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FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, it looks as if my new blogging (mis)adventure, The Blog That Am! by name and stylee, could be up sooner than previously announced.
As you will see, I already have some posts up for your approval, and more can expect to be on the way. Just see it for yourself and let me know through the Comments page what you think.
In the interim, you may want to move your bookmarks from here @ The Exaggerator to The Blog That Am! @ your earliest opportunity, as I do plan on closing down the former before too long, depending on how Entrecard views The Blog That Am! for inclusion. Likewise with the RSS feed, which, for the new blog, is @ http://theblogthatam.yolasite.com/blog.rss.
In any event, it's been good knowing you all this while, and I hope you'll find The Blog That Am! all the more likeable.
MEMO TO ESPECIALLY SUCH WHO VISIT THANKS TO ENTRECARD, and all mankind in general:
I've started tenative steps towards getting my new blog, The Blog That Am! by name and stylee, off and running; you can see the new blog for yourself right here and see what exactly you can expect.
I hope such agrees with you, and I'd welcome your comments on what you think of same. Expect the full launch to get underway around Easter, just so you know.
THIS MEMO IS ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE EXAGGERATOR IN BLOGDRIVE, and other regular visitors as well:
The first stage of my new blogging (mis)adventure, otherwise known as The Blog That Am!, can be seen for yourself @ http://theblogthatam.yolasite.com/ when you have the time. For the moment, such is limited to an explanation of its concept, its Mission Statement, and a Disclosure Statement to comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance on paid blog posts and affiliate schemes that I may eventually participate in.
See it for yourself, and let me know what you think, either in the comments or by e-mail. As for the first blog posts, I hope they'll be up within the fortnight; as well, a donation through PayPal (via the link on that page) would be greatly appreciated.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARRIVE @ THIS BLOG ALL BECAUSE OF ENTRECARD AND LITTLE MORE, I would like to explain @ this time that the reason I'm limiting advertising exposure for the nonce is related to my forthcoming blogging reinvention @ a new home within measurable distance.
In other words, I'm basically banking Entrecredits so that, when (and if) Entrecard allows my transferring the existing account to the new blog, I can improve my chances of getting noticed by those means.
Too, if any of you have Entrecredits that are just sitting there and aren't likely to use within measurable distance, donations thereof would be welcome and appreciated; such would greatly help all the more when the time comes.
And remember to check back from time to time for progress reports on how the new incarnation shapes up, including links to new pages as they become available for your perousal. In the interim, thank you for your patience and support.
READERS, THE FOLLOWING TIMETABLE SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF AN IDEA as to how the relaunch and reinvention of my blogging (mis)adventures will be proceeding:
Sometime before mid-March: Preparing a Prospectus explaining the new blog, and posting same to the new site, with work on same commencing concurrently.
Mid-late March: Launching a Facebook group to help attract attention and interest to the new blog, concurrently working all the while on the essentials of the new blog.
Towards the end of March: Getting the online mall out of the way and setting up the blog proper, including moving the link-swap programmes (Entrecard, Spottt) to the new blog page.
Easter weekend: Full-on launch @ its new home, and concurring closedown of The Exaggerator.
You'll all be advised through this extant blogwhen the several pages will become ready for your review and perousal, as well as stay informed on the progress of blog work. Likewise, I hope you'll support me all the while in this new (mis)adventure of mine in the Greater Blogosphere.
Too, I hope you will find agreeable the new blogging (mis)adventure.
As the Bratz were forever saying, "please be patient ... it takes time to look this good!" Otherwise, your support is appreciated, as well as your comments.
AS YOUR CORRESPONDENT PREPARES TO MAKE READY HIS BLOGGING REINVENTION @ A WHOLE NEW VENUE, he urges you to please "hang tough" and remain patient and understanding; he needs to get his thoughts and concepts together in so planning.
He further pledges to keep you informed of developments, especially as the full-on launch approaches and work progresses on the new site--both through this blog and through Twitter; hence, stay tuned all this while for developments.
Initially, there will likely be a "coming soon" page to get you ready for the makeover; you'll be informed when that becomes ready. In any event, I hope to get the whole ready before Easter (4 April, know), complete with bells and whistles (as in online mall and newsfeed links that will complement the whole experience).
Once again, please be patient and stay tuned for further developments.
YOUR CORRESPONDENT'S PENDING REINVENTION OF HIS BLOGGING (MIS)ADVENTURES could get more interesting as his researches find further interesting and worthwhile discoveries:
The most interesting such came just this evening (Minnesota time), when he came across Yola.com, a free website platform with blogging facilities among the tools on offer, in a handy, easy-to-understand "drag-and-drop" approach reminescent of his first website experiences as were on Homestead with a not-exactly-blog site he called "It's Another Prozac Morning in America," as managed to attract some attention in its day.
Changes in its operations as were incompatible with library public computers forced that one to be shut down suddenly, but the memory is still rather fond as it comes back to him on discovering how Yola uses "drag-and-drop" website building to make it easier--even where HTML code comes into the equation.
Which, in addition to allowing a blog, would also allow a separate page for to relaunch an online mall as would provide financial aid and comfort to Your Correspondent as much as Good Causes, among them the Reduction of the National Debt ... and a link page to a more realistic collection of newspaper links across the United States, another much-loved feature of "Another Prozac Morning" in its time.
Hopefully, this won't be as cluttered and confusing as past attempts on my part @ website building, to the point of attracting complaint. (@ least I hope for as much.) That, as well as being more flexible and accomodating to my own whims.
IN PREPARING FOR THE CHANGEOVER OF YOUR CORRESPONDENT'S BLOGGING (MIS)ADVENTURES TO A NEW PLATFORM, it appears possible that he may have to consider playing with the ur-Internet Trust, as in the Blogger platform owned by Google.
Especially considering where some of the names previously mentioned are probably obscure and vague in blogging circles, and he would still need some assurance that they can be trusted in the first place--especially where Entrecard is involved.
Or, for that matter, allowing affiliate advertising.
What do you still think? Leave your comments accordingly.
AS I DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, READERS, Your Correspondent is now starting to develop the next phase in his blogging career after quite the while on Blogdrive, citing a number of emerging problems with same.
For starters, I am looking @ a target date of Easter or thereabouts for the full-on launch, following an extended "preview" period as would involve a Prospectus being displayed (to gauge interest). I need time to work it out, parse it, think it over before going forward with its posting, so please be patient.
As well, I am looking @ the likes of JournalHome.com, Aeonity.com and BloggerTeam.com as possible hosts; I would like my blog to be a paying proposition to supplement my disability benefits and help Good Causes such as Reduction of the American National Debt. (As in being willing to accept affiliate programme links. Those of you who still think I need to get "real" work need to realise my condition is extremely serious so as to consider me officially unemployable.)
I just need to get things right, especially so on the Prospectus that I intend to use as a preview of what I intend the blog to be ... as well as the new host's willingness to accept outside affiliate advertisers (on this count JournalHome.com may be especially receptive); hence, your patience and understanding will be greatly appreciated in this transitional period.
Which will mean less-frequent postings here on The Exaggerator as I get myself in the right frame of mind to get started on the new blogging adventure that will supplant this established such. I pledge to keep all of you informed as things start developing and emerging in the interim; know this in advance.
Just don't rule out The Exaggerator just yet, or otherwise drop me from your bookmarks, however. Things like this take time.
IT SEEMS AS IF BLOGDRIVE.COM, AS HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS BLOG POSSIBLE, may be going to seed, and then some, if not already. Consider:
Frequent cases of "skipping" in the host server's hard drive as are causing occasional delays in the timely display of posts.
Some class of a server "bug" requiring moi to constantly go back to the post just to add fresh material.
The uncertain state of the company in view of the ill health of its owner (cancer) and his frequent medical treatments to the extent of delays in response to enquiries being all too commonplace--and what might happen if he should die suddenly or within measurable distance, if not already, especially vis-a-vis the independence of Blogdrive.
Someone signing himself "BlakeHoward605" flooding the Help Forums of late, to the detrius of legitimate weblog-related discussions.
Which, in any event, has Your Correspondent beginning to wonder if he's starting to experience blogger burnout of the highest order, perhaps to the extent of seeking a relaunch of his blogging (mis)adventures on another free blogging platform before Blogdrive collapses around the blogosphere.
Which, in any case, would have me essentially supplanting The Exaggerator with an entirely new blog that would likely see postings appear less frequently than before, and with an entirely new approach to my blogging experiences--one likely to be in the vein of the newspaper columnists of an earlier day such as Cedric "In This Corner" Adams or Gretchen Leicht Lamberton, "The Casual Observer," rather than the approach you readers are accustomed to.
One more in the vein of a conventional diary or journal in its own unique way, with the occasional foray into current events and happenings. And some of the names I'm considering for this new blogging (mis)adventure are:
"The New Casual Observer"
"The Cas' Observer"
"It's Just Cas'"
"Not Quite In This Corner"
"In That Corner"
"The Blog That Am"
(In any event, I'd appreciate your comments in the relevant section when it comes to the name. But then again, it all depends on the constraints of the host I eventually choose when it comes to length of blog name and stylee.Privately, though, I'm thinking of "The Blog That Am," if only for the snappiness thereof sure to attract attention.)
I am hoping within measurable distance to post a Prospectus for the new blog; will advise further when such is up for you to see. In any case, expect a transition period to make sure the whole goes over smoothly and effectively, especially among those of you as have become acquainted via Entrecard in particular; the better so you can get ready to revise the relevant bookmarks.
In the meantime, your support of this new endeavour would be appreciated, as will your thoughts and comments.
