Sweeping The Cobwebs Away

I'm aware that of late, I have not been an exemplorary blogger...

Firstly, this blog has, by own admission descended into unsystemised chaos in terms of following any kind of schedule. The nearest we have to any kind of scheduling is Sunday night is liklely to be on Music, but the tight and regular scheduling that once existed has kind of...

disintegrated...

Series start, then drop off. Or start again in a few months.

And worst, I should be getting an award for the lousiest commentor known to blogging.

I could stand here and plead a lot of lame excuses.

One of which... well, no need to go into that. It's not an excuse any more :)

And the others? Well, they're mostly pretty lame.

So I have decided to at least TRY to have some kind of method to the general madness that is this blog, as once was the case.

From now on, one can expect the basic schedule to follow this pattern.

Monday- Subject to be debated, new poll in the sidebar to be voted on. We had this before but it- lapsed.

Tuesday- I think this probably a good day for personal posts. Life reminiscences, observations etc.

Wednesday- Keep free for anything immediately relevant. Or failing that, who knows? Could be anything.

Thursday- I'm hoping to make this a permanent guest post slot. But as things stand, that puts too much of a burden on existing co-authors (One every four weeks). A couple more volunteers, maybe???

Friday/Saturday, depending on circumstances- More time to write, so expect this to be kept free for series that could go on for weeks.

Sunday- Music/Film etc.

I think this is a good working plan, though of course, it's only a guideline. I'm not going to treat it as binding, should something pop up out of the blue that really gets my muse going on something completely different.

As regards blog visiting, admittedly, as I say, not really been a very good visitor lately. I intend to be a bit more organised about this. And find some new blogs as well.

And this ironically, brings me to the next bit of the post...

By a bitter irony, Cherie has awarded me this award for being a supercommentor. I can only guess Cherie measures this on quality, not quantity, and though I feel a trifle disingenuous accepting an award for something others far exceed me at- it gives me the chance to reward some exemplorary bloggers in terms of commenting.

What makes a good blogger?
Good posts?

Yes, but good comments too.

As I say in my comments section, the post is the subject, the comments the object. The post says what I think. The comments say what you think.

So, in deciding who I think is a supercommentor, the real question for me, is this.

Do your comments actually make me think about what you've said, return back to the post, and then formulate a response which shows a two-way dialogue is in existence vis a vis the subject of the post?

And that, I think, is the key to being a supercommentor.

Coming to a blog to engage in two way discussion, not just leave a one liner to show you've read it (sitemeter tells me that bit).



Now two exceptional commentors in this regard have to be Eve and jmb. But Cherie already awarded them.

So...

The Magnificent seven...

First up, has to be Crashie. Always a ray of sunshine.

Second up, I'm going to nominate Princess Pointful. A genuine Princess of the blogosphere who leaves pointful comments and must do some serious reading on her blogging journey, because she usually reads three posts at a time.

Thirdly, Helen, because her comments are pure gold dust, well thought through and often show a perspective one hadn't thought of. Helen is a thinker. I like that.

Fourth, X-dell, because he always pretty much has something to say. On a blog like this, which covers a multitude of sins, that takes some doing, I guess.

Fifthly, Nunyaa, because she is just a good visitor, period. And cheery with it, which is nice.

Sixth, is obviously Sparsely Kate, because she is always friendly and always seems to come across as smiling.

And Seven? Well the point about this award is it's for commentors. Good commentors.

So I'm actually giving it to someone who has no blog to display it on, but seems to be part of the family here these days- the mysterious Moggs Tigerpaw...

Moggs, you need to get a blog. So you can display your award on it :)

Right, well, I think that's pretty much everything said...

Oh yes, General Global Strike 2025.
Need to get that campaign rolling.

I have a few other ideas I'd like to get off the ground in the next year or so, but more will be revealed in time.

Oh, and last of all...

This week's big issue.

We did have an opinion poll on voting intentions round about this time last year.

So I thought we'd see if things had changed.

Who do you think would make the best PM?
Options in the poll in the sidebar.

Can I just take this opportunity to say I hope that soon Mutley will be able to take comments moderation down.
It's sad when a blogger feels he/she should have to do this to preserve their blog from unwanted visitors.

Well, I hope to be able to keep to the schedule outlined and hope it gives you an idea what to expect here in the future.
I hope those of you with an award reward those most deserving.

And I hope you all think carefully about which of the four choices on offer are the best man to lead this nation kicking and screaming into the twenty first century.