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Since I stumbled across your blog (well it began with the one before this one!) I have always envied your writing ability. I really enjoy reading your posts and wish i had your talent. So you just carry on doing what you do as oodles of people think exactly what i do about this place.
Aww Celeste - bless you for saying that 
but I wasn't fishing for compliments
The trouble with posts like this (and I hesitated to write/post it) is that people think they're all about seeking reassurance from the readers. I guess there is always an element of that for someone like me, but I really am intrigued by Blogland and my (and others') place within it. I just want to understand it and writing about it kind of helps...
enjoy reading your blog anx. its real.
I didn't think you were fishing for compliments dear!
I don't just say nice things for the hell of it. So there. :-P
It all boils down to 'buy-in' for me.
Cel -
Care to elaborate, Greavers?
Nice post.
I think you need a theme/ consistent style of writing and a strong writers voice. There are many popular blogs that I don't like ... but I can see why other people would like them. Also being linked to by a popular blog - and I don't mean via their blogroll [though I have certainly gained new readers via Petite and One Track recently] what you really need is a link via an actual post.
The rest is down to you. Every word counts in a blog.
And what you get from 'the man who goes to the bank!!!!' Is consistent humour of the highest order, said in a very strong voice, with the minimum amount of words required, every post, every time, for 3 years. I hate him!!!!!!!!
Popular is nice - but a 'Good' blog is better. Shiny cups don't really mean very much.
andre - I love your little spider avatar by the way.
Thanks for commenting - it's good to hear from a "popular" blogger on this 
You have nothing to be envious about as far as 'the man who goes to the bank' is concerned, and I think he'd agree too. Your blogs are doing completely different things - his is all about the humour, yours is all about humanity.
There's something to be said for staying small though. I can generally rely on two or three people commenting. On a really good post I'll maybe get ten or twelve. The most I've had is twenty. I feel guilty if I don't regularly read the blogs of all my regular commenters, and if I don't at least visit from time to time my less regular ones. So if I was up in the hundreds of comments league, either I would have to spend so much time visiting all my commenters I would no longer have time for anything else in my life, or I would have to spend all my time feeling like a complete and utter high and mighty gobshite.
anxious
There are many blogs that I love - some are popular!!!!!! and some are not, but I love them equally.
But I'm not envious of any of them. I wouldn't want to be anyone else but a beautiful revolution.
Alan - you're absolutely right. I feel that guilt too and I think the really popular bloggers often have a very select blogroll or no blogroll at all because it just wouldn't be practical to visit all their commenters' blogs. I guess I'm not focusing on "what it would be like to be a popular blogger", but "what makes a blog popular"...
andre - very glad to hear it!
it is not always clear to see why some blogs have become "must haves" on blogrolls throughout the world whilst others remain in blogscurity.
In my almost three years experience in which I've seen my traffic remain pretty constant (translation: low), I think my rather small and faithful readership mirrors my real life situation - I have a relatively small circle of friends and am not really the type to cultivate many casual acquaintances. I see this as success because it indicates that my blogging persona and the non-blogging me seem to be pretty congruent. It's important for me to speak with an authentic voice - if I didn't, my readers would quickly lose interest. I live a very ordinary life, so I can't compete with the high-class call girls, expats in exotic locations etc. Therefore, my capital is my personality, my thoughts and the way I formulate them.
I've also often wondered what separates the small fry from the blogging greats. It isn't always down to quality. There's no accounting for taste, and I guess I'm too whimsical for many.
We read Anx's blog.
Your observations seem pretty accurate and I break all your rules for success... I have no theme, I'm inconsistent, each post isn't always an article in its own right, most aren't long but some are short, scope varies, I tinker with photos, I'm rarely noticed and highly irregular.
Is it any wonder I only attract a million or so hits per day.
Anyway, I suspect this post indicates that you are having one of your wobbles, so I'll just refer you to my previous volley of emails. If you've deleted them I can resend.
... and the odd thing about blog "bigness" is, that nobody who didn't go out of their way to find out would ever know.
Nothing on JB's blog says that he gets more viewers than you or I; nothing on Andre's blog says that he is one of the biggies (as I infer from your calling his blog "popular").
It's a lottery. Write well for yourself, about what interests you, and take the readership and the comments as -- well, not even icing on the cake, but the toast on a separate plate beside the bacon and scrambled eggs.
I'll be happy to come by as often and as long as you wish to write.
No one reads me, I don't care! :D
I can't see why it would be desirable to be super-popular. I kind of like that I "know" most of the people who comment on mine. It feels sort of like a family.
One woman I know has a ton of people reading her blog, but I don't think it's necessarily a benefit. She has a few close pals who have read her blog for ages and whose (online) company she seeks out. All the newbies who show up seem unable to stop themselves from giving unwanted know-it-all advice.
The only possible benefit to popularity is if you intend to make a living off your blog, like Heather Armstrong. But I see that as pure luck...a pipe dream.
I used to think about the whole 'Ooog!! Popular!!' blog thing a lot. Then I realized I was the same way in HS and it made me miserable. Especially as I was the antithesis of 'popular' and, worse yet, did everything that GUARANTEED it was going to stay that way (ie: wearing two different colored sneakers, listening to the Cure, and we will not mention the bowlers hat I wore. Ahem).
So I said sod it, I'll write what I write, it is what it is, and I'll wear my damned sneakers any way I want to. My three readers don't seem to mind, so I won't either 
Oooh, big comments
orchidea - I think you're spot on. My little blogging circle mirrors my real-life situation too. Not many passing acquaintances, just a selection of close, loyal friends.
backie - not a major wobble, just trying to rationalise the situation. And why would I delete any emails - I have gmail!!!! Perfect for those who are slovenly when it comes to inbox auditing
udge - thanks for being like that piece of toast
Rad - you have your loyal little band, like me.
Jamie - good point, and similar to the ones Alan and orchidea made. I guess I'm always seeing the lack of that kind of "success" as a personal affront. And sometimes the gushing comments on the big blogs suggest that everything else in Blogland (me included) is drivel.
Interestingly, I sent an email to a "big blogger", whom I've met in real life. I explained that I wasn't commenting at theirs any more because I felt my comments would be lost in the gushing. They admitted that they too found the gushing rather offputting and valued comments from their original readers much more highly...
Ruggybabs - bowler hats, eh? Interesting. And yes, of course you should carry on as you are
Ooh, I sat down with relish to read this! I wonder about this whole blogging malarky a lot too. I'm happy with my small but lovely readership, but then I don't know who else is reading but not commenting as I don't even have a statcounter! I have quite an ambivalent relationship with my blog - if I mention that I blog and people want to know how to find it I'll say "oh no, it's a secret blog". I don't want to know if there are more than 12 people reading, it would probably freak me out.
Also, I have different relationships to the different blogs on my blogroll - some I pretty much never comment on (the man who goes to the bank, petite) and some I pretty much always comment on. Perhaps next you should clarify commenting etiquette - I think I've gone on far too long!
I also find that I rarely comment on the "big" ones anymore and I think that's true for a lot of people. In terms of percentage of visitors who leave comments, the smaller blogs probably do a lot better.
One can feel intimidated by the comment boxes of the big blogs as they can be too cliquey, witty or just so overwhelmed with comments that you feel your comment will get lost.
Comment etiquette? Hmmm, I'll have to have a think about that...
Yes--bowler hats--and unfortunately for me there is pictorial evidence.
Gahhhhh!!
The only rule I really believed in was keeping it regular. It doesn't matter so much whether its Booker-winning prose on the philosophical basis of solipsism, or a picture of what you're having for tea, as long as when someone returns to your site there's *something* new to see.
But an advantage of retirement is I don't have to worry about that anymore :D
Colin - yes, I remember that rule of yours and it's not usually a problem for me, being generally self-obsessed and afflicted with the blogging bug from day one!
my blog; my rules is wht I decided a while ago - yes, consitency of tone and topic will win me more "friends", but I don't write to make friends I write because I want to write. Over the last three years I've used it as a vent space, a diary, a recipe book, a joke book and a creative writing journal. No wonder no one else is interested in it! My blog gets all my personalities whereas my friendships usually only express three or four
Regular posting is probably one key element. The ability to write another!
But by how do you judge popularity? By numbers (hits)? By comments (frequency)? Or by some other means?
Do you have goals and aims for your blog or do you, like me, blog for the sheer hell of it?
Do you get annoyed when one of your most commented posts was a throwaway two liner about picking your toenails??!!
Hell, seven years I've been at this, and I'm still none the wiser.
I love your blog Anx, but you know that anyway. I think it is unhealthy to worry about every word you write and how many people are visiting you etc though. Look how poor quality my blog is and yet last time I looked it was getting about 700 hits an hour.
lisa - sounds like you have a very healthy relationship with your blog - like most of my readers.
gordon - I guess my definition of popular is large number of hits, comments, favourable mentions on other popular blogs and in the mainstream media. Plus those who have gone on to pursue writing beyond the blog.
As for goals and aims - I started out with no aim other than "If you can write an online journal, so can I" and just took it from there.
I dunno, I guess I just feel it's unfair that the popular blogs get all the "lurrve" and critical acclaim. There are some crackers out there, but it's always the same old ones which get the mentions.
Polly - you're absolutely right, it is unhealthy and I've admitted it myself. In fact, that's why I stopped blogging a couple of months ago. But there's a stubborn side of me which says "I want to write stuff, I have just as much right as anyone else to do it".
But blogging is interactive, you can't just write and ignore the other stuff - at least, I can't.
Anyway, like I say, I didn't write this post as a form of self-torture, it is merely an attempt to look at what ingredients seem to make a blog "popular".
And you do have the right and you write well. I read other blogs and I know that mine has no substance, no meaning etc etc but I don't want it to be a window to my soul or a source of discussion, or a place where I tell strangers my innermost feelings, fears etc.
I appreciate you didn't write your post to gain reassurance but everyone critises their own work, surely its only human to compare yourself to others? In my opinion, what is worse than ackowledging that some people have more popular blogs is trying to compete and change your blog to impress strangers on the internet?
Yes, I think it is human to compare yourself to others and I do it a lot - I'm not ashamed, but I think it can be taken too far, like you say.
I don't think I have changed my blog. I've smartened it up a bit, and I have worked on my writing but I think it's still recognisably mine.
As for your blog - it should only be what you want it to be. Personally, I think it's great fun and I enjoy reading about your exploits but there *is* substance to it - your soul does shine through on occasion .
I don't think I intended for mine to be a window on my soul, it started out very light-heartedly, but I like having an outlet and knowing that there are people out there (even if they are "strangers") who share some of the ways I see the world.
Great post, Anx. I think most of us who blog have mused on what makes a blog popular and what doesn't, but it's very interesting to see it laid out like this. This post had me completely absorbed!
As for your blog, I consistently fail to see why you are so hard on yourself. I've been reading you since I started blogging and am truly impressed by your style and voice. I'm sure I speak for others when I say I wish I could just shake that monkey off your back so you could be happy about what you're doing!!
Great post and very informative! I think you have a pretty good assessment of the reality of blogging. I sometimes don't understand why a blog is very popular but I guess that's part of the diversity of topic and audience.
It all depends why people have their blogs. If it is to measure popularity we pretty much all stand in the shadows of the likes of Dooce et al. If it is to inform friends and family, who cares if it's read by 20, 200 or 2,000?
One thing a blog shouldn't be is a burden. In my opinion, people shouldn't write to satisfy the readers, especially if they don't feel like it that day.
I treat my blogging audience the same as everything else in life:
Those who matter don't care. Those who care, don't matter.
And if that makes the difference between 20, 200 or 2,000 so be it.
Having said all that, I like your blog.
"I treat my blogging audience the same as everything else in life:
Those who matter don't care. Those who care, don't matter."
Is that the right way round Laura ir am I misunderstanding something?
Alda - thanks, glad you enjoyed it! And yes, I know, I know...
NML - exactly - it takes all sorts
Laura - hi and welcome. My blog is not read by "real-life" friends or family, so I guess I am writing for an audience to a certain extent, though I'm not sure I'm writing to "measure popularity". I'm writing to write and to share.
Thing is, your assertion that we all stand in the shadows of Dooce - my question is why? To be honest, I'm not sure I get why Dooce's blog is *so* revered. It's good, but so are so many others. I guess it's like some celebrities - it's not always clear to see why some "make it big" and others don't. That's really what this post is about.
Backroads - I *think* that Laura is saying that those who care about blog popularity don't matter. I thought the same as you at first, but looking again, I think that's what she must mean...
Backroads that was the right way.
Those who matter in my life, don't care what I write/do/say: they would love me regardless.
The people who do care what I do, are the people that don't matter in my life. It's not my own saying by the way. I can't take credit for such a deep thought.
anxious, most only stand in the shadow of Dooce as far as number of readers is concerned. I like her writing but it is certainly not on my 'must read today' list.
Laura - thanks for the clarification on both counts!
Yep, thanks.
Bit late to the party cos I tend to do more weekly catchups with things these days, so I wonder who will read this?
Sorry, I mean:
I am late to the party!!!
I guess, taking lots of points in no particular order: yes, theme an' all that is an 'easy way in' for people. The downside to that is that you can get a bit shallow. Self-contained pieces of brilliant wit by definition don't allow a lot of ongoing slow character and story development (if I can put it as clinically as that). The more personal weblogs generally have that, usually unintentionally.
Andre hates me because I live in Norfolk and he doesn't. I hate him because all the girls fancy him, although he claims they don't.
Agreed RE the guilt thing, if I can say that without sounding like an arse. But I do always try to say hello to new commenters, even though I don't usually have time to post much in my own comments box. I don't want people to feel like it's some sort of intimidating thing, leaving a comment, or like a gang that they're not in.
Anyway, the 'all the lurve' thing. Yesssss. I guess very popular all-the-lurve blogs are either genuinely very good, or have been going for so long having had big exposure in the early days of blogging that the pyramid effect has sort of become unstoppable.
I get a comment from JonnyB!!
I have noticed that you always acknowledge new commenters, Jonny, and I like that. I must say, I find your "box" a little intimidating - the pressure is really on to write something funny and clever (a challenge I'm not usually up to!)
I hope you don't mind my alluding to your blog, but it is an example of how consistency seems to help.
Thanks for your thoughts
Just realised that your thoughts echo some 'conversations' had in the US blogs a while back - mainly around the 'huddle' of "A-listers" who were garnering all the attention.
I don't think anything came out of that either.. apart from the BlogHer conference maybe (but then that conversation was more about why the A-listers were largely men)
You allusion was most flattering, although I'm hardly Dooce.
Maybe I need to introduce a system of mentoring in the comments box.
You make some interesting points. Blogging is what anyone wants it to be, political, funny, anecdotal. I use mine as a sort of diary, written for me, not so much as a forum for a discussion, although if I read a topic on another blog that grabs my interest, I will comment and enjoy the discussion that forms around the comments (like this ! )
I think that just like in life, everyone eventually finds a niche with their blog.
A level at which they are happy to exist.
A group of people they are happy with, that they can be themselves with, and whose blogs they can visit safe in the knowledge that they'll enjoy their visits, and gain something from them.
Are you as dissatisfied with your real life circle of relationships/friends as with your blog life one?
I think I'd rather think of blogs in a slightly different way:
1. Some people's blogs are their lives.
2. Some people go all out to get audience and need to be popular and have their egos massaged on a regular basis by commentators.
3. Some people just treat their blog as they do their life.
Keep it interesting, keep it legal, but most of all keep it coming. You're so right there.
I enjoyed reading your piece, even though in essence I think you're attempting the impossible. If there was some "magic formula" to get you a successful blog in the terms you mean here, then it would be sold for a guinea a bottle.
But here's a thing I don't think anyone's mentioned yet - uniqueness. Each of the "top blogs" has something that no other blog has.
So mike isn't remotely like zed, who isn't remotely like anna, who isn't remotely like JonnyB, who isn't remotely like andre, and so on.
There will be no overlap. Their voices are distinct. And freed from the MSM requirement to write about actual "stuff", they are thus able to parade their individualities bigtime. And they are glorious.
But the shop isn't closed. Certainly not. Only last year I was delighted to champion Tokyo Girl, for instance, who went on to scoop a Bloggie in her first year. By and large established bloggers are welcoming and helpful, rather than obstructive and discouraging. I've found.
Anyway - that's more than enough from moi. Thank you for a refreshing and honest piece, even if I didn't go all the way with every point.
Hi Gumpher - glad you enjoyed the discussion, feel free to drop by again!
BW - I'm not at all dissatisfied with my bloggie friends and I hope I haven't come across as ungrateful in that way. I get a lot out of my little community and value their contributions tremendously. As I said to orchidea, it kind of mirrors real life where I have a selection of loyal, close friends rather than a bevy of passing acquaintances. What upsets me about Blogland (which is also what upsets me in society, I guess) is that "success" does not always come to those who deserve it, sometimes it's more about who you know (or link to or are linked to by...).
Peter - hi, and welcome - I'm guessing you came via mike's link.
You're right of course, and I allude to that in my penultimate paragraph - there's no magic formula, there are no guarantees. It's really a look at some of the things which *seem* to contribute to success.
Of course, there is the "je ne sais quoi" which is the hardest thing to formulate - the uniqueness, as you say.
But there are, I believe, a lot of unique voices out there which will never get heard, and that's a bit of a shame.
Anyway, thanks for popping by
(New Guy)
I skimmed the other comments and something that seems to not have been mentioned; the type of blog used beit Wordpress, Serendipity, Blogger, Typepad or whatever. As a new indie blogger I've found your choice can affect your audiance.
As a webhead I've found the poetry of the site, whether its in the code or the articles gains almost equal respect.
Hi Allstar - welcome
That's an interesting point and one which I hadn't considered. Personally, I don't think it bothers me what tool people use, I'm more interested in the words. But I take your point.
Some popular bloggers have made it big with basic Blogger templates and blogspot addresses whereas others have their own domains and have done more work to personalise the site.
I think also having archives up makes a difference. People like when they find a site they like being to read back to get the 'story'. I don't have them up because I never liked seeing that someone had spent hours reading through years of my life.
H - another thing I hadn't thought of and an interesting point. I remember noticing that your site didn't have archives, but it didn't put me off. But yes, for a new reader who wants the lowdown, they might find a lack of archives frustrating...
I personally don't mind if someone wants to go rooting around in my archives. Although I guess there are some weirdos out there who might use the information for unsavoury purposes...
I don't like people just being able to access that stuff. Basically when people find my page they see an open diary but I know that in a week the page will turn and people won't be able to read it. I've written lots of really personal stuff in it and it can feel a bit icky when other people trawl through it. Particularly if they know you in some way. I don't really mind if they don't. I wouldn't mind if they asked me either i guess. I often will read whole sites if I find something interesting. I am really nosey though.
Your blog is very raw and honest at times, I can quite understand what you mean.
Not many people who know me in real life read this - when I write really personal stuff, I do sometimes wince when I think of those who know me reading it. It's weird that I say things on here that I haven't said to some of my closest family and friends...
It's a subject I've been thinking about as well. I don't know what makes a blog popular. Maybe it's when you find a blog that says what you agree with in a way you find attractive. In other cases I suspect people gather round a more famous blog because they hope they'll get noticed lurking around.
I try to avoid gushing on anybody's blog, but the downside of that is that I can come across sounding abrupt. Anyway, have you ever read a blog you liked, eventually plucked up the courage to give it an initial "how I love your blog!" comment, and it's ignored? Even when the blogger is in the habit of ignoring comments, it feels horrible, and I always wish I could go back and delete it. And can't. So I avoid gushing...
Blogland is a strange place, isn't it - oh well.
Hello Diddums
Blogland is indeed a strange place.
It can be upsetting when your comment is ignored - this does tend to happen on the very popular blogs where there are so many comments that responding to all of them would be a full time job.
I tend to avoid commenting on the really big ones for that reason and also because the gushing can be nauseating after a while and you feel like your comment will just get lost in the slush.
"when you find a blog which says what you agree with in a way you find attractive" - I think this is certainly what draws us to other people's blogs, but I don't think this is enough on its own to make a blog really popular.
It must be hard for the 'biggies' to keep up if they have a lot of fan mail, but I've had comments ignored on very small blogs, and also on the sort of blog with a handful of folk who sound quite friendly - so it can be a shock when you think they'll be friendly to you as well, but they don't respond. Hard to know what that is all about. Anyway, I was reading similar posts on bloggers not always responding and decided as I had a lot of RSS feeds, I might as well prune away the ones that didn't respond. Better to have a basket of sweet apples! (Polishes nice rosy one).
I guess some blogs are just cliquey. Best to just steer clear of them - sweet apples, as you say.
Oh, the gushing... this made me think. I'm not the author of a Very Popular Blog but I do get the gushing moments in my comments, and yes, they make me feel terribly uncomfortable at times. I guess it all depends on who is doing the gushing. You see, the majority of my commenters are regulars, which probably pigeonholes my blog as "cliquey" - unintentional, but maybe my writing style actively encourages this, I'll have to think more about that - and I have built up a relationship (on- or offline) with them. Therefore the "gushing" is mainly tongue-in-cheek and accepted in the spirit it is given. However, I do wonder what impression this makes on new readers. Admittedly, it makes me cringe...
What a response this post has unleashed, Anx. Terrific, splendid, excellent!
Yes, interestingly (and somewhat ironically!) I've been getting referrals from people searching for things like "Most popular bloggers" and have also had links from some bigger blogs which have brought a lot of traffic my way.
And orchidea, I wouldn't worry too much about your blog. I guess it does get a bit gushy when you write something which really strikes a chord, but you always acknowledge your commenters.
Oh, please do write a post on comment etiquette, Anx! In my view, it's rather rude not to acknowledge your commenters and unforgivable not to greet the new ones. However, I've found there are cases where a comment on a post does not explicitly warrant a response to the comment...
Hmm.
Yes, I think there probably are cases where no response is required. Particularly on amusing blogs, where commenters are pitting their wits against each other. But, as you say, newcomers should be acknowledged, even if it's just a "hello".
I'll have a think about comment etiquette but can't promise I'll come up with anything coherent enough to make a post!
Ooh, I don't know about this "welcoming every new commenter" malarkey. Don't get me wrong: I know a lot of people do this, and it's nice to see, but as a mandatory piece of blogging etiquette? No, I wouldn't go that far. It's probably my old-timer's perspective shining through: when I started out 5 years ago, blogging was an altogether more aloof business, and nobody greeted new commenters at all, ever. So I'm sort of stuck in that paradigm. And, to be honest, it never occurred to me that un-greeted new commenters might take offence at being ignored. It works in reverse for me: if a blogger *does* choose to acknowledge my comment, then I get a little ripple of pleasure of having somehow "earnt" it...
On the topic of blogs changing from read-only to interactive, it seems 9/11 could even have changed this. See article!
http://wired.com/news/culture/me...l?
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This comments box is even better than the original post!
Sadly I have to pick my son up from school so had to stop reading two thirds of the way down.
Anyway, I get this wanting-to-be-popular angst too, and then hate for myself for it. I keep having to remind myself of what one commenter said above: "I used to think about the whole 'Ooog!! Popular!!' blog thing a lot. Then I realized I was the same way in school and it made me miserable. Especially as I was the antithesis of 'popular'"
I think your original post was spot on in terms of what makes blogs popular. And personally I keep vacillating between thinking "If only I could be more consistent and focused, my blog would be more successful" and "For fuck's sake, it doesn't matter! It's yours to do with as you will!"
My only barely-excuse is that I'm slightly unusual, in that I am a professional writer, and was before I even started blogging. I started my blog as an extension of ny writing career, and as such it's supposed to be good PR for me - something that publishers, agents and potential readers can come along and judge me by. So it does bother when the quality is poor, and I realise what a crap shop window it is. But then I think, yet again, what the fuck. It's just not significant enough to seriously affect my writing career, and if I think it ever could be then I'm kidding myself.
Nice blog, btw! I'm new - I arrived via Mike (TD).
Argh! They're still at it in here!
Mike - your comment surprises me. Maybe it *is* a blogger generation gap, but personally I think it's a bit rude not to acknowledge newcomers - especially on a small-scale, personal blog like this. Hmmm, this could just spur me on to write that commenting etiquette post...
Hi Clare - welcome! I'm glad it's not just me who has mixed feelings about the whole popularity thing. Like you, I get all angsty about it and then feel all angsty for feeling all angsty. A vicious circle of angst! Story of my life...
What I love are the blogs that are lexical gold, without a readership, without comments... they just keep going and entertaining me without the need for an audience. Those ones feel like treasure when I find them.
"Those ones feel like treasure when I find them."
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Sarsparilla - there certainly aren't many like that - not that I've found. So many of us bloggers are needy and looking for some level of validation, it is definitely refreshing to find something which strays from the norm.
Hey Anx
I'm a bit slack at commenting of late, (here as well as everywhere) which is a bit rude of me really, I stop in, check things out and bugger off.
I have no reason other than my blogroll has got so long that I've not the time to comment everywhere I tread.
Bit of a shame really, it diminishes the connection between blogs.
Not helped by going on hiatus at my 'place' either... conversation is waay down over there too!
Hi Dee
I've been pretty crap at coming to yours too - although I notice that your recent post hasn't come up on my kinja - I use this instead of a blogroll now, but some sites don't seem to work 
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