Au revoir, not adieu
12 May 2010
I’m not completely happy about this, and I retain the right to have second thoughts, but in my mind this date, 12th May 2010, is notable because:
a) it would have been my father’s 84th birthday;
b) it is the first day of the new Con-Dem-Nation government, bringing Messrs Cameron and Clegg together in their posh schoolboys’ alliance;
and c) it’s the day on which I’ve decided to put this blog on ice for the time being. (Isn’t it weird that in this blogging program, Wordpress, the only words with squiggly red mis-spelling underlines are “blog,” “blogging” and “Wordpress?” Even “squiggly” sneaked through un-squiggled.)
My loyal reader may be disappointed, but I have reasons, albeit of an obvious and unsurprising variety. First, I’m really busy at the moment. Second, I fear that the blog’s readership, always minuscule, has now become mini-minuscule, especially since it stopped appearing on the Tangible Financial website. And third (obviously related to the second), I’ve never got very far in establishing the blog as a genuinely interactive medium, with about 90% of the few comments it has generated being written bymy old friend Simon Wood under a bewildering variety of aliases, but even by its historically low standards it’s fallen off the chart recently: I haven’t managed to spark a single comment for over a month. Oh yes, and one other thing: not sure why, but I don’t seem to be able to think of anything to say at the moment. Blogger’s block?
Anyway, thanks for reading. I will be back, just as soon as I have a bit less of this bloody client work to deal with.
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4 Responses to “Au revoir, not adieu”
Lucian Says:
It’s a bit odd to comment on one’s own post, but I’m just checking that the comment-free-ness of this blog over the last few months does in fact reflect a complete lack of interest rather than just a failure somewhere in cyberspace.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Simon Carne Says:
Sorry to hear you’ve got so much client work getting in the way of entertaining your loyal readers (not all of whom are called Simon, I’m sure).
May 16th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Helen Says:
You never quite know who is out there in cyberspace, I am sure I am not the only one who reads but rarely comments. I will say that I have enjoyed reading your blog and I am sad it is now in limbo. I might also add that I am not, nor have I ever been called Simon….
May 18th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Mayday! Mayday! Says:
12th May is the day my father died. The blog should continue. We will be need informed overviews over the new age of austerity. And since they don’t cost us nuffink…
May 24th, 2010 at 12:20 pm