First of all, I want to thank everyone who is reading this blog. On many days we get over 100 unique visitors, and at times, subscribers have been as high as 38. I don't think I'll ever make any money at this, but I do find it therapeutic, and I am trying hard to be satirical without being mean. As many have noticed, I have an easier time picking on the left side of the political spectrum.
One of my requests of readers is that if you like a post, please share it. If you click on the title of any post, it will take you to a page of just that one post, where you can copy the web address or url, and send that to your friend. That way they avoid having to sort through the entire blog to find a particular post.
The little green "Share This" icon allows you to send it to any of the "sharing services" like Digg, but at the top of the box is an email/send tab that allows you to easily email that blog to a friend. Its at the bottom of all posts.
Also, I'd LOVE some input on how I should organize the blog. Currently, I am writing on local politics (both serious and humorous), doing some wine and cigar reviews, and also profiling local happenings--new restaurants, stores, and pictures of the beach. Should I continue including all of these under the same blog, or should I split out some of this stuff (like national political satire or wine reviews) and put them in other blogs? My experience has been that the more blogs you operate, the fewer readers you garner on each blog. On the other hand, if someone subscribes because of a funny political post, they drop their subscription when the next visit displays "Today's Ocean" or an article on a coffee shop.
What say you? I love writing for y'all, but want to make it something you wish to visit every day.
And for the record, all of my local features are pro bono--no one pays to be reviewed here.
The comments section is open to anyone--you don't have to register or submit any personal information and I don't know who you are unless you tell me! Just hit "comment" at the end of any post and blast away. It also hides your email address and changes it to something that says "noreply from blogger".
And for the record, the advertisements I added from Google have not paid one penny! It appears to make money there, about 3 zillion people would need to actually click through an ad.
THANKS to all of you.
5 comments:
Leave the blog like it is. There are plenty of political blogs, wine blogs and news blogs. You have a way of making someone interested in how you feel today. Especially if it gets you away from the TV during sunlight hours. I know I promised to feed you some info and I have tried three times to put it in writing for you. The problem is once I start I keep going back in history about things that are affecting us today that we foresaw 10 years ago. As for something to perk up the local economy, I sent a response that you didn't receive. Those thoughts are long gone since my attention span is about 20 minutes these days. 2 things come to mind right away. OBX is a great fishing community. But why is it such a lousy boating community. There are now 4 marinas in Manteo. The downtown waterfront is usually the only one that fills up. Marshes Light should be able to handle any overflow. Manteo has a lot to offer the destination yachtsman. Fine dining, bookstore, gift shops and with a nice walk or a cheap cab ride there are grocery stores to stock that boat. Shallowbag Bay and Pirates Cove offer a pool to enjoy, both have fuel and restaurants and I like to just walk the piers at night, looking at the boats and enjoying my little fantasy of owning one of these beauties. I think the Tourist Bureau is missing an opportunity. And if there was 20 or 30 less environmental groups out there, maybe a marina could be built on the beach.I won't hold my breadth on that one. On a sour note, the Dare BOC missed an opportunity to use a local firm and decided to use an out of town company to design and install the long awaited water lines on Roanoke Island. After speaking with the owner he told me, that without this job he will probably have to lay off more than half of his employees immediately. The Commissioners decided to use non locals after meeting with OBHBA for 2 hours last summer seeking input on how they could help in resurrecting the construction industry. I am usually a proponent of the Commissioners but this time you really had your head stuck somewhere where the sun don't shine. While I am on a roll what about the school board who contracted to build teacher housing last year. They were required to use an exclusive contractor from Raleigh in order to get the financing. I would have argued that point but the least they could have insisted that the Raleigh contractor use local subs and buy his lumber from local supply houses.Prices were competitive. What made my skin crawl was watching the lumber trucks roar past the OBHBA office 2-3-4 times a day coming all the way from Greenville. The school Board should have been the ones that had to hand deliver all of the pink slips that Griggs, Kelloggs and Guy C. Lee have had to hand out over the last few months. All right, you got me started and I will get some more info soon. Right now I have to concentrate on helping Willo Kelly prepare to testify for a hearing tommorow in Raleigh to explain why we refuse to let the insurance industry screw us any more than they have for the last 35 years. Now repeat out loud
" I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" That makes me feel better. Duke Starco
I like your blog just the way it is. I enjoy the local content and your frequent posts. Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work....and maintain the diversity of the blog. Too much of anything is bad for the mind....Well, I think that's what my mother once told me but I can't remember exactly.
Plus...I think we are neighbors so I expect nothing but good stuff eminating from our "hood"....
Just keep 'em coming ... happy trails
Russ,
I like your blog too...especially now that you are out of the closet.
Keep up the good writing.
I want so bad to offer some rebuttal to some (not all) of Duke's comments, but will refrain.
BeachHugger
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