Thursday 26 March 2015

The April A to Z . . . . A final word before it all starts




In a few days time it will be April and here on the blog I will be partaking in the annual Blogging A to Z, a popular little jolly that is done by a fairly large group of bloggers many of which do it each year. As I write this the list is at about 1400 which is a great deal less than last year but I have to say this is not a surprise as I have a feeling that the glory days of blogging are over and it is getting much quieter. OK maybe it is just that everyone is avoiding me at present and running away due to my rather uninteresting blog and bad tie pin (I mean typing).  As a stubborn maverick sort of chap I have to say this is not a problem because those who do hang in there are a jolly nice bunch of folk, although I really think they should be sending more cash through the post, and not that home made stuff with pictures of Pterodactyls on one side and the queen wearing a pirates hat on the other. 

Now I have written all but two of the posts for this A to Z as I will also be on the prowl as an Ambassador in the A to Z for Mr B (the mastermind behind the thing). This means I’m sort of a policeman making sure all is well. In fact I would like to think of myself as a sleeping policeman because I am an irritating lump in the middle of the road and I will be doing a lot of sleeping, However the good news is I can be persuaded to overlook any transgressions of the rules if a plain brown envelope full of money turns up in my letter box. Lets not think of this as bribery more a friendly donation to my retirement fund from a friend, I think folk will see that as acceptable, I know I do.

So what of this A to Z . . . . . What interesting thing have I written about. . . . Well I am writing the A to Z of the Strange, Unknown and possibly slightly unreal Victorian Explorers and Inventors. This is a tale of bizarre inventions, collaborations between inventors, it will see men thrown down mine shafts or dashed against pointy rocks in the sea. It will also see the deaths of some in the pursuit of their dreams, madness and penguins, Sensational court cases involving unspeakable things, the crushing of ego’s and a murder of passion.  This will be 26 short stories that are linked together by friendship, revenge, madness and various other things, it will in short be my best A to Z ever and possibly my very last. Who can tell, but right now I feel I have used up all my ideas, these  A to Z things eat ones mind; I may sit in the freezer with a bicycle wheel on my head and pretend to be a penguin. . . . That will become clear as April passes.


Good luck to those attempting this task it’s a big one.   

13 comments:

  1. WHATZ?!?!?!? The Glory Days of Blogging are over? Oh, know.

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    1. Sorry Mr ESB. . . . Luckily I am still here so its not all bad.

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    2. I knew there would still be Rob and his story,
      I grew concerned about a decrease in blog glory.
      Now I wonder if there might be a blog glory index
      Similar to how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is checked.

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    3. There will be a light level index at the letter 'O' based on a well known book

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    4. hmmm, my attempt to put a comment failed by Blogger. It didn't disappear, it failed before that, strange.

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    5. Blogger is sulking as it knows its glory days are behind it. It will finally go mad and think its a Penguin, it is just a matter of time.

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  2. I suspect that folk have gone into hiding because of the challenge Mr Z, everyone seems to have vanished from the blogosphere.

    I shall try not to bring the tone down this year, although a fat envelope full of penguins is working it's way to you just in case.

    Good luck on the challenge Mr Z. I look forward to reading each and every one of your A-Z posts...cos let's face it, I ain't got much going on at the moment...

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    1. Well Miss Lily my A to Z will start as always quietly but will liven up quickly to reveal to the world the nature of its Aaaaaaaaa nature. . . if you know what I mean.

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  3. Still an impressive number of people that signed up :) I do think a lot of people have moved on to Facebook and other social media, but I like the community of bloggers, so I'll always probably be a diehard blogger!

    Looking forward to reading some if not all of your posts from A/Z :)

    betty

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    1. Indeed it is an impressive number and manageable I thought if it got to 3000 plus this year it would be hard to keep on top of it but if it stays just under 2000 then I think it will be OK.

      Reading everyone's post is impossible except for the few blogs that we each follow closely. It is just the way of life.

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  4. Your challenge does sound interesting.
    Rather blogging dies or not I still like it. I sometimes wonder if what blogging has become is what the inventors thought it would be. It seems more like a 7-11 convenience store anymore.

    Bushman
    2015 A to Z Challenge Ambassador
    @jwb81074

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    1. I think with the internet as with many other things in life things never turn out as folk plan them. It is why politics never works. You think, I know if we do this then X and Y will happen and then instead Z happens and messes everything up. . . .

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  5. Hi Rob - first up… wow to the new look. Me likes!
    Blogging ebbs and flows. I think we get busy, take a break, then find our way back. That's been my MO.

    I'm looking forward to reading your posts for the A-Z, I'm all about the Strange and Unknown… I'm always up for an adventure. Sounds interesting.

    Cheers, your fellow teammate, Jenny

    2015 A to Z Challenge Ambassador
    @PearsonReport

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