With the pending anniversary of my blog* The Board of Directors Here at Spo-reflections thought to send my annual review early and by email. Normally we do this face to face at Heorot Johnsons, but they are practicing social-distancing and they don’t do zoom. I think I got a good review – my ability to translate from the runes is not stellar:
Sven – ‘Spo works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a trapped rat at Tewkesbury. ‘
Bjorn – ‘Urspo sets low personal standards and he consistently achieves them. ‘
Helga “Pippi” Long-stocking – ‘He’s did a good job last year to expand the demographics of Spo-fans to include more women, Gauls, and Yokai. ‘
Snorri Sturlson the 23rd – ‘I would like to go hunting with him sometime. ‘
Slater-Wotan – ‘He has a knack for making strangers immediately.’
Oscar ‘Bunny’ Jarl – ‘By the gods, is he still around? I thought we fired him and hired that guy at “Going Gently”? ‘
Walter Cnut Fafner–’ He’s a nice Norse; please don’t feed him buns and things.’
Herbert – ‘Harmless, if not roused up. By the way, who is this John Gray fellow?’
With the report card was a renewal contract, so I guess they were satisfied – or they couldn’t get hold of John Gray.
Along with the review and the contract I got a list of lofty goals they wish me to achieve in the next twelve months. They want more photos of cats – lots of them. Entries about food and my personal shenanigans are strongly recommended – especially if they have cats. And I am supposed to achieve two million visitors by 2022 so frequent flyer Spo-fans like Anne Marie and Old Lurker need to stop by twice daily.
There’s a lot more but never mind. Here’s a cat photo:
No cats were harmed in the pillaging of photographs.
*8 February.
30 comments
January 29, 2021 at 8:33 PM
larrymuffin
I am a little surprised that they would ask for more cat pictures. What about cute dachshund pictures, that attracts a lot more people on Instagram. I think that board of yours is out of touch with reality, how many of these people are in fact Republicans? Trump supporters? You got to purge that group, More progressive people that’s what you need on your board, diversity equity that sort of thing.
January 29, 2021 at 8:49 PM
Urspo
Being Vikings they are always keen on what brings in the booty, and cats seem to be top of the list at getting traffic and comments.
I do not know this Instagram; nice people don’t go there.
The Board is definitely out of touch with reality, in fact they are not real themselves. While the liked Trump’s barbarism they found his speaking skills abominable – and this is from barbarians !
January 29, 2021 at 10:09 PM
Old Lurker
I can’t speak for Anne-Marie, but if I was to limit myself to two visits per day your daily hit count would drop by 30%.
At first I thought you were posting another picture of that Michigan impostor cat Brother #3 owns, but then I visited Mitchell’s blog and saw you were just lifting them straight off the front page. This is a good idea, but you might want to be a little more subtle. Plus if you really want the hits you should feature Sophie.
January 30, 2021 at 6:18 AM
Urspo
Sophie is next up on the list of cats to post – no rubbish cats.
January 30, 2021 at 12:34 AM
Pipistrello
Your bosses are tough. And they haven’t left your report card out in the street to be gawked at, have they? Pleased you still have your job and I reckon some gratuitous cat photos will tip the scales at 2m by next year. Will you get a bonus?
January 30, 2021 at 6:19 AM
Urspo
I sure hope not. Last time I got one of their ‘bonuses” the stench and stains of the goat took ages to eradicate from the house
January 30, 2021 at 1:50 AM
Moving with Mitchell
Hmmm… That cat looks awfully familiar. You weren’t told to get your OWN cats? Never mind. There is none cuter anyway.
January 30, 2021 at 6:19 AM
Urspo
I had to think quickly and I don’t want to rubbish cats – only the best!
Have your people contact my people for reasonable attorney fees.
January 30, 2021 at 2:16 AM
Fit Studs
PAW-dorbsss!!! 🖤🤍🖤🤍
January 30, 2021 at 6:20 AM
Urspo
Now that is a lovely word!
January 30, 2021 at 3:42 AM
Todd Gunther
I will pass along your request to WQ. She’s a sucker for cat pictures.
January 30, 2021 at 6:20 AM
Urspo
A quick analysis supports WM is responsible for most of the comments – she and Europe.
January 30, 2021 at 4:19 AM
Parnassus
A thousand apologies for Blogger’s behavior! I just found out what happened to your recent comments–Blogger had filed them in its purgatory of “unmoderated comments” without sending me an email to know they were there. Also, there is no sort of asterisk or highlight to let one know there are pending comments; you have to go through layers of menus to find them.
Next time I will check there more often. In the meantime, one of your answers was correct, and you can check the reveal post to see all the right answers.
–Jim
January 30, 2021 at 6:21 AM
Urspo
oh I am glad to hear such. I figured you didn’t want them. 🙂
January 30, 2021 at 6:33 AM
wickedhamster
Love it!
January 30, 2021 at 9:12 AM
Urspo
Sent cats
January 30, 2021 at 6:34 AM
David Godfrey
Have we connected you to John? Doggy photos also seem to work, it is Sophie and Shep day in Cleveland. I’d be careful about going hunting with the board, grog and shotguns doing mix well.
January 30, 2021 at 7:08 AM
Urspo
Indeed. Look what happened to William II.
January 30, 2021 at 7:01 AM
anne marie in philly
equal opportunities for doggies, like harper and shep and mary and dorothy. champ and major biden too!
January 30, 2021 at 7:09 AM
Urspo
The board wants cats !
January 30, 2021 at 7:42 AM
Debra She Who Seeks
This is a truly funny post — I laughed all the way through, especially at the references to John Gray, Super-Blogger! Thank Gawd HRH has never heard of performance reviews, or I’d be toast! She would approve of your upping the cat quotient on this blog though.
January 30, 2021 at 9:12 AM
Urspo
Thank you!
More cat fanciers! They are everywhere!
January 30, 2021 at 7:57 AM
LORI
Thank you for the laugh this morning!!
January 30, 2021 at 9:13 AM
Urspo
I am glad I made you smile!
January 30, 2021 at 9:11 AM
Sam
So no 180 review and none of us get to weigh in? I’ll echo food and cat picture-and shenanigans, lots of those please.
January 30, 2021 at 9:15 AM
Urspo
Food, cats, and personal opprobrious actions seem to be in demand; more off all types to come. Follow me for more recipes
January 30, 2021 at 7:42 PM
Robzilla, Native of Slam Diego
Cute kitty! It looks like it’s snoring, which adds to the cuteness.
I hope for your sake the yokai here aren’t the same as the ones in the manga called Yokai Girls. They’re naughty, mischievous little demons.
January 31, 2021 at 7:58 AM
Urspo
Yokai have over time become cute folk (as monsters do) but they were nasty things to start with.
January 31, 2021 at 11:51 AM
Steven
I’d welcome more entries (or should I say entrees?) about food; particularly your recipes that you speak of and the cataloging that you’ve done. (How does one enter an e with an accent for entrees?) What have been the standout winners? We finally got our first measurable snowfall this past week so those that warm the soul are most welcomed. Have a fantabulous week ahead!
January 31, 2021 at 12:18 PM
Urspo
you have a fabulous week ahead too!