" No one will ever read my writings" - C. Dickens

As the Christmas season is drawing to a close I start to really think about the questions "Will any else I don't know ever read my blog?" comes to mind.

I decided to title each blog entry with a quote. Not a real quote but, one that I create, This is a tip of the hat to Robert Asprin. One of my best loved writers. His Myth books have them starting each chapter. They are a fun way to start each entry and will hopefully bring people back, even if its only to read the quote.

This is my sixth entry in as many days, far better than I have ever done before when it comes to blogging, and only my son and wife have read it.

I know what your going to say "My God man give it time, someone will find it."

So I come to my question. How do people find a blog? Are they mousing around the internet one day and their mouse trips over my blog that is laying about somewhere in the vast electronic internet sidewalk? They look down and say " oh my, whats this laying about? Why its a blog from some theater teacher. I wonder if it worth my time?" Then comes the fateful decision. Will he click it up and read it? Will he click it in his pocket to look at later? Or will he mouse over it unclicked and leave it sitting lonely, waiting for some other mouse to come along and trip over it?
Perhaps there is some internet being who knows all and reads all that is on the internet. This blog being could find what I write worthy of being read and mysteriously point others to my blog. "Hey Ed look what I found in my e-mail! NO not another are you lonely tonight e-mail. Its some blog from a theater teacher. What do you think I should do?" Will they look at it? Will they delete it? Will it sit in their inbox until their account ends?
Or is it just a matter of hoping that some one will put in a word search that matches one of my labels. They follow it and read my entry. If they like it they may read others and maybe, just maybe even subscribe.

I guess in the long run, I like many other not to internet savvy bloggers, will just take time and search the experience's of others in hope of finding the key to getting people to click it and read the blog. If I only get a smile from my quotes it will be well worth it

Blog entry two: The Warth of Kahn

Ok, so i am going to try and keep a blog going. This may not be a good thing. In early times, meaning up thru the middle ages and a bit farther, The person who would stand in the town square, or walking around town, and talk to himself was looked on as a "special" person ( in modern terms they rode the short bus). Today we just figure there on a cell phone. Now we are given the chance to talk to ourself all we want and people can choose to listen to us or read us to be more precise.
This is much more along the lines of people standing in the town square and talking about things that are important to them and to the community as a whole while standing on a soapbox. The questions is with more people talking about things that are personal and less community based will history look back and say that this was a good thing?
In the long run I think it is. It is the chance for people to connect on a level that means more than just a superficial glance.
How important will be left up to the individual.