For a long time Marti and I have talked about me starting up another blog, an anonymous one so I can stop pissing off my various family members by talking about politics. It is also a bit dodgy to talk about finances on a known blog, for obvious reasons, so a few weeks ago I finally decided to do it — I started an anonymous blog for finances. Then, I decided to start another blog for politics. I mean, yes, I’m geeky, but I’m also a chronic writer and I think that I can keep up 3 (yes, 3!) blogs without a lot of trouble. I also noticed that, surprisingly, my political posts were among the highest ranked posts on my site, so somebody enjoys them, even if that somebody is not anyone in my immediate or extended family. Or what do I know, maybe you are all gluttons for punishment?
So, I will remain nameless for the financial blog (although there may be a prize to whoever ekes me out — I’m talking to you, Thania) but the political blog is aptly named: www.scumsuckingliberal.blogspot.com. So, if you enjoy my political commentary, please stop by, but if not, you never have to read it again. Ever. Debbie, you can stop cheering any time now.
I have taken down my most inflammatory posts but I stopped at deleting all of them. I enjoyed going through them again. I don’t often look through my political rants after I have vented them, but I was surprised that I sounded…well, sort of informed. Not as much like a foaming-at-the-mouth political commentator as I imagined. I still like Barak Obama’s comment, and I still love this quote from Nietszche: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.“
Now I have to consider whether or not to start a dieting blog and join the Club Mom crowd, or continue my dieting humiliation here.
So what will be on this site? Well, I will continue to post fun(ny) stuff, amusing nothings, my favorite photos, photos of kids and stuff on running/triathloning as it comes. I really want to focus this site on my family here in Tucson, because I started this site for my family and friends who are far away but still want pictures and videos of my kids, so that is what I will do on this site. I may branch off for triathlons and racing in general if I do enough of it, as well as for dieting (5 blogs? We’ll see).
One of the reasons for this change (other than my desire to placate my Republican family) is my desire to make my blogging habit profitable, and for that I need to stick to a particular subject for my blogs. Since I have written about a lot of stuff, it makes it hard for my blog to be ranked and surprisingly I don’t get more people because my blog is diverse, I get less. I suppose because people want blogs to be somewhat predictable and with mine, you could get information on dieting one day and a tirade about overseas investments the next. So, I am trying to separate my world into manageable chunks, and make money through advertising and other ways. It is really the only way I get paid to write, which is what I love best, so maybe you think I am a sell-out or at the least, impossibly optimistic, but even if I break even money-wise I think that’s okay. I get to write and people are occasionally crazy enough to read what I write, and that’s enough for me.
My political blog is linked on the right and all posts (and comments) have been reposted to the new site. Thanks for putting up with me and now those that don’t want to hear about it don’t have which = more happy relatives. This is my Christmas present to you, you know who you are.
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