Why This Blog is so Terrible

By On July 9, 2009 · 83 Comments · In Google, Misc, NBA, Readers, Twitter, WSM?

PTM(Quick note – I’m trying out Google Docs for writing the WSM? guidebook, and I have to say I’m loving it so far. If you read about the new Google OS that’s coming to crush Windows, you know why I’m experimenting with the transfer over.)

As I well know from my old site, there comes a time in the life of any blog when the readership backlash begins.

That sweet, sweet moment – and sometimes it’s also sweet – when this kind of comment arrives.

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve outgrown this site. I don’t feel apart of the target audience (twitter) anymore. I feel as though 25 percent of the topics are things I am interested in and the rest is “blah”. I say this because I was pro-spaeth for the longest while now I feel indifferent. Nothing feels very organic, “follow me on twitter”, “buy my book”, etc. I don’t say this to inspire negativity, I say this out of concern. I’m not in the demographic anymore. I’m a boat without oars and the tide continued to a point where I now find myself adrift.

I’d suggest you subscribe to my Twitter feed – there’s like an RSS for it and everything. It’s where my hilarious comes out like oars on a boat – perhaps these are the oars you so desire? Sometimes I even talk about the NBA again, which is what you really crave, isn’t it?

Now…I did say awhile ago that I was really enjoying the direct interaction I get on Twitter, as opposed to the “I say something, and then you react” that I get here. Not that there isn’t a time for that or that I don’t appreciate it, but let’s face it, a lot of the garbage that happens in my brain doesn’t need a full post.

For example, this could’ve been summed up as, “I’ma write whatever I want unless you give me 10 (non-NBA) topics you want me to write about. Name them – those are my next ten posts. PG-13 only. smh”

For real – tell me exactly what you want me to write about and I’ll do it. If you’re still unhappy you have nobody to blame me, and then yourself after that, and maybe me again. That last one is just because of special effects, though.

 
  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    prediction: 5 from GOt, 5 from Boney, then a magical implosion.

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    prediction: 5 from GOt, 5 from Boney, then a magical implosion.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Here's my wish list:

    Jason Kidd getting a boatload of money
    Your interactions with Los Angeles Dodgers fans
    The movie The Girlfriend Experience
    The movie Funny People
    Northeast Ohio's truly most powerful attorney
    Woody Allen, in general
    The Awesomeness that will be Inglorious Basterds
    The movie My Giant
    Andre the Giant
    What exactly you think the movie My Dinner with Andre is about

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Here's my wish list:

    Jason Kidd getting a boatload of money
    Your interactions with Los Angeles Dodgers fans
    The movie The Girlfriend Experience
    The movie Funny People
    Northeast Ohio's truly most powerful attorney
    Woody Allen, in general
    The Awesomeness that will be Inglorious Basterds
    The movie My Giant
    Andre the Giant
    What exactly you think the movie My Dinner with Andre is about

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    What about The Iron Giant? Have you seen that?

    I've never seen a Woody Allen movie btw.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    What about The Iron Giant? Have you seen that?

    I've never seen a Woody Allen movie btw.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Um…no. Is that animated?

    I suppose I should be indignantly shocked, but honestly I'm not. That said, some of his movies are incredibly funny and well made. Manhattan and Annie Hall are masterpieces…but I'm thinking you'd be more of a Sleeper fan, or maybe The Kiss of the Jade Scorpion.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Um…no. Is that animated?

    I suppose I should be indignantly shocked, but honestly I'm not. That said, some of his movies are incredibly funny and well made. Manhattan and Annie Hall are masterpieces…but I'm thinking you'd be more of a Sleeper fan, or maybe The Kiss of the Jade Scorpion.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Yes and it's excellent – takes place in the 50s – directed by Brad Bird, who does Pixar stuff now. Was really undermarketed – not sure why. I had real tears twice during it.

    I think I saw part of that Woody Allen movie where he was a sperm or a robot or something or there was a giant boob and that was all I needed to see. Probably a bad first choice.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Yes and it's excellent – takes place in the 50s – directed by Brad Bird, who does Pixar stuff now. Was really undermarketed – not sure why. I had real tears twice during it.

    I think I saw part of that Woody Allen movie where he was a sperm or a robot or something or there was a giant boob and that was all I needed to see. Probably a bad first choice.

  • goathair

    The difference between cyborgs and robots
    Shape-shifters
    Binder clips
    How come a person can run forever when they're drunk
    Vin Diesel
    Will Smith's rap music
    The song “Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell”
    Six Flags theme parks
    Pants
    Trey Kerby's The Blowtorch

  • goathair

    The difference between cyborgs and robots
    Shape-shifters
    Binder clips
    How come a person can run forever when they're drunk
    Vin Diesel
    Will Smith's rap music
    The song “Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell”
    Six Flags theme parks
    Pants
    Trey Kerby's The Blowtorch

  • goathair

    Pretty sure it also stars Vin Diesel.

  • goathair

    Pretty sure it also stars Vin Diesel.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Geez I like all these – it makes me want to tell the story of the time

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Geez I like all these – it makes me want to tell the story of the time

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Yes! And he's the one who made me cry – no joke!

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Yes! And he's the one who made me cry – no joke!

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Hmm…I think that would be Sleeper.

    Maybe you're anti-Semitic.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Hmm…I think that would be Sleeper.

    Maybe you're anti-Semitic.

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    Your thoughts on Charlie Villenueva and his infatuation with his straight razor.
    Butterfly paperclips.
    Why do Actors/Directors/Producers get tired of creating movies like Batman Begins/Dark Knight when both movies were hits, and popular?
    When driving down the street, on a regular day like today, do you ever just do laughing? And then when you stop doing laughing, do you do laughing about the laughing you were doing just a minute ago?
    Why do cats get hairballs but dogs don't?
    Is the guy who invented the copy machine that can also staple your papers a millionaire? Why/Why not?
    What happened to ESPN?
    Would you still be my friend if you knew that I surf craigslist for prostitutes?
    Are you my friend now?
    If you got hit in the eye by a football like Stu Scott, would you attempt to keep your eye even though it freaks everyone out or would you wear an eye patch and talk like a pirate?

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    Your thoughts on Charlie Villenueva and his infatuation with his straight razor.
    Butterfly paperclips.
    Why do Actors/Directors/Producers get tired of creating movies like Batman Begins/Dark Knight when both movies were hits, and popular?
    When driving down the street, on a regular day like today, do you ever just do laughing? And then when you stop doing laughing, do you do laughing about the laughing you were doing just a minute ago?
    Why do cats get hairballs but dogs don't?
    Is the guy who invented the copy machine that can also staple your papers a millionaire? Why/Why not?
    What happened to ESPN?
    Would you still be my friend if you knew that I surf craigslist for prostitutes?
    Are you my friend now?
    If you got hit in the eye by a football like Stu Scott, would you attempt to keep your eye even though it freaks everyone out or would you wear an eye patch and talk like a pirate?

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Is that really what happened to Stu Scott??

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Is that really what happened to Stu Scott??

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    yeah, he went to training camp for the Jets in '02 I think for one of those “inside training camp” features and got smashed in the eye by a football shot at him by one of those JUGS machines

    he missed a lot of time because of it, obviously

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    yeah, he went to training camp for the Jets in '02 I think for one of those “inside training camp” features and got smashed in the eye by a football shot at him by one of those JUGS machines

    he missed a lot of time because of it, obviously

  • joe

    1) why DC pro sports are so bad
    2) “The Princess Bride”
    3) Which celebrities you've met. Who's cool, who's a jerk.
    4) The landmark Supreme court ruling in Bethel v. Fraser
    5) Where LeBron is going in 2010 (just kidding)
    6) I want you to take a look at Major League Gaming. It's an awesome league where 10-20 year olds make six figures for playing Halo 3 professionally. Plus, Gilbert Arenas owns the most successful team in the league.
    7) The future of twitter and online marketing through social networking. I think there could be some good posts on that.
    8) The girl who broke your heart
    9) your favorite places to get hamburgers
    10) “The Shawshank Redemption”

  • joe

    1) why DC pro sports are so bad
    2) “The Princess Bride”
    3) Which celebrities you've met. Who's cool, who's a jerk.
    4) The landmark Supreme court ruling in Bethel v. Fraser
    5) Where LeBron is going in 2010 (just kidding)
    6) I want you to take a look at Major League Gaming. It's an awesome league where 10-20 year olds make six figures for playing Halo 3 professionally. Plus, Gilbert Arenas owns the most successful team in the league.
    7) The future of twitter and online marketing through social networking. I think there could be some good posts on that.
    8) The girl who broke your heart
    9) your favorite places to get hamburgers
    10) “The Shawshank Redemption”

  • goathair

    Someday you'll take me up on my offer of writing jokes together. Of the time.

  • goathair

    Someday you'll take me up on my offer of writing jokes together. Of the time.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I could talk about #7 all day, but I get blasted whenever I mention it. :/

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I could talk about #7 all day, but I get blasted whenever I mention it. :/

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    You talk about what WE want you to talk about.

    No one cares about your thoughts on Twitter or MySpace.

    You tell us how you feel about kissing girls and the NBA, and that's it!

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    You talk about what WE want you to talk about.

    No one cares about your thoughts on Twitter or MySpace.

    You tell us how you feel about kissing girls and the NBA, and that's it!

  • TVBrain

    That's “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask ”
    “Sleeper” was science fiction.
    I hate when people tell me that I have to like something and I need to start watching it. It's probably why I never saw The Sopranos. I would recommend Woody Allen though. Start with Bananas.

  • TVBrain

    That's “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask ”
    “Sleeper” was science fiction.
    I hate when people tell me that I have to like something and I need to start watching it. It's probably why I never saw The Sopranos. I would recommend Woody Allen though. Start with Bananas.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Just from a film history angle I know I should. It's just that I have The Rock and Con Air on a dual DVD and it never really comes out of the player.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Just from a film history angle I know I should. It's just that I have The Rock and Con Air on a dual DVD and it never really comes out of the player.

  • TVBrain

    1. Friendster
    2. The Commodore 64.
    3. Will CB radios replace AM/FM radios?
    4. Do you want to be a model, or just look like one?
    5. Draw Skippy
    6. How quickly can you flip a laser disc?
    7. Why did so many people laugh at Clint Eastwood's racist comments in Gran Torino?
    8. What's your favorite Rihanna song?
    9. Wasn't it funny when they did a medley of “We Are The World” and that completely forgettable song at the end of the MJ Memorial? Do you agree that it was a nod to how irrelevant he had been for the past 20 years?
    10. Kadestyle

  • TVBrain

    1. Friendster
    2. The Commodore 64.
    3. Will CB radios replace AM/FM radios?
    4. Do you want to be a model, or just look like one?
    5. Draw Skippy
    6. How quickly can you flip a laser disc?
    7. Why did so many people laugh at Clint Eastwood's racist comments in Gran Torino?
    8. What's your favorite Rihanna song?
    9. Wasn't it funny when they did a medley of “We Are The World” and that completely forgettable song at the end of the MJ Memorial? Do you agree that it was a nod to how irrelevant he had been for the past 20 years?
    10. Kadestyle

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    If Usher had broken out with YEAH I wouldve considered the memorial a complete success.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    If Usher had broken out with YEAH I wouldve considered the memorial a complete success.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    i am honestly a fan of all of the aforementioned ideas, but i think you should add a lot more about robots, you being half robot, and car chases. also maybe avocados.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    i am honestly a fan of all of the aforementioned ideas, but i think you should add a lot more about robots, you being half robot, and car chases. also maybe avocados.

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    he should miss a little more.

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    he should miss a little more.

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    i feel like #7 was like JoeBaiting…

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    i feel like #7 was like JoeBaiting…

  • Wish

    Here are the five things I want you to write about:

    1. Will the 2009-2010 Cavs be better than the 2008-2009 Cavs?
    2. Who would win in a fight between Alexiskn and Becky?
    3. Which is the best of the Great Lakes?
    4. Best synonym to use for the word, “fight”
    5. If you could have a half human/half animal body, which animal would you want your other half to be and would you want it to be the top half or the bottom half?

    That is all.

  • Wish

    Here are the five things I want you to write about:

    1. Will the 2009-2010 Cavs be better than the 2008-2009 Cavs?
    2. Who would win in a fight between Alexiskn and Becky?
    3. Which is the best of the Great Lakes?
    4. Best synonym to use for the word, “fight”
    5. If you could have a half human/half animal body, which animal would you want your other half to be and would you want it to be the top half or the bottom half?

    That is all.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    I'm flattered that my comment carried this much weight. But I was serious. And it wasn't at all to do with more coverage of the NBA. I could take or leave NBA coverage.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    I'm flattered that my comment carried this much weight. But I was serious. And it wasn't at all to do with more coverage of the NBA. I could take or leave NBA coverage.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    The truth is my life isn't that interesting at the moment and I don't ever write about my personal life. Everything I'm doing is either in prep for WSM? release or personal branding/social networking consulting on the side.

    None of it lends itself to entertainment, but that is why I'm striving to make sure the WSM? stuff has entertainment value and not just “go watch this movie”.

    I am entitled to make a living – tempest – furthermore, et al.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    The truth is my life isn't that interesting at the moment and I don't ever write about my personal life. Everything I'm doing is either in prep for WSM? release or personal branding/social networking consulting on the side.

    None of it lends itself to entertainment, but that is why I'm striving to make sure the WSM? stuff has entertainment value and not just “go watch this movie”.

    I am entitled to make a living – tempest – furthermore, et al.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I'm going to list all these tomorrow and pick ten – GOt also left me a list on Facebook!

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I'm going to list all these tomorrow and pick ten – GOt also left me a list on Facebook!

  • http://robgokeemusic.com/ Rob Gokee

    I was just going to tell you I liked Google Docs, used it for the first time last week when doing a paid writing assignment, it trumped everything else I've worked with. But now I feel obligated to create a list of questions for the blog. I only have one.

    What happened to your wife, Kellie Simpson?

  • http://robgokeemusic.com/ Rob Gokee

    I was just going to tell you I liked Google Docs, used it for the first time last week when doing a paid writing assignment, it trumped everything else I've worked with. But now I feel obligated to create a list of questions for the blog. I only have one.

    What happened to your wife, Kellie Simpson?

  • Darryl Zero

    Twitter is Spaeth's Gary Sheffield.

  • Darryl Zero

    Twitter is Spaeth's Gary Sheffield.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I wish I understood that.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I wish I understood that.

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    I know the answer to number 7 -

    Because all white people are racist bigots. I personally liked it when he rolled up when the 2 guys were attacking the 1 girl and said “what are you 2 (word that rhymes with mooks) doing”… and then he spit some Red Man on the ground and started being a proud american.

    #8 – Pon de replay

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    I know the answer to number 7 -

    Because all white people are racist bigots. I personally liked it when he rolled up when the 2 guys were attacking the 1 girl and said “what are you 2 (word that rhymes with mooks) doing”… and then he spit some Red Man on the ground and started being a proud american.

    #8 – Pon de replay

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    oh Brian!

    #11 (since Wish only used 5)

    Why are 7-11's chicken tenders the best chicken tenders I've ever eaten? Just thinking about them makes me want to unzip my pants.

  • http://www.icanprobablydothat.com Boney

    oh Brian!

    #11 (since Wish only used 5)

    Why are 7-11's chicken tenders the best chicken tenders I've ever eaten? Just thinking about them makes me want to unzip my pants.

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    Goathair hilarity is always good, why'd you leave twitter?

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    Goathair hilarity is always good, why'd you leave twitter?

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    1. Skree?

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    1. Skree?

  • http://www.nike.com/nikebasketball/us/en_US/images/family/nba/players/profile/derek_fisher.jpg T

    Can you write about:
    ->Artest being hilarious, charming and an all around athlete.
    ->Odom enjoying his candies. Mention the texture of the candies. Thnx.
    ->Kobe striving to match the orange roundie status of Jordan. Mention the texture. Thx.
    ->Gasol's awesome bed-hair and slacked jawed look as he blocks the f outta guys while representin' all European centers. Texture optional. Thx.

    ->And OPERA, an old art form which rarely gets covered in blogs. Can you write about Opera and how it pertains to Belting Out Tweets. Mention the 3 Tenors if possible.

    Other than that, looks and reads like you got it all covered.

  • http://www.nike.com/nikebasketball/us/en_US/images/family/nba/players/profile/derek_fisher.jpg T

    Can you write about:
    ->Artest being hilarious, charming and an all around athlete.
    ->Odom enjoying his candies. Mention the texture of the candies. Thnx.
    ->Kobe striving to match the orange roundie status of Jordan. Mention the texture. Thx.
    ->Gasol's awesome bed-hair and slacked jawed look as he blocks the f outta guys while representin' all European centers. Texture optional. Thx.

    ->And OPERA, an old art form which rarely gets covered in blogs. Can you write about Opera and how it pertains to Belting Out Tweets. Mention the 3 Tenors if possible.

    Other than that, looks and reads like you got it all covered.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Haha Opera gonna be one of the picks for sure.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Haha Opera gonna be one of the picks for sure.

  • http://www.oopspoops.com/ orange5o

    yes, you can tell he has been concetrating on it.

  • http://www.oopspoops.com/ orange5o

    yes, you can tell he has been concetrating on it.

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    my face, it changed :(

  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

    my face, it changed :(

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  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    SKREE!!! SKREE!!!

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    My Giant is totally on tv tonight and i'm actually watching it because of this. :

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    SKREE!!! SKREE!!!

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    My Giant is totally on tv tonight and i'm actually watching it because of this. :