Thursday Thirteen (Vol. 8)

Thirteen Things about Di
13 Titles that I Have Considered and Subsequently Abandoned for a Blog Entry

1. Procreation is Overrated - my daughter reads my blog and I thought she might not see the nuances of sarcasm and cynicism implied herein.

2. Hello Kitty! - Upon meeting Kitty Dukakis, I considered this title but was afraid it would attract pre-teen and (more frightening still) adult Hello Kitty-philes.

3. Kitty and Me - See above...afraid to attract the overwhelming majority of bloggers who seem to have an unnatural relationship with their cats to the point that a stunning 1 in 37 blogs are actually written from the perspective of the cat.

4. Divorced is the New Married - My husband doesn't read my blog EVER, but some of his friends do and some people he knows professionally do, so I thought this would not go over well.

5. Organic Free Range Fois Gras - I would like to expand my bleadership, but I read the whole dooce thing and am not sure I have the time or energy to deal with the hate mail.

6. I'm Proud to Announce that I Weigh... - yup, abandoned that one before I even finished it.

7. Danielle Steele's Latest and Greatest! - I admit to having read a few of the prolific Ms. Steele's novels in my younger days when they were about the raciest thing I could get my hot little hands on, but am proud to say that even my mindless reading doesn't sink that low.

8. Thirteen Reasons I Would Never Yell at My Children - couldn't think of a single one.

9. My Secret Love Tryst With Patrick Dempsey - I'm holding that one for possible future publication. Mr. Dempsey, you can feel free to contact me.

10. Stacy's Early Bird Special - I have learned that it is physically impossible for Stacy to leave her house within ten minutes of the time at which she is supposed to be anywhere, so she is going to have a lonely time as an old lady when all the other blue-hairs are on the bus going to the 4-7 early bird special.

11. Thirteen foreign movies recommended by Amy's brother Doug that I could watch over and over again.

12. Thirteen Blogs That I Can't Live Without Reading - I'm sorry, I just can't find a plethora of blogs that consistently enthrall me.

13. Obtuse: It's Not Just For Triangles Anymore - I couldn't steal it from Stacy and Stacy, Vicky and I thought it was funny ("I'm hysterical), but that was after several glasses of wine and/or margaritas.

OK, I completely give up on the Mister Linky auto link thing. I think I have just paid about $200 to upgrade everything and I still can't figure out how to do it. So leave a comment and trust that I will post below when I get to it. If anyone can send me an e-mail telling me in really simple terms how to use the Mister Linky thing I would be SO appreciative.

Leave me a comment and your link will appear as follows:

1. Janene
2. Laughing Muse
3. Mikala
4. Gattina
5. Caylynn
6. ChupienJsmama
7. Write from Karen
8. Chickadee
9. Ali
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Comments

[Janene]

1 in 37 are you serious? I barely have time and energy to write a blog from my own perspective let alone try to write it from the perspective of something else. I'm a dog person myself...but I haven't really come across any blogs written from a dog's perspective. Maybe I'm missing something. Hmmm...

Happy Thursday!

[Laughing Muse]

If people cannot take the sarcasm...heavens. If they can't take the sarcasm, they must find many things in life that annoy them unto no end. That sucks a lot of energy out of them. Man, what a way to live.

If I tried to write a blog from my cats' perspective, I'm fairly certain that Fog would develop language skills so that she could correct my prosodic style so that it would be more in keeping with her dignity.

[Mikala]

Ya know,I almost get ulcers over titling my posts - it's very stressful!

Happy TT!

I'm up!

[Gattina]

Maybe you should read Danielle Steel again ? Then you could find out how works Mr. Linky. It's so easy that there is not even an intelligence level.

[Caylynn]

Hey, there's nothing wrong with writing a blog from a cat's perspective! ;) I just sometimes get a little annoyed at the cat blogs written with poor English - they can be very hard to read. But otherwise, I think the cat blogs are fun. :) But to each his or her own. :)

Happy T13. :)

[ChupieandJsmama]

Great list and very funny! Let me know about the whole Mr. Dempsey thing. That title would sure grab my attention:)Thanks for visiting and have a great Thursday!

[Write From Karen]

Exactly. I have the same trouble with blog titles. And I have the same type of people reading my blog (I WISH my husband wouldn't read it because he gets all pissy about ... well, I've had to change a few things, let's put it that way *sigh*)

It's nice to know you take your audience into consideration when you write. It's sometimes stifling but overall, I think more people SHOULD be aware of what they write - it stays around the internet for a loooong time.

And the Danielle Steele thing? COULDN'T AGREE MORE. (I even hate to accidentally touch one. *grin*)

[amy]

LOOKING FOR BLOGLIC (it's the new "public") SUPPORT:

The latest issue of Bookmarks Magazine contains the following blurb:

ARE YOU A WRITER AS WELL AS A READER?
We're seeking freelance writers to assist us in compiling and writing the consensus-oriented book reviews for inclusion in the New Books Guide.

As a Bookmarks reader, you know what we're looking for: writers with the ablilty to provide clear, concise, and unbiased coverage so that our readers can make decisions about what to read next. That means we're interested in writers who can communicate in an effective and entertaining fashion while following a structured apporach. You should be able to distill information from a variety of newspaper and nmagazine sources, write succinctly and eloquently, pay close attention to detail, and meet deadlines. Because you can work from a location of your choosing, your hours (and the number of hours you choose to work) are your own.

HELLO? Does this not have Di's Book Blog and therefore Di herself written all over it? In fact, the ad might have been written specifically for her! Clear, concise--check. Communicate in an effective and entertaining fashion--who amoung us has not been entertained by these posts? Write succinctly and eloquently--double check. Diane, I propose you submit your work and I encourage you, her bleaders, to help me convince Diane that this is the next step in her blogsareer? blogeer? what does one call a career blogger?

Diane, your destiny is calling you...will you answer?

[Gattina]

Oh my, oh my etc. Now I cry of laughing and it's your fault ! you wrote such a nice text for my TT but it concerns my grandma born in 1886 !! and you talked about my mother. That doesn't make me any younger lol ! As she married at 24 she probably got her first child (me !) at 25 in 1911 ! So today I am 96 ! Ha, ha, ha !! Continue pleeeaase to drink some more glasses of wine ! And I will ask for an award as oldest Blogger lady !

[Chickadee]

I laughed outloud at the Procreation is overrated. Hehe.

There are several touchy subjects that I would like to blog about, but like you, I wuldn't want to deal with the negative comments or hate emails. I'm too sensitive. :)

My 13 are up.