Is that the key? & Beta Not

Ezzie was bragging about hitting astronomical hit/visit numbers for his blog. Mine just doesn't seem to attract much of a following. Google's my biggest fan, and recipes are the attraction.

Luckily, I write for my sanity, not fame and fortune. It's a great release. My knuckles wouldn't survive a punching bag.

This week I must get started on the next Kosher Cooking Carnival. Yes, hint! hint! Either send to shilohmuse at gmail dot com or via blog carnival. And the week after that I have Havel Havelim. Am I crazy? Probably. Remember, I teach English to Israeli teenagers, male teenagers! That should prove it for sure. Honestly I love teaching teenage boys, at least most of the time.

Back to the topic. Hosting the carnivals doesn't give me that many hits, but I'm not quitting, at least not yet.

I think that Ezzie's "round-ups" have helped. I don't do it and rarely link other blogs; though I visit. And when I visit I comment a lot, or I try to...

That brings me to the "beta not" situation. The beta blogs are harder to comment on since they have these warnings about security problems, and I begin freaking out. Sometimes by saying I don't want to display secure items, my comments go up and sometimes not. I'll probably stop commenting when it gives me a run around.

You guessed; I'm not going beta on my blogs.

There's another comment problem. Some blogs demand "signing up," and I'm not joining any more things. I don't want any more passwords and user names. I just can't handle more; my memory's taxed. Sorry!

Maybe I should turn these periodic visits into "round ups" instead of commenting. Any ideas?

While I'm kvetching, I must say that sometimes I prefer emailing my links to carnivals, since it's quicker than using blog carnival, but some of the organizers only want blog carnival, and I've gotten nasty letters reminding me to "follow rules." There are lazy hosts who use the prepared line from bc. Yes, I can say lazy, since I compose my carnivals myself.

Now, to get dressed, doven, eat and then "tremp" to the pool and then lots of meetings, errands, etc! Busy day!