Waffle Round Up
May 31, 2010 12 Comments
Hello to you all. I hope that you’re enjoying the bank holiday weekend. This is my sincere voice, in case you were wondering. Today’s post is going to be a round up of some of the general stuff that’s been going on around me and my blogs recently.
I’ve seen an upturn in the number of hits I’ve been getting in the last week or two. This is in no small part due to my Team Extreme stories and forcing everyone in work to read them. It’s a great technique for anyone wanting to boost their hittage. What’s weird is that these hits from people in the office don’t quite make up the total number of hits I’ve received. It’s almost as if getting more hits has made my blogs more likely to get even more hits. Is that possible? Is that the way that WordPress blogs work? It’s very intriguing.
You may remember my post on Wednesday, Amazonian, in which I celebrated my book appearing for sale on Amazon. Well, as I’m only human, I immediately submitted a 5-star review. Amazon are supposed to approve reviews within 48 hours, but as of yet, there’s still no sign of mine. Do you think that they rejected it because I was blatantly plugging my own work? I really wasn’t subtle about the fact that I was the author, but it still seems a bit harsh. If anyone else would like to contribute a review, or even buy a copy, then I’d be ever so grateful.
Speaking of my book, it made it’s first public appearance yesterday, when Dr. Angel took her copy on a train journey. You can see the evidence below:
It’s quite a momentous day for any author. I can only imagine that the Doc was inundated with requests from her fellow passengers as to what the amazing book was that she was reading. She’s not actually said anything to that effect, but I assume that she’s not telling me so that I don’t get big headed.
Some of the comments sections on some of my posts have gone off on some very severe tangents recently. On the comments to A Tale of Two Posts, Mr Shev has set the following challenge:
Anyway in the spirit of this sordid practice maybe we should see who can get most hits by writing the most mundane post with the most salacious title. Like the section in Debenhams called Knobs & Knockers (should get you a few hits, Sherby…) was actually selling ironmongery…sadly.
Well, I couldn’t resist the challenge and wrote the post My Pulsating Hairy Love Wand over on The World of Sherby57. It’s about as mundane as I could have made a post with that title. So far it’s had a grand total of 3 hits.
Over on Changing – a post about changing my blog theme – the conversation has steered towards having sex with a blog theme, starring in a romcom in which you fall in love with a blog theme and going for an exciting, dangerous adventure in a hand bag. It’s good to know that I’m not the only odd one around here. I’m just the ringleader.
Although this post is appearing on Monday morning, I’m actually writing it on Sunday evening. If anything changes drastically in the hours between submission and publication, please don’t hold it against me. Weirdly, after writing about how many hits I’ve been getting lately, I’ve only had 3 hits today and it’s nearly 7pm. I can only assume that everyone has gone out for the day.
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your bank holiday, unless you’re not reading it today – and by today I mean tomorrow – in which case it won’t be a bank holiday. Unless you have coincidentally decided to read it on another bank holiday. Let’s just agree that you just enjoy your day, whatever type of day it is. This may or may not be my sincere voice.
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Thanks. You enjoy your bank holiday too. Unless you’re reading this after the bank holiday has finished in which case I hope you had a good bank holiday. Unless you happen to read this on another bank holiday and….. oh just do what you can. Lol.
Ahh, it’s wonderful. Everyone’s bank needs a rest from time to time.
To be on the safe side, I thought that I would read and reply to your comment today – on the bank holiday. This whole thing has gotten confusing enough as it is, without me adding any unnecessary complications.
Maybe we should agree to meet up here every bank holiday and celebrate the fact that we can.
Its a deal. Meet you here next bank holiday. Bout 10am? Unless the clocks have gone forward for Winter in which case it”ll be an hour earlier. Or will it be an hour later? Anyway I’ll be grumpy (or perky) because I’ll have lost (or gained) an hour’s sleep. Glad we got that completely clear.
(P.S. I’m sensing that we may have similar senses of humour! Alarming!)
I am confuddled. Is today a bank holiday or not? I guess it’s not really a pertinent question because it all depends when you read this comment, then you have to confirm whether or not it is a bank holiday on the day that you read it, and then I have to guess whether your response is applicable to the day that I read it. It’s literally a minefield. And that’s before I even contemplate the clocks changing.
I think it’s going to be safer if the government declare every day to be a bank holiday. Let’s see if this coalition has the balls to do what the country REALLY wants.
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Yes. There’s a growing movement now in favour of perpetual bank holidays. I’m also lobbying for the abolition of getting out of bed.
The Not Getting Out of Bed movement has gathered pace in recent years. It’s a controversial proposal, but it’s getting backing from some very influential people. I don’t really know where I stand on the issue. Although, I wouldn’t be standing, I’d be lying down. Propped up on 3 pillows at best.
Oh love the 3 pillows thing. I’ve always thought that inactivity was decidedly underrated. Some of my favourite hobbies are lying down, staring into space, and looking like you’re about to say something but then saying nothing. I did an NVQ in the last one.
The only problem with propping yourself up on 3 pillows is that you have to get yourself up enough to wedge the pillows under you. Sometimes that’s just too much of a sacrifice.
I know and its exhausting. Need to rig up some sort of system of pulleys and hoist. Actually even typing this is making me a bit breathless.
You’re trying to do too much. Just take a break and think about typing stuff in a week or two, when you’ve fully recovered.
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