The Good Folks at WordPress inform me a person named Pearl Necklace is now following my blog, which totals 500. This is an honor. I thank Ms. Necklace and all who read my scribbles. I am pleased as punch. My inner literary parents, Charles Dickens and Alice Thomas Ellis, are proud of their boy other than when he dangles modifiers and forgets what he writes is something Mother had written already.
The Board of Directors Here at Spo-reflections, never one to miss the black lining of any silver cloud, is fretful now that I have enough followers to open a small country I need to ‘put out quality’ as it were. Measuring “quality” is a bit vague. I vituperated I must be something of ‘quality’ as I’ve managed to lure in 500 followers. They admitted I had a point. All the same, please post something without too much palaver or too many pleonasms.
Alas, as I sit this Sunday morning and look around for tidbits upon which to create a composition, all I have is the vacuum cleaner, which is inutile at the moment. That sucks. I was hoping to tidy up today. These days the Spo-house appliances are in various attitudes of cooperation. The rice cooker is hit-and-miss while the crockpot remains intrepid and reliable. I am ready to throw the beard trimmer into the rubbish, for it doesn’t hold power anymore. Shouting imprecations at the devices does no good, and I daresay they are in cahoots, plotting outrages. I worry being monstrous to the mix-master will result in the office printer becoming indurate. Happily the Kindle isn’t being nasty although it needs charging if I can only find the proper cord to do so.
My 500 followers and their relations are free to leave in the comment section proposals for future entries, as well as questions for Urs Truly or just hellos nice to read this. For every comment placed, a rat in Tewkesbury gets off from being eaten.
39 comments
January 22, 2017 at 9:25 AM
RuralBeard
Congratulations Dr. Spo! Your followers are coming very close to legion! May we all travel together toward world dominance! If I were to suggest a topic for future posts, I’d like your opinion on the ever expanding spare of pseudoscience being posted on social media sites. It seems people are almost willing to believe anything, blindly. What say you, dear eoctor?
January 22, 2017 at 9:28 AM
Urspo
Thank you ! I sit here drinking Nate Cole tea even as we type.
I have some data and knowledge of pseudoscience; it makes a swell blog entry. Tune in later folks.
January 22, 2017 at 10:18 AM
anne marie in philly
I had my clothes dryer fixed yesterday; the heating element had burned out. the rest of my appliances are humming along nicely.
January 22, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Urspo
No doubt they keep in line and give no backtalk to WQ.
January 22, 2017 at 1:23 PM
anne marie in philly
damn str8 (or gay)!
January 22, 2017 at 10:36 AM
Old Lurker
Oh dear. Somebody named “Pearl Necklace” may not be subscribing for the articles. I shudder to think what your other followers might be named.
January 22, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Urspo
It is curious to know the stories behind the names. Alas, most don’t have blogs or links for me to go have a look-see what they are like.
January 23, 2017 at 12:14 AM
Raybeard
I did a double-take on Pearl N’s name too. Id never heard the ‘term’ until I attended a ‘self awareness’ workshop about 25 years ago – and it certainly made me aware. But perhaps I’m being unfair – it might well be the follower’s REAL name. ‘Tis but possible!
January 22, 2017 at 10:50 AM
David
You could help us understand how to befuddle the new Pres? Why does everything with him have to be the best, the greatest, the hugest? Congrats on the HUGE following, I think I have 11, but the subscribe here button is messed up on my blog and I am clueless on how to fix it.
January 22, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Urspo
Facts work best. Truth over hype.
Thems who always want the greatest are doomed to fail in the end.
January 22, 2017 at 1:24 PM
anne marie in philly
and we want him to FAIL miserably!
January 22, 2017 at 12:11 PM
earnestlydebra
URSPO – You ABOUND in quality! So much quality – it’s almost too much quality. Please, please stop with all the quality – it’s much too much. LOLOL
January 22, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Urspo
One of the groups who provides me with inspiration is The Skanks, and they are very much in agreement with you. They suggest I do the Spo-equivalent of “People of Wal-mart”. Can you imagine?
January 22, 2017 at 12:26 PM
earnestlydebra
🙂 It’s much too high for me to imagine.
January 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM
mcpersonalspace54
I am a late-comer to your blog and I already look forward to new posts. Thanks for writing. I can tell by your writing that you are a good person with a good sense of humor.
January 22, 2017 at 8:07 PM
Urspo
I am content with the latter.
January 22, 2017 at 3:25 PM
Colonel Panic
Checking in to save a rat. I placed a rat on my mother once. It didn’t go down well.. As to domestic appliances, there is nothing quite so malevolent as an inanimate object..
January 22, 2017 at 8:07 PM
Urspo
Oh your poor mother! Oh that poor rat!
January 22, 2017 at 4:04 PM
Old Lurker
Mind, you could double your follower count if you blogged more about: bulldogs, farting, and scotch eggs.
January 22, 2017 at 8:07 PM
Urspo
I don’t care for bulldogs and I have never ate a scotch egg.
January 23, 2017 at 8:59 AM
anne marie in philly
ah, old lurker, NO ONE can top squire john gray!
January 22, 2017 at 7:34 PM
wickedhamster
As Supreme Despotic Rodentine Emperor, I am grateful for you sparing my subjects in Tewksbury.
January 22, 2017 at 8:06 PM
Urspo
They are dears; please don’t feed them buns and things.
January 23, 2017 at 7:35 AM
wickedhamster
I have issued a decree banning buns and things from the vicinity. Your input on Imperial Health & Safety policy is most appreciated. If you were rodentine instead of ursine, I’d appoint you to the cabinet.
January 22, 2017 at 8:50 PM
Ron
Congratulations! Your blog is unequaled in quality for the twelve years that I have been blog trolling. I will be forever grateful to the Cajun fir discovering your blog on his blog roll. However I will admit I was drawn into Spo world by your bearded visage.
January 23, 2017 at 7:30 AM
Urspo
And I am well over four feet.
January 23, 2017 at 9:18 AM
Ron
That you are:)
January 22, 2017 at 11:19 PM
wcs
Felicitations! Feliz Navidad! Felicity Kendall!
January 23, 2017 at 7:30 AM
Urspo
Merci, gracias, and dank u.
January 22, 2017 at 11:41 PM
Kato
How about a future entry on Integrity? I would be curious to know your thoughts on this character trait.
xo
January 23, 2017 at 7:29 AM
Urspo
First of all, I am all for it.
Second, it is a good topic for an entry. I have filed it away.
January 23, 2017 at 2:57 AM
Rick
So it doesn’t bother you that you’re being followed?
January 23, 2017 at 7:29 AM
Urspo
At times, yes. Everyone in the world could be reading this stuff. Such is the price of being on the internet.
January 23, 2017 at 8:46 AM
fearsomebeard
Congrats!
I sure hope Pearl Necklace reads this and follows me as well.
January 23, 2017 at 9:09 AM
Urspo
She/he would be wise to do so, given your splendid photos and erudite entries.
January 23, 2017 at 12:24 PM
Steven
Congratulations on this milestone!!
January 23, 2017 at 8:07 PM
Urspo
thank you!
January 24, 2017 at 4:42 AM
Todd Gunther
Congratulations Spo on this achievement. Does this give you enough people to start your own small country/kingdom?
January 24, 2017 at 7:41 AM
Urspo
Yes, I looked it up. It will be jolly being a monarch although the weekly meetings with the yet-to-be prime minister can be tedious.