A shout out to our 'Grok friend, Chan and WeekendPundit - Granite Grok

A shout out to our ‘Grok friend, Chan and WeekendPundit

As you have seen the last couple of days, I’ve been out of town the last couple of days – so I missed this announcement from a blogger that was one of the first to send us some link love:

Weekend Pundit

Has It Really Been Ten Years?

I can’t believe it’s been ten years since Weekend Pundit was started by my dear brother. The third post to this blog was mine and I’ve been doing it ever since. There have been thousands of posts though a goodly number disappeared into the Big Bit Bucket when our second host, Blogmosis, went up in smoke, leaving us to fall back on Blogger and later on to our own site. Despite the loss, I still have all of my original posts here at The Manse on the Official Weekend Pundit Main Computer as well as on a number of backup disks stashed away in secure locations.

My brother stopped regular blogging some years ago to pursue other interests including authoring a book with fellow blogger Dean Esmay – Methuselah’s Daughter.

There are many times when I’ll go back and view previous posts and wonder Who wrote that? until realizing it was me. I constantly amaze myself, wondering how it is that I sounded so insightful when I know I am anything but. I’m just a working stiff in central New Hampshire enjoying work, family, some recreation, and the privilege of posting my opinions about things profound, trivial, and everything in between.

It’s been a great ten years and I’m looking forward to see what the next ten years will look like.

Let me give you a hint: definitely greyer, perhaps a bit stiffer in the joints, but I think the twinkle in eye will become a big larger too!

Blogging is hard!  No, not if you just put up a post every once in a while, but to put up fresh content on a reliable basis over a long period of time that is interesting enough to have people give you their valuable time?  You bet it is hard and takes a LOT of dedication!  Kudos to Chan for keeping it going for 10 long years!  Most of the bloggers that were around when he started are gone (or those when we started as gone as well) – longevity is often a short span when folks really get the idea of what this takes (and pretty much, for no pay or remuneration from a cash basis – but it is priceless when we hear back from our readers!  THAT’S when it makes it all good).

BTW, I always make sure, if I haven’t dropped by during the week, to read his weekly series, “Thoughts on a Sunday” – you should too!

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