I may be off the grid for a few days.
Just want to let readers know that while I’m traveling for the next five or so days, I might not be able to check the site regularly. Since all comments must go through moderation, posted comments may not appear for a few days. Be patient; I will eventually get around to it.
I look forward to posting updates about my trip and reading your comments.
Just away on a business trip, working 14-hour days.
And no, I’m not complaining. They put me in a hotel on the harbor with about 1,000 boats right out my window. Today, I walked from my hotel room to the ocean, then had a fresh seafood dinner that I did not share with seagulls. On the way back to my room, I watched a great blue heron pluck a fish out of the water and swallow it.
Nope. No complaints here.
Anyway, I’m working on a WordPress-related project and, to do so, I had to find a bunch of sample WordPress blogs. One of them is just too funny not to share: Sir Satire’s Weblog. Don’t hesitate — go there right now and read it. It’s hilarious. Like another version of The Onion.
For example, today’s blog post is titled “Tax on human gas emissions gains support in Congress” begins:
A tax on human gas emissions has gained the support of at least one member of Congress, but critics are blasting the proposal and say that its proponents are just full of hot air.
Proponents of the “flatutax,†as it has been dubbed by critics, say that human emissions are often overlooked when discussing global warming issues. Human beings contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere during the digestive process, they say, and a tax would provide an incentive to curb those emissions.
Get the idea? Funny stuff!
Are you still here? You’re not going to read anything more interesting here, at least for a few days. Go on over and check out Sir Satire. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
Or why I’m not blogging as regularly as I should.
I’m deep into preparations for my summer-long trip to Washington State and Page, AZ. And it seems that every other week, I’m traveling. And I have two video training courses to record for clients. And I caught a bit of a bug that had me out of action for about a day and a half.
And the W key on my MacBook Pro is not being very responsive.
I’ve also been reading, and when I read, I have less time to write.
Those are just some of the excuses I can offer as to why I’m blogging once or twice a week rather than once or twice a day.
But I’m working on a few blog posts now and hope to release them as they’re finished. Getting started is always the hardest part, so I thought I’d start a few of them at once and let them sit in ecto until I’m ready to finish and publish them.
Let’s see how I do.
I’ve been meeting blog readers…in person.
I’ve been blogging pretty regularly since 2003, writing about the things that go on in my life, the things I’m thinking, the flights I’ve been making. I’ve been sharing photos and videos and stories. All the time I do this, I don’t really think about the people who read what I write. They’re a nameless, faceless group, scattered all over the globe.
At least they were. Lately, some of their faces have been coming into full focus. How? I’m meeting them in person.
I met three of them up here in Alaska over the past two days: Keith, Deb, and Marcus. Keith didn’t say much about the blog, but Deb and I discussed some of the things I’ve written in a bit more detail than I’d expect. And Marcus laughed with me about misused apostrophes, including the one on a local restaurant’s take-out menu, which lists Pizza’s. (You may recall that I linked to Apostrophe Atrophy on March 15.)
This is odd. I’m over 2,500 miles from home and meeting people who already know me more than I expect. And they still want to talk to me, if you can believe that!
Anyway, I just wanted to take a moment to say hello to the blog readers I haven’t met yet in person. Maybe I’ll meet some of you one day, too.
Will write more soon. Promise.
Just a quick note to let regular readers know that I’m absolutely slammed with travel stuff right now. Mike and I took his mom on an overnight trip to Las Vegas. We just got back. Tomorrow I board a 6 AM flight to Anchorage, AK for a pilot job interview. I’ll be up there until Friday morning, when I return home.
If I get internet access while I’m away, look for a blog post on Wednesday. Otherwise, it’ll have to wait until my return.
Sorry!
And I managed to get some great video landing at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas (LAS) yesterday. Hope to get a bit of that on Viddler soon.