different lyrics that I've made up--it's kind of dumb, but I've been singing it for years. It's like a fixation.

    I'm in a similar funk about blogging and it seems like a lot of people are. I'm going to continue on in the vein I'm in, but right now I'm kind of lackluster about this whole blogging thing. Come to think of I'm kind of in a nadir in a lot of ways. I'm down in a sense. Actually, good song choice.

    Arlee Bird
    Tossing It Out

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    1. Thanks. The opening notes as sung by Paul is what makes this song stick in my head all the time. Kind of like getting a bucket of cold water chucked in your face while sleeping.

      Lackluster would be a good word to use, which is what I'm facing with this blog. Not so much my writing blog though. That one is going pretty well.

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