Celebration time on Rantings Of A Third Kind
“There are 100 million blogs in the world, and it’s part of my job as the co-founder of WordPress to help many more people start blogging” Matt Mullenweg
500 WordPress Followers for Rantings Of A Third Kind
I am happy to announce a new milestone achievement today: A total of 500 Word Press bloggers are now following Rantings of a Third Kind!
A most sincere and huge thanks to all my fellow Bloggers!
Keep calm and keep on blogging!
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Writing 101, Day Two: Write a list
“Today, let’s write a list. Compiling a list is a way to let loose, unlock ideas, and free your mind”
Today, write your own list on one of these topics:
* Things I Like
* Things I’ve Learned
* Things I Wish
If you want to tackle a different genre:
* Fiction: Your character discovers a piece of paper, with a list on it, on the ground. What happens next?
* Poetry: Incorporate numbers into a poem, or focus your poem on things you like, wish for, or have learned.
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” Ernest Hemingway
Gun Roswell in Numbers (Writing 101, 2)
Let’s do some simple arithmetic
To get this show started
When?
I was born in nineteen hundred and sixty-five (1965)
That would make me a total of five and zero (50)
Surely that is worth some kind of high five (your hand held high and clashing with someone else’s hand)
After all I may not be a super hero (is there a number for that?)
But certainly some kind of artist, but hardly a Miro
Oh, yeah, I wrote that in rhyme!
Hope you don’t mind?
Personally
My slender shoe size is forty-two (42)
In other languages that means eight (8) for the United Kingdom
And ten (10) for the United States
Basically that means I can use my shoes
For walking, running and as skis
All in one package kind of deal with a freedom
To do what ever, when ever, whom ever (oops! scratch the last one!)
Of course I still need a pair of … skates
My waist size?
Well let’s not go there this time (there really is no measurable number)
Just kidding: I *do* have big bones!
Something something measured in stones (oh, wait, that’s weight: never mind!)
Got a full chest of ninety five (95DD) double dee
Yeah, really! Nothing new here to see!
On my high heels standing tall at a hundred and seventy-one (171)
That is metric and loosely translates as five point six feet (5.6)
I can easily steal the spot in the sun
Especially when I am wearing my high heels
Creatively I have been a
Photographer since I was ten (10)
Subtracted from fifty (50) that means a total of forty (40) years
During that time, I have managed to snap pics of the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben
– Imagine that!
Maybe time to shift to some new gears?
I started writing at the ripe old age of five (5)
Subtracted from fifty (50) that means a total of forty-five (45) years
So sue me: There are too many fives and I am having a difficulty of finding rhymes!
Professionally
I had a lot of fun in customer service for sixteen (16) years
– Oh.My.God. Seriously? That is a reason for a few beers!
And lately, for the past twenty (20) odd years in the world of IT
– Yeah, you really think you are so clever and mighty? (don’t ya!)
Contact details
I live in the flat number 3 A 1 (that’s some kind of hexadecimal code, right?)
My postal code is 02650 (Total of 13, ah, the magical number!)
And you can call me at extension 566 4574 (note the 7 and 4: vice versa that makes 47)
I may answer your call or then again I might not
– Hey, this last one did not rhyme!
So?
– You promised rhyme, in the beginning, remember?
Did not!
– Did too!
Na-ah!
(angry staring contest continues, but this tale ends right here.)
-> OK, so this may not be a resume, just some shameless self promotion, that’s all!
Related posts:
Forty-Seven
Blogging 201, Day Two: Headers and Titles
“Your header or title is the first thing people see when they land on your blog — does yours have the impact you want?
Today’s takeaways: we’ll understand what makes an effective header, what our header options are, and how to tweak our title or upload a custom header.”‘
Action time! If you have no header or visuals, use the tips in the linked materials to start brainstorming. If you already have something in place, take a look at some other bloggers you love to see how you stack up and get some fresh ideas. If you’re totally happy, head to the Commons to support your co-bloggers!
“When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?” Christina Aguilera
Blogging 201, Day Two
* The characteristics of a great header
* Header options and jargon
* Adding a header
* Adding a site logo
* How to come up with visuals for your blog
Header:
A photograph I took on my trip to Italy, Verbania: A tranquil scenic photo, conveniently lulling the readers into a false sense of security, and then they start reading… But seriously, this is a blog about everything and nothing 😉
Logo:
I have a logo for “gunroswell” and it is placed on my home page http://www.gunroswell.com.
But I feel, the current blog as it is, being extremely dynamic in nature, I don’t want to adorn it too much. Rather, I am trying to get rid of some of the things placed there earlier as I am trying to keep the look and feel as simple as possible and easy to navigate.
Keep calm and keep on blogging!
Writing 101, Day One, I write because . . .
“Why do you write? This is a question you can answer again and again, as your response might evolve over time. You may have already addressed it in a previous blog post. Some bloggers also use this question, and variations of it, to shape their bios and About pages. Why am I here? Who am I? Why do I blog?”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing” Benjamin Franklin
I write, therefore I am
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing.
I did my first “screenplay” at the age of five with crayons and forced my whole family to watch the Christmas play I wrote, produced and even acted in too! Later in my teens, I started writing fan fiction for my favourite shows on television, way before the internet, fan fiction as such and even personal computers were invented. I loved the weekly challenges for writing in school and of course, I was a book junkie too.
Writing for me has been sporadic at best and I mostly consider myself a closet writer. I am in the closet, out of the closet, back in and now finally out again, publishing on the internet as much and as often as humanly possible 😉
I am also a poet, and did not know it: True in many ways, as I write from anything and everything. My inspiration can be a phrase I heard on the lift ride or something from the morning radio. Mainly, these days, I get inspired from the pictures I take.
For me, personally, writing is an creative outlet for the mundane working day. If I do not write, I am be a very, very, very cranky person ;P
My motto is: A poem a day, keeps the mental doctor away!
The second motto is: Write more, complain less!
I follow these guidelines every day, no matter if it is a holiday or working day. If it shines or rains, I’ll be there, in the internet, writing on my blog!
Keep calm and keep on writing!
Blogging 201, Day 1: Understanding Your Theme
“Your theme is the foundation of your blog’s layout. To start, let’s make sure we understand what our themes can do.
Today’s takeaways: Where to find our theme’s details, what all those features and functions do, and how to find theme-spiration.”
Action time! After finding your theme’s details, try one new feature you never realized your theme had — a template, a specialized theme option, a post format. You can remove it if it doesn’t float your boat, but give it a try!
“Don’t procrastinate. If you want to blog, then blog.” Fritz Chery
Blogging 201, Day 1: Understanding Your Theme
* Finding your theme’s details
* Understanding theme features
* Finding theme inspiration
“Keep it simple stupid” is a great guideline to follow for any occasion. How many times have you stumbled into a blog where there are lots of thing-a-magics and doo-das and you scroll, scroll, scroll and there is never an end in sight…
So for myself, especially taking lots of photographs, I love the black and white theme, which brings out the best especially for colour pictures. I also like a structured theme, where, at least on the main page, there is a clear intro in one frame and the title with links -frame will follow through out the pages. In addition, the widgets frame runs smoothly on one side of the page.
Today, I dared to venture with my blog and tried of for size the “Cubic” and the “Intergalactic” themes, as they both looked great in the demo. I have also tried out several themes on my blog before and ran with them until I found the current one. At the end of the experiment, I returned back to the “old faithful” theme of “The Visual Theme”.
Keep calm and keep on blogging!
Celebration on Rantings of a Third Kind
“Blogs are whatever we make them. Defining ‘Blog’ is a fool’s errand” Michael Conniff
Magic in Numbers, Part Two
Something major established
Post number 666 is now published
A record was broken for October
Therefore no time for feeling somber
Halloween surely left me astonished
And so for today, my tasks are finished
Celebration on Rantings of a Third Kind
“Don’t procrastinate. If you want to blog, then blog.” Fritz Chery
Magic in Numbers
Followers 474
Total followers 626
Hits 10 636
The numbers are magical
Like all hallows eve
It has been gradual
But one has to believe
To achieve one’s goals
You need lot of effort
Maybe run a few polls
But in the end the reward
Is greater than expected
And after all, you are connected
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