The Darker Curmudgeon has a new post.
It has disturbing content so - proceed with care.
The Darker Curmudgeon has a new post.
It has disturbing content so - proceed with care.
The previous post on blogging stats was very successful and I'm really pleased.
The success is not in the number of comments received though as so far there have only been four. No, I measure success in the joy I brought to one old blogger who was chuffed to be congratulated on his blogging frequency and to have been awarded a bronze medal.
You're welcome old blogging guy, enjoy!If you can bring a little bit of joy to an elderly person from time to time then there's a place in heaven for you if such a place existed.
I kind of borrowed and paraphrased that from Robert's 'ROB' blog:
I wonder if he'll put a good word in for me to the Vatican at the next round of saint selection? I'd fancy that.
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Moving on but talking about fancy - here's a photo taken in Whangarei Heads yesterday (not by me) of a poseur (not me):
We have lots of interesting birdlife here and it's always a treat to see them.
Here's another poseur, this one from the 1970s:
I didn't dress like this myself, preferring the denim and cowboy shirt look but I do remember that Richard sported red velvet trousers and a vinyl jacket at uni. Maybe he still has duds like these that he wants to tell us about?
The big news in the blog community is that Robert has changed the theme and layout of his blog!
Not only that but the observant reader will notice that the name he uses has been shortened by about fifteen descriptors to read just 'ROB'. This is a significant improvement.
In the new layout Rob, sorry, Robert has included an archive list. This is right up there with advancements like Princess phones in the 1960s, Ford having other car colour choices in the 1940s and The Gear Meat Company moving out of Petone in the 1980s. This archive list is very telling and shows that Robert has increased the frequency of posting exponentially over the last 23 months. Anyone brave enough to access his blog will also notice that his posts are longer and more detailed and are accompanied by pictures that sometimes have relevance to the content.
Well done that man! |
It's a nice day today after a couple of days of rain so I'll head out soon for a walk.
Before that I thought I'd give you a quick overview of what's happening on the blogs.
Richard hasn't blogged for a couple of days which isn't a bad thing but it does decrease the community's output stats. He's away at a wedding in the Wairarapa which provides him with the opportunity to use his really worn-out joke about Gilson brandy that Robbie Gosney did to death at Murray Roberts back in the mid 1970s.
This one obviously not bottled in the 'Wairarapa'. |
Richard no doubt would have got into a fight with the bridegroom who's a Neil Diamond fan.
Robert has changed his blog format to 'ROB' and seems to be a selection of his best blog posts that have received the most comments - sort of like a greatest hits album.
No doubt this album takes pride of place in his LP selection alongside The Ministers Quartet.
My previous post received no comments but then I wasn't expecting any, not with Richard being away and Robert being in a snit. This afternoon I might write something serious that's worthy of comment.
I went to bed about 11PM and might have dozed for a while but by 1AM (no, not a reference to Colin McCahon - you can find him on the Cultured Curmudgeon or the Religious Curmudgeon blog) I was fully awake. This wasn't a good thing as I had chills and slight fever alternating between being too hot or too cold and putting on or removing the duvet cover and extra blanket I put on the bed.
Gospel, John 6:60-69
60 After hearing it, many of his followers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?'
61 Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this disturb you?
62 What if you should see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?
63 'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
64 'But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus knew from the outset who did not believe and who was to betray him.
65 He went on, 'This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.'
66 After this, many of his disciples went away and accompanied him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the Twelve, 'What about you, do you want to go away too?'
68 Simon Peter answered, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life,
69 and we believe; we have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.'Gospel, John 6:60-69
I'm not sure what that was all about but it seems that old Jesus got ahead of himself in thinking that his convoluted logic and fairy tales would go well with his followers (disciples). That of course wouldn't happen until many centuries later when the Catholic Church became a bit more proficient in brainwashing and was more readily able to dupe the 'faithful'. At the time most, except for a hard core of nutters (apostles) most of the Jewish followers had a bit more common sense and used it along with their feet.
I posted a comment in reply, a little in keeping with what I said just then and, blow me down, Robert then deleted the post including my comment.
As I said, I wasn't sleeping so strolled through Richard's blog (it didn't get me to sleep strange enough) and checked my recent few posts where I knew that Robert had posted comments. He had removed them!
Funny I thought. Robert said in an earlier comment:
"I never delete comments but sometimes delete entire posts".
"Funny you should say that".
"The blogs have been a bit boring lately. Let's face it, cleaning a shed is just not that interesting."
Said Richard* on his latest post.
Well I disagree and found this for him on YouTube:
* The guy who thinks that a post title 'Boar Ring' followed by a picture of a ring in the image of a boar is a clever pun.
... well, not lingering in teenage girl's bedrooms obviously (although I notice that he's taken down that particular post), but I have been doing a lot of cleaning and rubbish removal over the last couple of days.
I took another trailer load of rubbish to the tip yesterday which has been a (trailer) load off my mind. This has freed up a lot of space in the shed which will please The Old Girl who takes too much interest in MY shed. Maybe I've done the wrong thing and she'll now appropriate some of the space.
The more observant reader will notice that no glove puppets were involved in the making of this post not like that deranged fellow down south.
I must admit however to owning one puppet - a 'puppet on a spring' (you can imagine the song referenced) but it keeps to itself in a corner of the snooker room.