Thursday, August 04, 2005

• Site statistics are addictive. They are also dreadfully boring to anyone who is not the author of the site in question.
  
• It's generally not wise to associate one's full name, address of home residence, or place of business with one's personal website.
  
• The nuts, they are out there.
  
• The first thing that most people will do after learning that someone they know has a website/blog/journal is wonder if anything has been written about them. A small but significant portion of these people will not rest until they see a post that is or might be about them.
  
• A staggering percentage of people don't understand basic literary techniques. Sarcasm, for one. Hyperbole, for another. Writing very quickly off the cuff and failing to proofread, yet another classic.
  
• That said, what is intended as mildly and goodnaturedly mocking by the writer may actually come across as more mocking than goodnatured from the perspective of the reader. Sometimes adjustments are advisable. No shame in that.
  
• Really, just don't write anything even remotely negative about the workplace, and especially not about workpeople.
  
• There might indeed be a lifecycle to the website. Maybe the lifecycle of a cat, but still.
  
• Know how many people have a blog now? A gazillion. That's a fairly accurate number.

• If you're looking for VERY personal details, this is not that type of blog.
  
• If there's no humor in it (for me, anyway), it's unlikely that I'll post about it.
  
• I simply don't post about people that I don't like. I also don't respond to people that are trying to goad me into posting about them. So if you fall into either of those categories of people, you'd be wasting your time with vanity searches here.
  
• But congrats if you're someone who HAS made it into a post here. You're interesting! In a funny sort of way.
  
• Look, I'm not saying that if you haven't been written about here that you're either not interesting or I don't like you. Sheesh, don't be so sensitive!
  
• Re: intentions and perceptions, contact me if you have a question or issue with a post. Hey, if the author of a book that I reviewed here can do it, so can you!

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