The fire has gone. The smoke from the smoldering mess wafts listlessly into the blogosphere. Something happened here. An attack maybe. A disaster of some sort. Many have questioned. Others have emailed their concern. One man cared to pay a little to help clean up the wreckage.
The site continued in this state for how long? Some new visitors smelled the smoke, and searched in the archives for the fire. They hung onto hope by subscribing to the RSS feed, hoping either to see rebirth from the ashes or never to be bothered again.
Meanwhile the earth continued revolving, endlessly spinning, shifting, changing. The writer, Jason Boom, felt the urge to grab a shovel and begin moving earth, but something kept him from it. His wife, at home, was pregnant. The freelance writing had taken hold. The web development projects trailed off into the night.
Then, a miracle happened. A light. Jason woke one day with energy to spend towards cleanup. There was a lot of work to be done. It’d been three months, since he’d visited the site, but he knew he could still pull something out of the ashes.
He began by upgrading Wordpress to the latest 2.7 version. The new digs helped brighten the back end of the site some, but what could be said for the content? Would people still care? Would they understand?
Jason noticed that feedburner still had subscriber numbers. How awesome! Survivors! They’re out there. So he pleaded with them.
“Forgive me! Content is king, but lately my content has been absent, off fighting the good fight in the real world. But now I’m back to clean up this mess and make the site no longer stink.”
“I’m back,” he whispered softly into the blogosphere.
Did they hear him?
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I did. Welcome back.
Thanks, it’s good to be back.
Life sometimes gets in the way bro…..Good to see ya out of the ashes….One thing about feed subscriptions I’ve noticed is that folks generally unsub from em…when ya thoroughly piss em off….If ya take a little siesta…lots don’t even notice…I don’t know your circumstance and won’t pretend to, but what I do know of how you hit the b-sphere…was relentless and energy-filled. It was a tough pace ya had going even without life deciding she needed to intervene….welcome back.
T
Thanks, Tommy. It’s so hard to keep up that level of energy. I do so much that this blog has to take a back seat to other priorities, but I care about it a lot. I’m hoping I can stay consistent with content, even if its little things throughout the week. Anyways, thanks for the welcome back! Glad to see you’re still around too.
That is a GREAT post. I write a daily blog as well, and there is no doubt that with the goings on in the world and the economy it is sometimes difficult to find the time and energy.
Fortunately for me, my blog is on politics and the financial markets so I am usually not short on situations that inspire me. Glad you are back.
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Mike
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Mike
I hear you my friend. Its hard when life gets in the way. Good to see you back. Hope all is well.
Jeff
I hope to see the return of buzzmyblog too. How about it Jeff? The new baby keeping you busy?
@Michael I hope you like Motive. I’ll have to take a look at the link you provided. Thanks for the compliment too.
I heard you in Australia – via CMF really. I look forward to reading your future posts – after I have gone over your archives, that is.
Hey Mate,
Hope all is well with you.
Glad to see you’re back
Thanks, Sue. Glad you found my site!
Si, long time no speak. Things are going well. The wife is pregnant and I’ve been loving life. Nothing to complain about, besides bills.
Hope to see you around.
I heard him.
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