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  • 165 Followers Badge

    Blog Followers: Good and Bad

    Four months ago, when I wrote regularly, I apparently wrote pieces that were informative or entertaining enough for readers to like them and want to see more. This may or may not have been the reason they decided to follow this blog. Regardless of the reason, I somehow managed to attract 165 followers: 131 following the blog…

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  • “Predator” | Flash Fiction – Six Words

    Moonlit night. Hooo! Hooo! Still prey.               Another six worder for the Flash Fiction challenge. I must be on a six word roll.   So why am I depressed? That’s the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don’t know…

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  • “Last Shot” | Flash Fiction – Six Words

    Awake. Depressed. Fired Beretta. Fell dead. Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.~August Wilson A six word tale for the Flash Fiction challenge.

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  • 135 Started, 68 Published, What’s Next?

    Since I published the first post to this blog, I started 135 posts. Of that 135, I have published only 68; when I publish this, it will be 69; a publication rate of roughly fifty percent. First off, I’m curious how many other WordPressers average about the same publishing rate. Anyone want to share their…

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  • The “Rich100Award” Presentation

    Before I announce the winner of “The Inaugural Rich100Award” allow me a moment to say this. If I had an orchestra of French horns, violins, and a timpani, I would conduct them in a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” Since I don’t, I’m going to cheat and use this rousing rendition from youtube to…

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  • Blogging 101 – Day 3 Revised

    Rich here. After 3 in the morning of 18 April. Coffee in front of me to the right of the keyboard. Marshall Tucker playing on Spotify. Time for another pain pill. I could stop here and call this the post that I would have written when I “first thought about blogging.” But I won’t. Now,…

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