It’s difficult to really comment on this one. I don’t have any expectation for reader loyalty. It’s only an anonymous blog. I do appreciate people who stop by, give a read or two and enjoy the music.
I remember a colleague once told me that the secret to happiness is to have low expectations. At first I didn’t quite understand what he meant. If he was talking about lowering my expectations of myself, then I had to disagree. I didn’t see how that would work.
What he meant was we should temper our expectations in life. If we always live our lives expecting the very best, we’re just setting ourselves up for a fall. Not everything goes as planned or lives up to the hype. And we should expect things to occasionally fall off a cliff. Instead, why not appreciate what comes our way, the good and the bad. Makes sense.
So, subscriber loyalty? Nope. No expectations. Only appreciation. Come and go as you please. I’m just happy I’m not talking to myself in a vacuum, also pretending to be the other side of the conversation answering myself back in a slightly different voice. That would be weird. I appreciate you stopping by and saving me from that embarrassing situation. Thank you.
The Stone Temple Pilots released a greatest hits album entitled Thank You. I thought I’d pull a song from that album for today. Here is Vasoline. Other than the album title, this song doesn’t have any connection to the prompt. It’s just a good song with a lot of guitar.
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For the Spotify playlist, please click here.
One time a thing occurred to me
What's real, and what's for sale?
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the Vasoline
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I'd be safer all alone
Flies in the Vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the Vasoline
You'll see the look and you'll see the lies
You'll eat the lies, and you will.
Flies in the Vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
It isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the Vasoline.
MyGenXerLife 
Someone recently told me that subscribers on a blog like WordPress are essentially a “vanity statistic“.
Yes, I have to admit that it’s cool to build it up and impressive email list. But WordPress even gives you stats on how many people actually open that email and how many of those people who open the email bothered to go ahead and click on the link.
I think that today, especially with tablets and smartphones, it’s so much easier for people to just click on things I want to read. I don’t know that readers necessarily feel the need or the obligation to subscribe to a blog anymore. So I think that the statistic is becoming less and less relevant.
Personally, I have about 700 subscribers out of accumulated over 14 years. And I’m sure that most of those don’t even use a WordPress anymore, or those email addresses are just dumping grounds for spam.
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I think you were the first person to like and comment on my posts back in 2023! Thank you! That kept me posting, even when I thought my words were disappearing somewhere in the universe.
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I love your blog – and the Spotify Playlist. I listen to it a lot. Thank you!!
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