Bill: This isn't Nam there are rules!

Hello my blog friends and relatives. A wise man brought it to my attention today that there are rules that govern this blog that we have not adhered to as we should. This is not Nam my friends this is a relative insanity! With only 3 posts before this happy expermint comes to an end I feel that we should look back on hte time we have spent as a family and also post wisly while adhearing to the rules. That is why I propose the challenge for the next 3 posts that we follow the rules as we should.

Rule 1- Your post must be at least 5 sentences long, not including your signature.
Rule 2- Tag or sign your posts, so it's painfully obvious who wrote it.
Rule 3- You must post on your day. We'll go by calendar days, so you have 12am-11:59pm.

But there's an exception to every rule, so here's the exception to Rule 3. We can post for each other, as long as the original poster wrote the entry beforehand and has a legitimate reason for not making the deadline.

Shedule: Order by birth! The way you came out!


Thank you and goodnight

Frank: A Long Week

So, I really have no idea what to talk about this week. I've been insanely busy this week, so I wasn't able to check the blog much at all. If we can pick up our initial format of posting our name in the title of our post, it'll make catching up a lot easier. I didn't know whose post I was reading on Wednesday until I was halfway through them. Just my two cents. Is this the week we're supposed to mention numbers? I'm not really sure how this topic this is going to work, especially if the person issuing the topic changes every week.

Frank: Another Brick in the Wall

Nothing much to say this week. I had a bunch of stuff I was planning to write about, but of course I've forgotten all of it by now. Oh well, I've gotten used to that now. We still didn't get together to talk rules revisions, we should do that soon. Even if we just decide to change nothing, I think sitting down and talking about it will help.

Wedding planning is moving along smoothly. Bridesmaid's dresses are almost settled, we booked our caterer and basically have all the major things booked and we've almost get enough money to pay for them all now. Still waiting to hear if the publisher received my manuscript.

Frank: Kick'em while they're down

Apparently insulting and berating is the language of the blog. I miss one post, after seven months of problem-free posting, and I'm berated in two separate posts and several comments.
If you want any hope of this blog continuing, change your tune. I'm ready to stop posting, and I'm not the only one. This was an experiment, a challenge, to see if we could make it one year, posting once a week as brothers and sisters. And it's getting close to the point where we can safely say, we can't.
I'm sick of being insulted because of my political and religious beliefs. I thought it would end once the election was over, but it keeps coming up. I could bring up a certain sunburn post every week, but I don't. So thanks again, Greg, for insulting my decision to exercise my right as an American citizen.
I'm proud of being Catholic. I acknowledge the Crusades seem barbaric and horrific to our modern sensibilities, but I do not mock the belief and sincerity of the Catholics who gave their lives for their faith. At least they weren't afraid to stand with the Church.

I want to see the rules for the blog revised. This current system sucks. The day posting is not flexible enough for people with changing schedules. My work schedule changes from week to week, as does my social commitments. Last Thursday, I spent the day playing D&D at Mark's and then playing video games till 2 in the morning. I would have gladly shared that with everyone on the blog, but it was now Friday, and I was forbidden to post. I can't condense my week into one entry, I don't remember all the cool and exciting stuff I did last Friday, or Sunday. I'd rather post as cool and exciting things happen. Or we need a solid deadline for each day, the post has to be up by 1 PM, or something. Since we can write ahead of time, and set it up to post later, there's no reason we can't make it so every post comes at 1 PM every day. Then it would make checking the blog much easier on the non-posters, since you would know exactly when the new post would be up by. The blog must adapt to the needs of the people running it, not the other way around.
That's it for me for this week. I'll probably post next week. Depends on a lot of variables.

Phrank: Feeling the Strain

We're into our tenth week on the blog. We've also missed two posts, so far, hopefully Liz won't make it three before this week closes. 2 out of 50, well 2 1/2 if we count late posts. That comes out to be about 5% of the posts not far. Out of a 56 week year, with 5 posts a week, that's 280 possible posts. 5% percent of that is 14 posts. Which means we each can theoretically miss two posts and everyone except one of us can miss three and maintain a 95% posting rate. Or a 5% failure rate, it's up to you whether the glass is half full or empty.
We all agreed to do this for a year, but barely into our fourth month and we're already getting tired of posting. Granted, the last week or two were particularly busy, but that's going to be the case at any point in the year. We're still going to have to post during the week of Christmas and that's gonna be crazy busy. I'm just worried that we don't have what it takes to make it through a year of posting. Perhaps we need a few more rules, to make sure people are engaged in the blog. Stuff like a minimum of three comments on other people's posts, or a rule that what you post about has to be remotely interesting. We need to make rules for challenges as well, like when a challenge is issued, it begins on Monday, not on the day issued. Then it ends the same week with Elizabeth's post. So for an example, if I issued a challenge today, the only opportunity to attempt it would be next week, starting with Greg on June 2 and we each get one try at it, ending with Elizabeth's post on June 6. The short story post dragged out for three to four weeks if not more and when the challenger finally posted his story, it was about time.
Anyways, I'd just like to see the blog be a more fun and exciting place. We would enjoy posting and reading each others post more. Then posting wouldn't be a duty, but an honor.
So glad this isn't Greg's job!
Bill, you could brown, blue or purple skies!
Anne's favorite band!
Phrank, it's so true!
Elizabeth better not end up like her!
Champ's favorite song!


These are six of the songs I've been youtubing while playing KoL, also add in everclear's Father of mine and I will buy you a new life, and colbie caillat's Realize and that's pretty much the only thing I've been listening to. Seeing Lisa on Friday, which will be good. Also acquiring DBZ season five by friday as well, which is good, but not as good as seeing Lisa. Going to a grad party on Sunday, looking forward to that as well. I need a job! Putting in more applications this afternoon and fixing my car!