Dialogue Alpha

      Visitor numbers and comments are down.
      What did you expect? You haven't been posting regularly, and what you have posted is rather dull.
      I do so appreciate you for pointing that out. I must remember to thank you properly soon.
      Now, don't get your drawers in an uproar. I didn't say it was your fault. You've been involved with that play and rehearsal and work, and so nothing interesting has happened in your life to write about. You can't help it if your boring life bores other people. Look, I'm yawning right now.
      Was that supposed to comfort me? If so, might I suggest that you NEVER work the suicide hotline. You'd be the only counselor who wouldn't have any return callers.
      Well, it came out differently than I meant it. I was just saying that you're busy and that keeps you from having adventures to share.
      That's true enough, but I read other blogs, and they seem to have something to say even when there's nothing interesting going on in their lives. For instance, yesterday I was reading a blog by a young lady, and she wrote an entire long entry about how she bought some apple candles and how the scent of them reminded her of her grandmother cooking and how her grandmother once marched in a civil rights rally and was beaten by police and later shook hands with Martin Luther King.
      So your relatives have never done anything exciting?
      Well, sure they have, but I can't say that I'm particularly motivated to write about them or to relate what they did to my current life. The apple blogger neatly tied in her feelings about the Iraqi war and violence in the movies and ended with an impassioned plea for peace throughout the world.
      That sounds interesting. Do you have her web address?
      Yes, it's ... wait a moment ... NO, I don't have her address. You just want to leave here and go to her blog!
      I didn't say that.
      You were thinking about it, you blog tramp.
      I was not.
      Liar.
      Okay, maybe a little, but let's be honest here. You've got to do something interesting to keep my attention.
      I updated all the scrollies today. And there's a new quote on the sidebar and on the bottom bar.
      Heh heh. You said bottom.
      Good grief.
      I appreciate the new scrollies. And the quotes. I really do.
      I also added coding so that the comment line shows who commented.
      Woohoo.
      You're jaded and can't accept the simple joys of blogging. You want fireworks and violence and sex! You want me to pander to man's basest instincts! I won't do it! 51313 Harbor Street will stand against the rising tide of darkness!
      I'll just start humming the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" while you climb on your soapbox.
      I think I hate you.
      Now, now, now. That's no way for the defender of truth, justice and web politeness to talk.
      Yes, it's definite. I DO hate you.
      If it makes you feel better, this entry has been interesting.
      Really? You're not just saying that?
      Welllll, actually --
      No, that's fine! You don't have to say anything else. I'm content with that.