Is Blogging Passe?

Have social networking sites like twatbook and twizler deemed blogs too cumbersome and hard to maintain? Will weblogs go the way of the illuminated manuscript?

Miss Ginger brings up the question because she has noticed a significant downtrend in blog traffic over the last year or so. She was bored, so using LinkWithin (add it if you don't have it!) she kind of rambled aimlessly down memory lane through her blog, and it made her realize that the activity around here is just not what it used to be!

Her follower count has remained unchanged for God knows how long. She been holding steady here at her current number with no real signs of a turnaround!

Comments are down, and some commenters have stopped chiming in all together! There are some long, lost friends out there in bloglandia... Miss G certainly hopes they are okay!

And, she realizes that her own participation has been sporadic as of late! It's not that she doesn't still ADORE blogging! It just that, since developing a crack-like addiction to facebook, she finds herself keeping up with the goings-on of the world in succinct, one-sentence status updates, instead of composed, thoughtful blog entries!

But, after reminiscing through her own blog today, she was reminded of what a unique opportunity they are! As online journals, they truly do become "logs" of our being, and form a diary of our thoughts, our growth, and our progress through this thing called life! But unlike diaries that were hidden away under lock and key, these journals are meant to be shared with like-minded individuals who appreciate our humor, our insight, and our point of view. They becomes the chronicles of friendships that reach across barriers, borders, and oceans of distance! They bring together the minds of young and old, black and white, gay and straight, or any number of other opposites that seem to attract across this electronic pen and paper!

So, if you've been blogging for a while, keep it up! Your knowledge, humor, insight, and point of view are unique, valuable, and worth sharing! If your blogging has slowed as of late, I hope this post becomes your inspiration to recommit to a rhythm of posting, be it daily, weekly, or even monthly! If you've been a wallflower in the background, reading without sharing your comments, you're missing half the fun! Miss Ginger urges you to sign up for a free blogger account and start leaving comments! You may even eventually be inspired to start a journal of your very own!

And finally, if you've been following TFBOMGG for a while, Thank You, and please stay tuned! There's lots more to come!

Home Improvement!

It's been kind of quiet out there in Bloglandia! Not too many new posts or comments to keep up with, so Miss Ginger decided to do a little remodeling during the lull!

Check out the top of the page, just under her FABULOUS header! She's added a menu bar with links to pages of static information that doesn't change often! This has allowed her to clean up the sidebar and move some information into other locations where there's room to grow!

So, whaddya think of the new look? What other pages would you like to see Miss G add?

So What is Blogging all About?

Tonight over drinks after dinner at Acme Oyster Company in lovely Metairie, La., Miss Ginger's work buddies starting peeling off one by one as they began to do their nightly "accomplishments" before retiring. When Boy Ginger told the group he was going up to "blog" before he went to bed, they were all quite interested!
"What is blogging?", they asked. "Do you do it every night?" "Who reads it?" "Why do you spend your time doing that?"
When I explained that there is a whole blog "community" that keeps up with and "knows" each other, they felt insulted: "So these are people you know?! But we're not invited to read your blog?!" "How well do you know them?" "What do you tell them?!" "Do you talk about us?!"
So the answers were: yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
Miss Ginger "knows" the people who read her very well! Nutwood Beth calls it like it is, and Ken is always there to support her! DD has all the latest celebrity gossip, and Mistress Maddie knows what's going on with every drag queen in the world. Northwest Dan covers gay politics, Sissy Mark covers gay lifestyle, and "Auntie Flame" Joy is the online Mom we all wish we had! Miss Alaineous is there to almenac an "alternative" spin on things, Tugboat gives us the trucker viewpoint, and Kaycee makes the whole world seem delicious! I've forgotten hundreds of you I'm sure, but my point was that we all share the important parts of our lives that we think are worth sharing!
So then the question was... "so you're not really yourself, you are some "character" you have created for these people?!"
Ouch, that cut close to the bone, because I think you all know that, in fact, Miss Ginger is quite the character, and does exist for you to enjoy and appreciate.
But she is VERY real, and she loves her blog friends and her tangible friends with the same fervor! And NOTHING happens on her blog that hasn't happened in real life!
The point is that Boy Ginger and Miss Ginger both surround themselves with people who matter, and more importantly, to whom they matter!
So, thanks to the boy's "work friends", Miss G feels compelled to say "thank you all for caring! And thank you for making me matter!"
I think Miss Sheria summed it up for me when she commented "Miss Ginger, you are the breath of fresh air I needed today!'
Thanks, Sheria!! It feels good to be needed!