Addictive? (10 Comments)
KN asked the other day if blogging was addictive because she is finding that reading them can be! (Hold on a second while I figure out how to link to a comment. Oh that wasn’t so hard.) Is “be” a preposition and did I just end a sentence with one? Gosh! The things one runs into with Bloggy Stuff. (A copy editor reads this and, I am sure, cringes at each post- but fortunately, I think she’s becoming addicted.)
Back to the subject at hand, I wouldn’t call the actual blogging part addictive. It can be quite difficult to think of catchy titles and figuring out which category to put things in. (One blogger I know doesn’t put anything into categories but I have used it to find things on here before.) Plus, the really important part is actually having anything worthwhile to say! I have posted about having nothing to say (now, where is that? Oh! Here it is.) But one can only get away with that a few times (Hmm, it’s been almost a year….). The kids only say so many cute things and as they are getting older, there is less of that and I only do so many dumb things, thank God! A bright spot is that the weather has provided some blog fodder but that only goes so far too. The actual writing part takes time and thought. I am thankful for Spell Check.
But, the part that is addictive is getting comments. That part is fun! It says someone has read what I’ve written and has thoughts on it. Then, it’s more of a conversation than a monologue. I like the sound of my own voice for only so long.
Last night, I went to the Church’s Monthly Soup and Prayer meeting. I drove the Suburban because our driveway and lane were still snow covered and there were areas on the roads that have snow, ice and slush on them. On the way home, I was on a bad stretch and things were going well. I was thinking about KN’s comment and composing a post in my head when I noticed I was sliding. Towards the ditch. I slammed on my brakes.
Ha! Got ya! Did I hear you slapping your forehead and saying “She didn’t!?!?!?” I’m not (quite) that dumb. I eased off the throttle and steered it out of the slide. I paid more attention and went slower after that.
So…. blog writting may not be as addictive as reading them (I know, I am addicted to reading several) but it can be hazardous to your health.
Now, I am off to check my favorite blogs- think they’ve posted anything yet today?
What’s that? The Suburban sliding? Must be the tires. Yeah, that’s it!
Comment by Col. Panic — January 31, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
Well! It certainly wasn’t driver error!
cough, cough.
KJ (our little Hyacinth) needed to be in the back seat telling me to slow down.
Comment by JustMe — January 31, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
My suburban has slid a few times lately as well. 😉
I wanted to comment on your blog. Am I feeding into your addiction? LOL!
I love reading other people’s blogs. I have my own, but I don’t blog even as much as you do! I’ll e-mail you the address and you can check it out.
You even get more comments than me. I think it’s because most of my family is computer illiterate though. My mom just calls me on the phone to comment. 😉
Nicole
Comment by Nicole — February 1, 2008 @ 12:53 am
Hey it looks like you have a new reader. Whoa hoo!! Does that make it eleven now or something? Hee hee.
Comment by Liesel — February 1, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Ha, I bet one of the blog’s you are addicted to is mine; I bet you check it every day 😉
Oh, you don’t?
Well, I know I haven’t posted anything in months, but you should still check.
Guess what? I did post one this evening, so there.
Hi Liesel 🙂
Comment by Eric — February 1, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
BTW, your clock for when comments were made is an hour off.
And tell the Colonel that his spam stopper is too hard. I can’t spell those big words, especially when they have a line through them and an “e” looks like an “a”.
Comment by Eric — February 1, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
If you haven’t heard the news yet: You actually have TWO new readers — only it’ll be a few years before the newest one actually starts reading, and probably a few after that before he starts leaving you comments. KN’s little one, AHN, was born early Thursday. He’s *so* perfect!!
Comment by Arat — February 1, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
Liesel, no such luck, I counted her.
Eric, I had told him about the time but it’s so hard to find good tech support these days. LOL! He showed me how to fix it. Now, I’ll have to remember how to do it when we go to Daylight time.
I know those things are really hard! I end up squinting at them trying to figure it out a lot of the time. But, believe it or not, we had a spammer who was somehow getting through it. That is, until The Col. blocked them at the firewall. Maybe good tech support isn’t so hard to find. 🙂
And, the person who started it all- KN hasn’t even had a chance to read this post yet. She’s using the excuse of having had a baby on the day I wrote it. Geez! Some people! We are thrilled for you KN!
Now I am off to read Eric’s blog.
Comment by JustMe — February 1, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
We are thrilled for us too … 🙂
Thanks!
Comment by kn. — February 4, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
Addicted? Not me. Just because I have serious with drawels when I’m away from the blogging world for more than five minutes is NOT a sign of addiction. Nope. Just because I’m beginning to see things through a bloggers eye again does NOT mean I’m addicted. I’m not. Really.
Clearly I’m in denial.
I love blogging and getting comments, too. There is a t-shirt I want that says, “I’m blogging this.” LOL
Comment by Audra Marie — February 5, 2008 @ 10:15 am