This is a bit "inside baseball" stuff about how I do my blogging, so if you're not the least bit curious, feel free to skip this piece.
At The Day Job, the one that pays the bills (mostly), I have an extremely irregular schedule. In fact, I'm lucky if I work the same hours twice a week. Since I have no life and have been with the company over 20% of my time on earth (god, that's depressing), I get plugged into the schedule wherever they need me.
Further, I'm a morning person. (Yes, I'm one of those. If folks didn't have enough reasons to hate me, there's another.) I usually wake up between 4 and 5 every morning, even on my days off. Since I almost never have to leave before 7:30, that means I do most of my blogging before work.
For example, yesterday I started writing pieces for the day around quarter to five, and finished the fourth one shortly after 8. That was wonderful for my productivity, but meant that two of my pieces sat "in the can" for three and six hours respectively. And since I rarely get online at work (maybe 20 minutes or so halfway through the day), that means they couldn't get updated if circumstances changed.
Today -- Friday -- is even odder. I have to leave for work by 5:30, so I'm writing a couple pieces Thursday evening. It's almost 9:30, and I'll probably write one more before bed. I'll have to make sure it's less "timely," but sometimes things get weird.
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Well, I'm up at 4am, too, g... (Below threshold)1. Posted by meep | October 6, 2006 7:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, I'm up at 4am, too, generally every day. 4-7am is when I do most of my blog reading for the day, so I'm usually a day behind everybody else. But again, not many people responding to comments in that time frame, so I've got comment threads to myself.
1. Posted by meep | October 6, 2006 7:06 AM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 07:06
2. Posted by Lee | October 6, 2006 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Friendly suggestion -- fewer posts, and fewer words. Your posts lately have been on the longish side.
Self-editing is tough, but spend more time on fewer posts, and edit, edit, edit the posts down.
2. Posted by Lee | October 6, 2006 9:54 AM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 09:54
3. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 11:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Lee:
Unfriendly suggestion -- fewer posts, and fewer words.
Cheers.
3. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 11:07 AM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 11:07
4. Posted by John F Not Kerry | October 6, 2006 11:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was going to nominate this as the Most Boring post I've seen all day, but when I saw that Lee commented it moved to the Most Tedious column.
4. Posted by John F Not Kerry | October 6, 2006 11:50 AM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 11:50
5. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 12:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Self-editing is tough...
And you practice this how?
Thanks for the laugh, Chief Wizbang! Moonbat!
5. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 12:48 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 12:48
6. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 1:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay,
I'm deathly curious as to what The Day Job is. You're like Tom Hanks' character, Capt. Miller in "Saving Private Ryan"--we're all (or at least me) wondering what it is that you do "back in the world".
I'm fairly certain it's not a school teacher.
6. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 1:06 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 13:06
7. Posted by Lee | October 6, 2006 1:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"And you practice this how?"
When I blog I always reduce what I've written by a third or half by condensing and editing down. I'm always amazed at how, with some work, you can say just as much with fewer words, and be more precise in the process.
7. Posted by Lee | October 6, 2006 1:15 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 13:15
8. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 1:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Blaa blaaa I reduce blaa blaa blaa with fewer words blaa blaa blaa. - Lee
Hey, that kinda works but shows you're redundant. Now what? What now?
8. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 1:29 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 13:29
9. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 1:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yes, "precise" vitriolic-filled dribble.
9. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 1:55 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 13:55
10. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 2:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
drivel, not dribble ... et tu, Brute?
10. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 2:14 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 14:14
11. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 2:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
According to m-w.com both are defined as: "to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth".
Though I like the baby/child-like connotation of "dribble" because it's apropos.
11. Posted by Peter F. | October 6, 2006 2:21 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 14:21
12. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 6:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Peter F.,
So, let it be dribble but Lee's mouth is more akin to an over capacity sewage pipe to me.
12. Posted by Red Fog | October 6, 2006 6:51 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 18:51
13. Posted by epador | October 6, 2006 10:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Is it a coincidence your title precedes the current caption contest?
13. Posted by epador | October 6, 2006 10:40 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2006 22:40
14. Posted by Candy | October 7, 2006 7:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea - don't tell them what the day job is - you'd have to kill them.
14. Posted by Candy | October 7, 2006 7:53 AM |
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Posted on October 7, 2006 07:53