Something Funny Happened Today: cops

Hello all you bloggers and non-bloggers (ie...my friend's husbands who read this blog and my mother and my aunt) Just thought I might throw out some blog etiquette. I am in no way saying I even know what blog etiquette is. I do know what it isn't. So let's start there.

It is not good blog etiquette to read a blog daily or even weekly without so much as leaving a comment. It doesn't have to be ten sentences long, a simple, "Hey, hello, how are ya?" would do. The back to school with peanut allergies post got people talking, need ideas of how it is done go read the comments there. If you are reading this in your reader, it is not proper etiquette to always read from there and never actually "come over." Come on by and check things out. I cleaned up for ya!

I have fixed my commenting problems thanks to my pal Vin, he's really the man (I think he is a man. I guess I am assumming he is a he. I guess Vin could stand for Vinella or Vineritta or Vinegar all lovely feminine names.) Vin, would you comment and let us know your gender? Not that it matters you are a wonderfully talented blog person (leave your official title too as I am sure that using "blog person" is not in good taste.) I HIGHLY reccomend Mr. or Ms. Vin for all your blogging catastrophes. Here I am showing GOOD blog ettiquette by praising the person who rocks and adding links to his/her site. That is called link love and just to set the record straight it is perfectly ok to link love with someone you really don't know that well or even their gender. The wonder of the blogosphere is that it is ok to be nice that way, and it is encouraged. Being selfish on your blog will get you nowhere. Well, maybe all alone on a blog that no one frequents or comments on.

Let's do a bullet list here of all the things a proper blog visitor will do:

comment (comments are the currency of the blogosphere) here is a post about masturbation and commenting that I came across after it's blog owner left me a comment, see how that works?
leave a link to their blog or at least their name when they comment, that's what Tena did and see where it got her? 4 links back to her!
if you are going to be snarky make sure it is at least funny and not cruel
if you lurk for too long it just gets creepy, say something
visit those who DO post and leave them a comment too
read back a few posts or check out the "best of" some of the best posts are the very first because the blogger was writing in their true voice, not their fake "I hope you like me blog voice"
check out the blogroll, you'll find some really good stuff there if you just look
send the link to a friend or family member who would enjoy the post or the blog itself

Blogger and blog friend No-no's:

don't expect your blog friend to post all the things you wish you could say (make your own post and ask your blog friend to be a guest poster...you know who you are)
don't think your blog friend is always talking about you when she posts
don't think because you did something stupid it will show up in a blog post, although it might so read daily just in case
understand that sometimes a post is just funnier when the truth is exaggerated
don't wear the following tee-shirt, it will hurt your blog friend's feelings and make her want to post mean things about you, even if they are untrue.