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Sunday, September 25, 2005

A funny thing happened on the way to...

borrowing some time online to post to blogit this past Thursday. I ended up at the ER. The real one at our local hospital, not that strange concoction on TV that has so many devotees. My daughter-in-law had tripped over a puppy (yes, a puppy) and hurt her foot earlier in the day. She shrugged it off... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Tomorrow is the day...

and a damned busy day it’s going to be. The job interview is scheduled for Noon. I had to move it back from 1:00 PM because tomorrow is one of my grandson’s preschool days. Until I can afford to get my old Volvo repaired, I have to borrow my son’s van to go on job interviews, go grocery shopping, or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 18, 2005

Wish me luck.

Not in my dumping. I shifted that to Everything Else for today. The reason I need a little luck is my job interview on Thursday. I’ve been out of work for more than two months and this is only the second job interview I‘ve been able to secure. It’s also the first one in weeks, so I can use all the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2005

Not dumping yet...

but soon. Today I’m deleting my blogs in five different categories. The blogs will be gone, but some postings are going to be salvaged and reposted to this and a few other remaining blogs. Before any of the dumping commences, I’m deciding what direction and form any new material here will take. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Dumping Ground

Yup. That’s what this blog and a few others are going to become in the near future. Dumping ground for what I feel like saving from several of my other, oh too many, blogs. At least it’ll be a dumping ground in progress. Besides the remnants of other blogs, this is one of the blogs that’ll probably... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 27, 2004

The last time I posted here was by accident. I was attempting to post to my Home & Garden blog, "Notapoet Hates to Cut Grass." On a whim, I decided to leave that post here in addition to reposting it to H&G. A very interesting thing happened. This blog immediately took a jump in the rankings while... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 17, 2004

This post is a mistake.

Or it was some sort of glitch. Hell, I don't know. I'm tired and probably need to get some sleep. At least I did repost what follows to "Notapoet Hates to Cut Grass" in the Home & Garden category. I probably should go ahead and delete it here. Then again, it's not such a bad post for my current... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 12, 2004

The "Blog Log"

This is something I intended to do several weeks ago. Unforeseen circumstances put it on the back burner till recently. I plan to do some tinkering with it yet because it is meant to be more than just a list of all of my blogs with the addition of each blog’s category rank and the blog population of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 10, 2004

I could never keep a diary.

I have enough trouble jotting in this notebook more than a few times a month. Yet, strange as it may seem, this is one of my favorite blogs. I come here to post almost every day. I intended it to be an on-going discussion of what I've been doing and where I'm going with my writing. I also intended... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Its all about me.

And why not? This is my Journal blog. Its my notebook. I don't know why it always makes me feel a little guilty to spend so much time talking about myself, what I'm doing, what I'm writing, what I'm going to write, what I might write, what I might discontinue or continue. I think it has something to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 20, 2004

Thank you, all

My selfish cry for assistance in instituing my idea was heeded. Enough of you generously gave me your clicks so that I could limit my idea to four pages of self-centered reflection on my own work. I would jump right into it, starting with Page 1, except for the fact that in less than an hour Blogit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 14, 2004

Page 5 -- I hate it.

It messes up this silly little idea about a recurring self-promotion feature I would like to try in this blog. First, let me give you a little background info. Many of you know that I do a numbers thing called "BLOG TO WIN!" in which I try to indicate workable strategies for blogging success in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Wow! 1001 spots in one day -- the wrong way!

And this was on the heels of a 265-place drop the day after I posted "Beam Me Up, Scotty!" to "Notapoet's Fiction." Its a good thing I don't discourage easily. That kind of response to a new post has sent many a thin-skinned, insecure blogger/writer in search of a hole to hide in. That kind of drop... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 4, 2004

I spoke too soon.

Within minutes of my last post here I received a pleasant surprise that made my day. "This IS therapy, dammit!" which I thought had been lost in the shuffle leapt from #1877 to #514. It just goes to show that you never know for sure how a particular piece is going to be accepted. I'm very pleased... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Decisions, decisions

and not enough time to choose. I wanted to post to two categories very important to me before the system updates. I flipped a coin and my notebook came up heads. Opinion was tales. So Opinion won't feel too neglected, I'll mention that my next post there is going to discuss the one sure way to make... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 26, 2004

Diversity in My Writing

Diversity -- not limiting myself to a playing field that is too narrow -- has been a major concern of mine over the past four months. So far I've been fairly successful in telling tales, stating opinions, and generally feeling my way around 20 of the 24 categories of Blogit. At times I haven't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 22, 2004

Loose Ends and Unfinished Business

They were to be my order of the day from Thursday throughout this weekend. I was going to tie up the loose ends and unfinished business from several blogs I'd left hanging during my recent run of bad luck and unfortunate circumstances. I was also going to post to several blogs that I've neglected... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 19, 2004

It's always "something..."

that delays or interrupts what we plan to do. Today (actually yesterday, Wednesday) it was mostly some good "somethings" that in combination cost me most of my carefully set aside time for blogging. The 18th was my birthday, which I usually don't celebrate any more other than to acknowldge the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

Changes are in progress.

Both the network and yours truly, notapoet, are undergoing change. Soon the BN will be Blogit. I'm still trying to digest that while having a little fun with the new name. I like the old name just fine. I've grown used to it and gotten comfortable with it. But we must adapt or die, figuratively... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Diversity is good.

But sometimes it tempts us to spread ourselves too thin. Such is the current situation of notapoet. He's jumped into so many different categories that a particularly insidious form of writer's block has reared its ugly head. Compartmentalizing thoughts on a large list of topics seemed like a good... Sign in to see full entry.

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