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While my normal reader numbers have taken a serious nosedive recently, the amount of spam accounts willing to receive my drivel filled missives expands exponentially. Every day I zap more and more of these annoying non existent bloggers.
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And while I give them an A for persistence, ( I zap two? Three come back. ) their lack of original site names is quite pathetic.
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If you’re going to clutter my follower list, at least put a little effort in to it. Geesh.
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It’s been a while since I checked my spam folder and man, was it ever full. It never ceases to amaze me why people waste their time leaving these comments. What’s the end game? None of the companies exist and no one pays the least bit of attention, so what do they hope to gain.
Along with an alarmingly large number of extremely crude sexual content filled missives that would have made Hugh Hefner blush, I received this:
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Motorhome Collision Repair Near Me
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Hello there! This post could not be written any better! Going through this post reminds me of my previous roommate! He continually kept talking about this. I am going to send this post to him. Fairly certain he’ll have a great read. Thanks for sharing!
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How nice. An appreciative fan. Though why this man’s roommate would continually talk about my fat woodchuck post is anyone’s guess.
Right after that, I found this:
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Motorhome Collision Repair Near Me
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Next time I read a blog, Hopefully it does not disappoint me just as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I truly believed you would have something helpful to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could possibly fix if you were not too busy searching for attention.
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I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, but the speed at which my new motorhome collision repair fan turned on me was shocking.
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Where the Hell is everyone?
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I’m not normally one to fret over my post stats but lately I’ve noticed an awful echo in blogland. My views have dropped by half in the past few months and I’m wondering if my readers have moved on to parts unknown… or are simply sick of my drivel and cut me out like a malignant tumor.
What say you?
Am I too much of a good thing, or is it getting lonely here at WordPress…
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There are many reasons I choose to blog from my iPhone instead of my computer.
#1. Since we live in rural Maine… land of slow as molasses internet service… it’s quicker.
#2. It’s portable, I can blog wherever I want and don’t need to be stuck behind my desk.
#3. I take most of my pictures with my phone so it’s easier to plop them in posts.
But the 4th and most important reason I rarely blog from my computer?
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten, who sees no earthly reason why he shouldn’t sit right in front of the screen two seconds after I turn it on.
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Attention must be paid.
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Why is it that technology designed to make our life easier always turns out to be a right royal pain in the as?
Yes, I typed ass… but autocorrect switched it to as. In addition to being annoying, my autocorrect is also a potty mouth censor. And fur the duration of this pist, I will be leaving the changes it makes to prove my point.
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That helps somewhat. To be honest, it’s the only reasonable explanation why every single time I type “for” it comes up fur.
And “post” is changed to pist. (Pist. That isn’t even a word! Which it damn well knows because every time it makes the switch the word comes up underlined. WTH?)
“Doesn’t” ? That’s changed to Durant. (Who is Durant? And why dues he keep wanting to appear in my pists?)
Dues! Geesh, that’s a brand new one. Clearly I have angered the autocorrect Gods.
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Yes, I know I can turn off the option in settings. But there’s a twisted part of me that’s stubborn enough to want to win the battle. If I disregard the changes often enough maybe, just maybe…that little drunken elf will sober up.
Too much to hope fur?
Probably. But hope springs external.
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After all my posts about Gulp, I should have known this was coming.
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The internet is a wonderful thing, but it’s also like a dog with a bone when it latches on to an idea.
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Blog about digestive issues?
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And the next thing you know you’re inundated with like minded information.
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Some of which I could have happily gone without knowing.
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Word of warning. Be careful when you write a blog about your acupuncture treatment.
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You never know who might drop by to comment.
The following photo is an advertisement I saw on my FB feed. At first glance I thought… no. That can’t be what I think it is..
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I was wrong.
It was exactly what I thought it was.. and now my only question is wtf?
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Wow.
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Men? I’m going to give you a little free advice so listen carefully.
I believe I speak for all women when I say we don’t want this.
We don’t this for our birthdays. We don’t want this for our anniversaries. And we definitely don’t want this for Valentines Day.
Uh uh.
Nope.
No way.
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The fact that this abomination is listed as “low in stock” is proof positive men are basically clueless gift givers and will benefit enormously from reading my blog.
Please spread the word.
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To tag or categorize… that is the question.
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As you know, I tend to be a prolific blogger. Since the global plague threw a monkey wrench in our retirement and travel plans… I’ve posted twice a day and disproved the old adage ‘less is more ’.
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But back to my question…
When you write a blog, do you tag or categorize? And what’s the difference?
My previous blog sites only offered tagging, so that’s what I’ve been doing since migrating here … but I’m wondering if I should categorize instead. Will more readers find my treasure trove of useless nonsense fascinating posts that way?
Dazzle me with your vast knowledge on the subject dear readers…
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Wishing all my blog friends near and far a very merry and magical Christmas.
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Yes, that’s a lobster trap Christmas tree.
I live in Maine. It’s required.
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And yes, that’s me.
Though I admit the photo is slightly out of date.
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