Welcome.
First things first, this is a personal blog. The opinions expressed here represent my own and those of my readers. That is to say, I value my readers’ & commenters’ opinions and if they have similar or differing opinions than my own, they will be reflected in this blog.
Let us also be clear that my thoughts and opinions may change from time to time, whether because I’m learning something new or have new experiences. What I’m saying is, I am, hopefully, an intelligent human being and have an open mind: it’s bound to have its effects. Tread caringly. I did not say carefully, I said caringly. Oh and yes, this blog is a reflection of my own thought, musings and ramblings and not those of my employer(s); which, in any case, never get mentioned, so there.
Now, back to blogging.
Rules About Blogging
Respectfully, I would like to reproduce no milk’s* rules about blogging. I borrowed these back in 2006 when I officially launched this blog. I liked them then, I like them now. I like them a lot and try to follow them as much as possible.
1. start out with your strongest line – it needs to bring the reader in and to stay.
2. exaggerate, stretch the truth, to get your zingers in. it’s irreverent and humorous, not autobiography.
3. make sure to not make the paragraphs too long, put in lots of white space. i personally zone out when there’s too much wordiness going on. cut it into several paragraphs.
4. the “story” is important. i know i am guilty of digressing. but it helps when you’re editing your post to think about this.
5. Don’t write about what happened on a TV show unless you have a point of view
6. write about poop, farting and puking–people seem to like that a lot.
*Nota Bene: nomilk is still online, but was last updated in September 2012.