Catch-up Wednesday
This entry was posted on Oct 31 2007
First, I want to acknowledge and thank Diane at Much of a Muchness for recognizing me as a Breakout Blogger, an award originating from Bob at bobbarama. Many thanks. If you have yet to visit Diane’s site, you need to because she has an incredible talent for making books (not the betting type!). Stop by and check out her creations, and help me persuade her to open up an online shop. Seriously, it seems like she produces a book each day! 
Second, I want to say that if I owe you a meme, it is coming. Promise.
Third, I am stoked to be a member of the sooper-seekrit, members only Cliq group called Network of Blogs that Don’t Suck. Cliq is a new service that is going to beat the hell out of BlogRush, that is, if they have planned for mass casualties, unlike the people at BlogRush. (Seriously, what were they thinking?)
Cliq has taken the RSS feed to a whole new level. You join a cliq, apply the widget to your blog and then post stories as usual. The feed goes to Cliq and then displays your content on your cliq’s widget, which should be on your cliq’s blogs. Their visitors click on your cliq’s widget which gets you rated higher in your cliq. By the way, cliq is actually spelled clique, so don’t get confused when I say something like, “Join my cliq simply by clicking on my cliq’s Cliq widget.” (That q is starting to look like a g.) 
D. I just want to say thanks to everyone, especially my wife, my muse, my set-me-straight counselor, Nancy. (She will be today’s Wordless Wednesday photographer – look out for it soon!) I’ve been busy, but I will eventually reply to your comments. I’ve taken a page from the books of Rolando, Jon, Opal and Joanne regarding life priorities, so I’m not on this site 4-8 hours a day anymore. I appreciate the time you take to contribute and look forward to reading what you’ve got to say. Have a great day!
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Oh! I thought Diane had a shop? She does such gorgeous work!
I’ll have to check out that Cliq. It’s good to hear you’re rearranging priorities. =) I generally try to take the weekend to spend less time in the blogging world…
Btw, you’ve done an excellent job with this site. Really.
Joanne’s last blog post..Forgive Me
dude…your gonna make flush…then cry. [oops, blush/flush, why bother, it was Freudian after all.] How come you are so sweet online? Should we go back to the old “SSLHL”? Maybe I’ll get a blog…then we can have the “SSBHL.” Thanks for doo-dooing me the honor of “Unspoken Hump Day.” xxn
Joanne: If she does have a shop, I want to know where it is. Thanks for your input and kind words.
nanc: I’ll get the plunger. xxp
Congrats on the award pete! I’ve still yet to post and hand out mine.
Thanks for signing on Cliq. I think it’s great and such a cool little widget. More flexible than BlogRush. I won’t depend on to get to friend’s sites, but it’s nice to know that it’s there.
Rolando’s last blog post..Noise
Thanks, it means a lot to me. I’ve got to dole out some myself.
Cliq is awesome and blows away BlogRush. After holding out with them through their upgrade, I got two whole referrals. I may give it another try, but it’s not a priority. Thanks for the Cliq invite. Good stuff.
Hey pete, I guess so long as I have the real estate, I’ll leave blogrush. I checked my report and there were a few clicks. Can’t say that it has increased my traffic.
We’ll see how their upgrade goes. They have a new site coming soon that will help with the statics.
Rolando’s last blog post..Noise
Congrats on the award! Yes I’ve been absent on the blogosphere this past week. It was getting too much for me. I have a lot on my plate and I don’t want to be chained to the computer to blog even though I love blogging it’s time to put limits on the time I’m actually blogging when I thought about it a lot of the time was spent idly surfing nothing wrong with that now again but I look at that as time I could be doing something else.
Opal Tribble’s last blog post..Being Busy Is Contagious
Rolando: I might try them again now that the categories have been opened up more, but that widget is huge. The new site is up, if you’re wondering. I suspect I’ll cave-in and place the widget again sometime today.
Opal: Thanks! I can tell you’re busy – that was quite a run-on comment!
If anyone deserves an award it is my boy Pete! Congrats and rock on.
You definitely deserve the award. I love your site, your friendliness and your manner.
I have been toying with the idea of closing up shop for a while. I’m not yet convinced I won’t do it!
Jon’s last blog post..We Change the World One Act of Love At A Time
Joe: Thanks man, I appreciate that. Rocking on now…
Jon: Thanks for the kind words. You had better keep blogging. Even weekly, please?