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Having a teenage son is full of challenging moments in parenting. But recently, my son, Edric, said something to me that made me beam with pride! Straight A's, you wonder? An after school job? Did he tell me that he thought that it would be good if he started taking responsibility and giving back to the community by volunteering at the children's hospital on weekends? Better.
Last night Edric turned to me and announced, "Mom. I am going to start my own humor blog."
Humor blog? Be still my heart. I must be doing something right.
Humor blog? Be still my heart. I must be doing something right.
Join me in welcoming Edric to this elite universe, available only to the select few who have procured the elusive Google account. And what better time is there? For, as Edric begins his journey, he will be fortunate to have the loving guidance of his elders, something that was not afforded to us trail blazers who had to go it alone, learning as we went, way back in the early years.
So this is for you, Edric. As you begin this new venture, I offer you the following hard won advice-
Go ahead and click on the teeny envelope icon and send this post to a friend. Don't be jerky and claim that you wrote it because I wrote it, damn it.
- Come up with a good title right off the bat. It is confusing for your readers when you end up changing your blog's name, like every single day, for instance.
- Try not to care if anyone reads your blog. Seriously, just try.
- Hire Edna to edit. She is looking for a different gig anyhow.
- Respond to comments. Don't freak out when someone comments like I used to do. The first time I got a comment from someone I didn't know, I crawled under my bed and didn't come out for a day. What do you mean strangers are reading this stuff?
- Don't write about anything that will hurt, offend or cause a restraining order to be filed against you...Ask permission or disguise that story about your relative or co-worker as an allegorical tale featuring woodland creatures. And that thing you were going to post about your mother? Think again, Young Grasshopper, think again.
- Brush your teeth at least twice a day, if not after every meal. This is just plain good advice.
- Use pictures. They sure jazz up the joint.
- Read other people's work. And try to read other stuff too, like books, for instance. Seriously, they can be good to read.
- Keep posting. Keep posting. Or is that keep coughing? I can never remember.
- As much as you will want to spend all your time on-line playing with your new bloggy friends, it is really important to do other things and connect with other people. It is important to have fleshy friends too.
- Stop at 10 when you make any sort of a list. It's convention for a reason. You don't have to get all creative with everything.
Go ahead and click on the teeny envelope icon and send this post to a friend. Don't be jerky and claim that you wrote it because I wrote it, damn it.
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That is a proud moment! You mean you can read other than things than blogs and what are fleshy friends??
I love how you snuck in the dental hygiene advice. My dentist would be proud. :)
Lee- Yes. I am quite proud. Fleshy friends are made out of flesh and blood as opposed to bloggy friends who are made out of, I dunno, pixels maybe?
heehheee some of my friends are fleshier than others. Hopefully I'm not as fleshy as some. Good luck to your little grasshopper!
my WV: suestru
my name is sue you know, and I'm tru
Thundersloth in the blogosphere? Say it isn't so! Can't wait to become a stalker!
rxBambi- Thanks true Sue. Now to see if he follows through.
CatLady- So, he has threatened anyway. He even wrote his first post, but he hasn't set up a blog as of yet.
I can't wait to read his blog, if he lets me. And I promise not to bring up the multiplication tables thing.
Summer- It is just good advice, don't you think?
Jewel- Good idea about the multiplication tables.
I think I'm your friend who is fleshier than most.
Congrats, Edric! You'll be surprised what you learn about yourself and the rest of the world. For example, your mom just taught me that I CAN write about my ex boyfriend, as long as I turn him into a toad.
Best of luck!
It's a good mother who can send her offspring off with such advice ringing in their ears. But you know he'll ignore it all, don't you?
Yes, what ARE fleshy friends... our fat friends?! LOL
And isn't he the luckiest kid, who will have his experienced blogger mom to guide and direct him so he doesn't make the same mistakes we all made?!
Like he's really going to listen... I raised a son. I should know. :-)
grand advice from a pro.
Congrats to you and your son. Your advice is perfect, now if he'll just take it :D
Gwen- Yes. Toad. That works.
Madame DeFarge- Of course he will. Why would he take advice from his mother?
Oz Girl- No! Not fat, just made from flesh and bones- unlike bloggy friends who are made of flesh and bones technically, but it is hard to prove without actually meeting them.
linlah- aw...thanks!
Skye- He won't. Pretty much guaranteed. Pretty sure he won't even read the post.