Pardon the Dust. Renovating's a Must! (Just Ask Britney Spears...)

(cc) Douglas Cootey I'm in the slow but steady process of renovating this site's design over the next few weeks. I'll also be rolling all the Absentminded Bookshelf posts into this blog. Some of you may have been confused because they are at the top of the RSS feed but have old post dates. I'm keeping the original dates and migrating their comments over to make the two blogs into one. The two blogs originally began with separate purposes but grew more and more similar over time. I think it will be easier for me if I just have one blog to worry about because my time has become exceedingly precious over the past few months. I'm also losing interest in writing weekly articles so I want to change things a bit to help keep my and your interest. The original purposes of this blog have been met so I'm afraid I'm outgrowing it.

That's why I'm now announcing this blog's new direction as a Britney Spears Texas Hold 'em Poker extravaganza! No? Alright, well, give it some thought. The world just lost it's biggest Britney Spears fansite and I really feel we could fill that gap or something. Of course, I haven't cleared this with my wife yet, but she's usually so supportive...

Comments

Sylvana said…
I have been finding it hard to keep up with my blogs too. Even one at this point is a lot.
I'm glad that you are not giving it up all together. I look forward to reading your new stuff.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
December 31, 2006 6:16 PM
Susan Och said…
Blogging seems best as a team sport, or with an author who is passionate about just one thing.

My interests have always been uncategorizable. My blog goes from one topic to another, because that's what my brain does.

I was thinking of writing the Poker Player's Guide to Feng Shui blog, because it could host killer ads. The problem is I know very little about Feng Shui, I spend 40 hours a week dealing poker and if I hear another Bad Beat story I'll scream:

"I had a pair of Aces. The flop came A-4-5 unsuited, so I went all in. This other guy CALLED ME and he made his straight ON THE FLOP! HE had no business calling me with those cards......"
December 31, 2006 8:25 PM
D.R. Cootey said…
Thank you for commenting, ladies. We all get so busy with our lives I consider myself lucky that anybody revisits. None of us are celebrities, or blogebrities for that matter, so it's a lot of work to write in a way that keeps people coming back. Good luck with your own ventures and I promise to drop by more often and leave encouragement.
January 01, 2007 7:39 AM
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