Blogpower, I wonder?

I'm not sure if there is any point remaining in Blogpower. There are those on the list I visit and who visit me: that wouldn't change. I have visited everyone and usually try to leave a comment. The number of people on the list who have never come near my blog (to my knowledge) or who certainly haven't left a comment is far greater than those who do/have. I can't see that changing. While jmb and shades are doing a fine job of admin, Blogpower has lost its heart I think. Yet I am reluctant to give up.

The same goes for the Over-50 roll too I suppose. Perhaps I'll cut my roll down to people I like to visit. That makes more sense.

Best of Blogpower

Over on my sidebar you'll see I have a Blogpower logo and roll. jmb of Nobody Important has compiled a Best of 2007 roundup of Blogpower posts, nominated by the bloggers themselves or, in some cases, by jmb. Blogpower has a great variety of bloggers within its ranks and the posts are worth reading. You'll find the roundup at Blogpower HQ
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Lookity, lookity!

I've been trying all morning but I can't get the photo up. I blame the men doing the road outside.

Anyway imagine there's a photo here of a raspberry bush. If you look carefully you can just see some tiny green raspberries forming. Actually your imagination is better than my photo, which was a bit blurry.

I am very excited. There must be, oh, eight raspberries altogether. How shall I eat them? With a blob of clotted cream? Or just straight from the bush? Mmmm. Will I share them with Husband? Difficult one.

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I'm off to the hairdressers this afternoon. I was trying to wait until the last moment before going on holiday but even Younger Son has been commenting on my grey.

I am also trying the Kelloggs diet. Again. I am easily swayed by adverts; it's a good job I don't watch a lot of television. As it is I have a cupboard full of age-defying creams that I forget to use. The inventors didn't allow for memory loss in their thinking. Or perhaps they did. They can bring out a new one every week and someone will buy it because they've forgotten they have a cupboard full of ...

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What on earth is an enclosure link? Is it a bit like a winner's enclosure? Blogger keeps adding these new-fangled bits and pieces. James talks about Technorati - and stats and pings and readers.

Oh, yes, and why are these little stars appearing next to blog names in the Blogpower roll? What does it mean? Oh, it's beyond me. I'm going to the hairdressers. I need my quarterly fix of Hello magazine. Asuming I can get out of the closed-for-4-days road.

In which I am officially declared a dork

You remember that rugby competition I was entering to win a press pass to the World Cup? To enter, I had to submit at least four articles by the closing date, which I thought was this coming weekend; it was last night.

I am an idiot. When God was giving out brains, I must have been watching Neighbours.

On the other hand, at least, I can say that I didn't lose (because of bad writing). There's a silver-plated lining to every cloud.

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Over the last three days I have tried to visit every one on the Blogpower blogroll. Quite a few don't appear to have been updated for a while, while a larger number appear to be 'young' Conservatives. Is it me or is this very depressing? If you're not rebelling when you're young, when will you?

There are a variety of verification methods too. I was in the church office yesterday - not working, just had to be there - and I was commenting on a blog and the word verifier was heresy. That struck me as quite interesting as I was in a church building, and a church that many would describe as being on the edge at that. Now I come to relate it, it sounds remarkably boring but it amused me at the time. Such is my life.

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Husband usually grows tomatoes - especially Gardener's Delight - from seed but this year, because he was away so much, he left it too late and ended up buying a tray of mixed plants: the tomatoes time forgot. Some of them are blobby-shaped, others are pepper-shaped. None of them taste very inspiring. But they're pretty.

Welcome, newbies!

I see that Blogpower has a lot of new names on its roll. Welcome to you all!

There are lots of intelligent and thought-provoking blogs already on the roll - but this isn't one of them. I would hate for you to mistake me for someone intelligent. (Although Harvey is saying to me, 'Speak for yourself.')

So welcome, and may you be very happy and active members our community.