Actions, reactions

Dayum!
Thanks you guys.
I wasn't expecting that many reactions on my last post, and all of them were so supportive and helpful.
It's really nice to know that some of you are struggling with the same issues about blogging as i am from time to time (it is hard work, dammit!) and it's also really nice to know that this blog would be missed if i gave up on it.
Which i am not going to do anytime soon.
But i am gonna continue to work on ways to make blogging more easy and enjoyable, and your suggestions on how to do that are still very much appreciated.

One idea that a few of you suggested was switching to tumblr, and although the easy upload from the iphone and the easy syncing with twitter makes it really tempting, tumblr is just not my cup of tea.
The way people are blogging has changed a lot since tumblr came along and speaking as a person dealing with original artwork and photography, it hasn't always been in a good way.
The reblogging of other peoples pictures is such an easy, and important tumblr feature, and more often than not, the information on where the photo originally came from gets lost along the way.
I know a lot of tattooers who have issues with the way their work gets distributed via this site (often by people who likes to remove links and watermarks) and i myself have had to contact the tumblr team to get uncredited pictures taken down*. I know not everyone sees this as a big deal, but giving credit is an issue that i have always cared deeply about, and nothing pisses me off like seeing one of Allan's or my own pictures floating around the web without a link back to us.
Another thing that bugs me about tumblr is that good blogging all of a sudden seems to be about what you like, and not what you do. Does that make sense? Almost like posting cool pictures will automatically make you cool as well, you know? But it still doesn't in my book.
There's nothing wrong with posting pictures of things you think are pretty, but having good taste is not a talent in itself. It is? I like to read the blogs of the people who's work i admire, not the blogs of other people who admire them. Or something like that...
I don't know, this is a longer rant and i have to go walk the dog before Allan and Eckel comes back from their snack run.

Another idea (thanks, Nova!) was to plan my posts better and auto post, and since transferring pictures is one of the things i hate most about blogging (editing i like, for some reason) doing it all at once seems like a good plan.
I did it last year when i was in the hospital, and i do it sometimes when i travel too, so i should start doing that again.

I have also been considering turning off comments, for all posts.
Would that be crazy? I just think i'd feel more relaxed about blogging is i didn't have to worry about feedback, or in some cases, the lack of it.
If you have any thoughts on that, let me know (while you still can)!

Sunday has been wonderful, even more so than usual since i don't have to go to work tomorrow!
We visited my grandfather, and even persuaded him to venture outside of his apartment for a walk in the sun.
Afterwards he was exhausted, but happy.
Being old is hard, and being that old is super hard, but he's doing well.
After we came home, i started watching a rather scary lecture on ustream about the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Not to sound like a total pessimist or conspiracy nut, but the situation may be worse than it seems. If you're interested you can check out the three part lecture here, here and here.
It's long and, if you're a stupidhead like me, complicated, but also interesting.

 Grandpa in the park (Lucifer in the background)

Lucifer took a little nap in my grandpas chair before we headed back home

Time for snacks and mindless action movies with the guys!
Have a great Sunday everyone!


*I have to say, they are super quick and helpful.

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