Blogging Like It's 2004
Why, hello there. It’s been awhile. Such a long while that you’re not even here (yet?). It’s been over a decade, after all. A lot has changed on ye old Internet in that time. Ah, but not Blogger. It’s still here and almost the same as it was when I started blogging in 2004. But, like, don’t you know all the cool kids are on Substack now (and the even cooler kids are on Ghost and beehiiv)? Yep. I’m aware. My inbox is a daily gauntlet of newsletter posts. And that’s all from just the free tiers. But, like, don’t you wanna make money from your writing like they do? Nope. Not unless I can make mountains of the stuff. And we all know that almost no writer is doing that. Here’s the deal. I’m sick . Like, really sick . Like, so sick I spend all but 3-4 hours a day in bed. Like, so sick I only leave my home a few times a year when I need health care my primary care provider—who makes housecalls —can’t provide. And I’ve been that way for nearly a quarter of a centur...