Just realized I missed writing a post for today. We’re in my hometown, visiting my mom (yesteday, we were with my dad). I don’t want to take away time from the family to write a full post, so, sorry, but this is all I’m doing for today.

Bullgrit

It should be a given that I’m thankful for my family and friends and health and all that stuff. So I want to extend my thanks to all of you who regularly visit this site. Thank you for coming by, and thank you for passing the word around about this place.

When this place was new, (a year and a half ago), it sort of felt like I was just talking to myself. But as word started spreading — thanks to you who started reading at or near the beginning — I actually started having a gathering. And now that the word is apparently spreading much faster — thanks to all of you who have been reading over the past weeks and months — the gathering is turning into an audience.

I appreciate you not only stopping by and reading each day, but I really appreciate you spreading the word. And thank you to you folks who are leaving comments — it’s great to see other people’s opinions and experiences.

I also appreciate those of you who are ordering BULLGRIT shirts and stickers. Let me know if there’s a style or item you’d like that isn’t in my store — I can arrange new stuff.

And Cowgrit and the Calves appreciate the emails to them (sent through my address). I probably should set up special addresses just for them. I think I’ll do that this weekend.

Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Bullgrit

Due to logistical problems because of the ongoing house repairs, I wasn’t able to make a post for today.

Bullgrit
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I usually write my posts the night before, but Tuesday night I was busy with other things and figured, “I’ll just write it in the morning.” I already knew what I was going to say, so writing it up and posting it before heading off to the office would be quick and easy.

But then Wednesday morning, after I wrote the post and clicked to publish it, the system failed. The post was lost and I just didn’t have enough time to rewrite the thing. So that’s why I posted the short note.

Those who have been reading this blog for a while will have noticed the ads newly appearing around the page. I had some blank space on the page, and I’ve seen lots of other sites with Google Ads that looked decent, so I figured, what the heck, let’s see how it all works.

So I’ve sold out, gone commercial. All the ads are from Google Ads, so they are, in theory, legitimate businesses and such, not just spam bots. I’ve clicked on a couple of the ads that interested me to see exactly where they go, and I’m satisfied that they’re on the up and up. So if you see an ad for something that interests you, it’s probably OK to click through it.

The system is supposed to scan my Web page for key words and phrases so to target the ads to my readers, but sometimes it seems this site is too generic and so we get Target ads. A friend emailed me about a Hello Kitty ad that popped up. But I don’t control the ads directly; the subjects of my blog posts control the ads. This concept strongly tempts me to post on some “interesting” topics to see just what the Google Ads system chooses to display. I could make a game out of it.

Bullgrit
bullgrit@totalbullgrit.com