Recently, I cleaned up my blog subscription list—only thing is, I keep getting notifications from several blogs that I would really like to stop getting notifications from. Nothing personal, but if you are blogging about coupons, your kid’s first loose tooth, a new way to make lasagna, the seventy fifth diet you’re starting, your hamster OR have some God awful music in the background OR you have a dark background and think a 9-pt hot-pink TNR font is a good idea … well, then I’ve tried to delete you from my subscription feed … really—it isn’t personal. I don’t even know you and chances are there are a gazillion people out there who share your interests and like reading your blog, but as time is limited, I need to try and limit my reading to subjects that truly interest me.
Problem is, nothing is going away—I refresh, I try to unsubscribe, I try to move the unnamed blogs to the little trashcan, but nothing—but they keep showing back up … sort of like the unnamed morons in my life … the onetime high school buddy on FB who thinks I still care about anything that happened when I was 16; the super annoying coworker who feels the need to scrape her daily yogurt container clean on a Zoom call; the runner/walker I share the streets with in the morning who insists on striking up a conversation when we pass one another at mile four; the pain-in-the-ass neighbor who thinks I give a rats ass about her child’s hamster … the list goes on … what can I say … I’m beyond annoyed today and the sun’s barely up … talk about needing a refresher—like the kind pirates drink, you know, the ones that come with rum.
And again, if you’re one of those aforementioned bloggers, really, it’s not personal … but I already know how to make lasagna and though the thought of saving money is always alluring, I’m just not coupon-crazy. I am, however, simply “thrilled” that your hamster has finally learned to use the wire wheel in their cage, but alas, I can only handle the occasional post on small furry creatures.
Originally published between 2011 and 2014, this post has been updated but preserves some original content as it was migrated from the archives of The Flavored Word. Cover image from Pexels free library.
DISCLAIMER: I’m a writer and an editor. And I try my best to make sure every post is articulate and free from errors. However, being that I edit my own work—and it’s next to impossible to properly edit your own work—I admit, occasionally there may be an error or two I miss. But doing so doesn’t make me an idiot so don’t be mean. Just smile, pat yourself on the back for finding an error and be glad you’re not the only one who makes mistakes sometimes … xoxox
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