This is an old post that I wanted to share again. It still holds true seven years later.
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Finishing Strong On This Final Friday
It’s hard to believe it’s the final Friday of 2023. Time is a weird thing you know. Let’s finish the week, month and year strong, or something like that. The new year is close at hand my good people. Have a great day everyone.
Happy Festivus, For The Rest Of Us
Today people all over have celebrated Festivus. It’s a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Mass awareness came from it being featured in the American situational comedy “Seinfeld”. The rules for celebrating are easy and practical. To all celebrating may you have a great time of community and care.
Viral On Threads, Boring On WordPress?
I think I have been blogging consistently for 15 years or so. In that time I have never had any post get more than the number of likes I got on this post on the Threads platform which is run by the folks of Instagram/Meta. This post about celebrating Hanukkah has gotten 928 plus likes and 44 replies That is what I call a viral response.
No blog post on any of the blogging platforms I have used has even come close to that number. I even use tags on my blog posts to reach a wider audience. I am just wondering if I have become stale to my blogging audience? This is just something I am wondering about.
We Need To Calm Down
There is so much venom out on the web. Reading comments is something that can break your heart. We all need to calm the “F” down, including me. We let our opinions get the best of our better angels, which is not good. Then some people don’t give a damn about feelings and will post something that will do great harm to someone else. Maybe let’s just take a breath and think twice before saying something that will do great damage. Let there be peace on the interwebs.
(PS: Now, I believe that there are some things you must speak out about, and in that action, it might require stepping on toes.)
The First Sunday Of Advent 2023
Today begins the season of Advent which is celebrated by many in the Christian world as the prelude to the season of Christmas. This is an Advent wreath with four Advent candles that are lit on the four Sundays before Christmas and the Christ candle which is lit on Christmas Eve. I pray for a good Advent season to all who celebrate and may this be a time of mindful waiting and reflection.
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