My Circle? and Veteran’s Day Thoughts

A reader who e-mailed me a suggestion for Swing Shift prefaced it with something that kinda bothered me:

Since I’m not a member of your circle, but just an occasional lurker, it might as well be anonymous.

Is there a perception that there is some sort of inner circle among my readers?  It’s no secret that I have some good friends who read this blog.  But you know what? Every one of them started out as a reader who commented on my blog, or I did so on their blog.  None of us would know each other if not for this blog or Veronica’s blog.

I do notice that most of my comments come from the same core group of people, many of whom are among those I consider friends, and I don’t really mind that.  But I guess I would mind it if it’s because any of you don’t feel welcome and just lurk.  If that’s all you prefer to do, great, and thank you for taking the time to read.  But if you have something to say, please do!

I’ll admit it, I’m a comment whore and love the interaction.  The more the merrier I say!  Look at this screenshot of a comment from a few days ago. Not only can you leave comments, but by using the Reply function your comment can be directed towards someone, either myself or another reader.

I have 2 simple rules for comments- they should be relevant to the post and any personal attacks or insults will not be tolerated. Break either of those rules and I’ll delete the comment.

If anyone has ever commented and then wondered why it didn’t show up, that’s usually because WordPress places all comments from a new IP address in moderation.  So whether you’re a long-time commenter or someone new, your comment will have to wait until I can read and approve it before it will appear on the blog, which if I’m busy with life might take a little while.  But once that IP address is approved, all future comments will appear right away.

By the way, Suburban Hotwife was referring to hidden click-thru pictures in my post on Sunday.  Both of my posts yesterday had hidden click-thru pictures as well.  You might want to get into the habit of clicking on any visible images- you never know if there might be a hidden treat *wink*

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Let’s not forget that today is Veteran’s Day here in the US.

“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”

“A Veteran is someone who once wrote a blank check payable to the United States for any amount, up to and include his or her life”

If you have the chance, thank a Veteran today.