It wasn’t an easy decision to take really moving from a well-established site where I received over 350 hits a day. I mean I could port over all the blogs piece by piece, which is what I am doing, including all the comments, but you can’t get the hit counter and the ambience and take it with you. New layout, new widget structure which I still haven’t quite figured out yet, and everything starts again.
However this is how I started in 2004, it was merely somewhere for me to write, no obsession with statistics, no knowledge of anyone else who was doing it. This time I will, hopefully, be able to take some friends with me so it isn’t exactly Year Zero. I’m hoping it will make my writing honest again and reinvigorate me a bit. I’ve always been one that needed a shake-up every now and again.
I hope you’ll enjoy some of the writing, whilst the political stuff will either drive you to vitriolic criticism of my position or catatonic rage at the state of the world currently. I’m no more than a catalyst, like a repeater of a message that all is not well hoping that the ones who can help will hear it and galvanise the rest of us.
RED BARON'S WORDS 
Hello comrade! I found you – thought you had gone to ground. I’ve given up on Blog City too, and possibly blogging. Seem to have more to do and less to say. But glad to have found the Baron again. Keep up the good work RB, you represent.
Mornin’ o’ sarky one š
I’m about to give up on BC too, I think, if only because I can’t make head nor tail of how to work the damn thing anymore, and can’t be arsed to pay to be confuzzled. Get yerself a (an?) LJ identity, I’ll “friend” you and you’ll know more than you ever wanted to about what’s happening with me. can’t say fairer than that.
And anyway *you* didn’t write anyfink for nages and nages once so nerrrrr. š
Much lurrrrrrve (even if only for poking me into saying something!)
Me
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BTW, I don’t appear to have an email address for you. I’ve just had notice from BC saying “resub or your blog dies” and in sentimental mode, have gone for another 12 months worth. I’ll work round the widgets somehow. š Since some stuff is likely to be in the private area, let me have an addy and I’ll drop you an invite. If you want one, that is š
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love the warholesque (is that a word?) picture – very cool.
and you need to update more often.
Ello mate,
good to see youve settled in over here, and yes im really due to write very soon, just as soon as i find something to write about!
Hope youre well… drop me an email sometime!
Speak to you soon
RED
howdee Red!?
been missing the old times. been missing Haywood too. š
if there’s one good thing that Blog-city gave me (minus all the hassles and the hullabaloos)was the fact that I met you guys. the political brainees…
it’s been raining cats and dogs here. there’s a typhoon and all i wanted to do right now is to quit my job and sleep for the rest of the day. but can’t do that, can i?
by the way, i got a good glimpse at your photos and well, i am having a blast.
hope everything is good. i terribly miss your music reviews. i am still gunning for your collectible LPs. yeeeha!
Hey,
Where did you write about Chile?
thanks,
Well hello, didn’t know what we have been missing out on. Thanks for the link, will reciprocate. Pete’s written a couple of good ‘uns over the last few days…
Well well as hoped you are still on excellent form Mr Baron. I thought of you for the first time in a long time as the riots played out on television a couple of weeks ago and wondered how you are? Do you write somewhere else, I do hope so, this blog is sadly quiet. Maybe email me? Best wishes
I’m facing the same dilemma… I am just in the process of moving to a self hosted site too… Will keep the same URL address though, and will port all the posts over.