It’s time for a humble brag about my blog. And believe me, anything involving my blog is most definitely humble. By comparison to truly successful bloggers, my forthcoming humble brag waffles somewhere between “how cute” and “sad cringe”. Still, my best year blogging ever is worthy of an audible whoop. There’s no hyperbole in that […]
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
The Internet gave to me And You haven’t hit the big time until you’ve been trolled. My work doesn’t get many comments to begin with, so a nasty comment is worth commemorating. This was my first such comment and I had to write about after it happened. And with that, my little […]
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas
The Internet gave to me And This year I returned to Pinterest. I honestly don’t understand the appeal of Pinterest at all, but I started getting traffic referred from there thanks to one kind soul who “pinned” an image of stubby Canadian beer bottles I used in one of my posts (here’s that original […]
On the Tenth Day of Christmas
The Internet gave to me And That’s some techno-statistical jargon that Google provides blog owners. You don’t need to know what it means other than my stats are terrible. Laughable, really. Some of my superstar dad blogging friends would likely get a sympathetic chuckle from my chart. They’re laughing with me, not at me. […]
On the Ninth Day of Christmas
The Internet gave to me And I have NEVER had a trending hashtag. This post is pure, photoshopped fantasy. BUT! It would be cool … if it happened. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. #acrockofschmidt
On the Eighth Day of Christmas
The Internet gave to me And There was a brief moment whenI thought I had a chance to make inroads on Instagram. It was, after all, the latest social media craze and I took many pictures while we were camping. Some of them were even pretty. But without an impressive pair of boobs or […]