Capitals & Comments

Once upon a time I used to write my comments in all lowercases which I thought was a good idea because it looked casual and none-threatening. Then I got a rather rude comment (on another person's blog) about not capitalizing my sentences coupled with other not-so-great forms of expressions and that's when I started commenting with capitals. I like to say thanks to that person for making me feel like crap for a couple of days and also, screw you. No, I don't mean that. Okay, just a little bit. I may be forgetful, a bit too honest but I never start fights but I'm not a saint. I'm sure I didn't say anything that deserved such respond but people can be sensitive even by the tiniest thing so you can never predict how you can offend someone even if you did and said nothing wrong. I usually do not respond to such rude comments but I didn't listen to myself that time. If you don't like a comment, delete it, ignore it or simply pretend it doesn't exist. Don't engage - that's really the only solution. 

What do you do when you encounter a rude comment? 

Blogrolls & Blogs

It's almost a tradition (to me) to have a blogroll because it not only promotes other blogs, it's also a way to appreciate other bloggers. If you don't know, a blogroll is a list of blogs that you like or visit often or sometimes just a list of blogs you want others to know about. Blogrolls do not have to be in a single page (like my list which I called bookmarks), they can be a list on the sidebar or even at the bottom of the blog at the footer.
    One way I find new blogs is going through other people's blogroll. Not everyone have the same interest but sometimes people do and that's why blogrolls help bloggers find other bloggers. I like to think bloggers can find each other through each other's blog hence blogrolls are useful and purposeful and one way to appreciate other bloggers without too much effort. 

Do you like blogrolls?

Authoring Barmy Chronicles - Blogging From A-Z 2026

My theme for the A-Z challenge is Blogging with a Side of Ramblings and Short Fiction. For this first post, I picked these three words as an acronym to spell out ABC – authoring, barmy, chronicles – which is another way of saying blogging. Authoring is pretty accurate because when you send a post to the world, you publish it and that makes you an author so you're authoring. Barmy means foolish, silly, something like that, which is how I blog. Being serious all the time is not fun. As for chronicles, that would be kind of accurate too since your posts are in chronological order and I think anything you post on your blog is you chronicling something, either the things you do daily or even just little things you worry about. So I'm authoring barmy chronicles which sounds kind of odd but I like it.

Here are some barmy chronicles. As to whether they are true or not, you decide.

01 - My plant died because I remembered to water it.

02 - During a coming storm, two women came to preach about god while behind them, garbage bins and debris rolled past. It was another ordinary Saturday.

03 - The problem with living is all the decisions you have to make like which assassins is best when dealing with your mother-in-law.

04 - My neighbor painted his house blue to match the sky. Then it rained. He, again, repainted his house to match the sky. Then it snowed. And again, he repainted his house. Then a storm came and swept his house away. Now he sits in his front yard and sells paint.

05 - My friend's friend's friend's cousin brought my old coffee table and then tried to return it. He said it doesn't make coffee. I said that's not what a coffee table does but he insisted I give his money back and so I did and I took the table back. It turned out he had someone built in a coffee maker into the table but instead of coffee, it makes tea.

What barmy chronicles would you write on your blog?