Writing, Among Other Things

Author: NeoBluePanther (Page 37 of 47)

Social Networking is bad for Blogging!

Or, maybe I should say,  too much social networking is bad for blogging.

Contrary to what is widely said in the blogosphere, I have begun to feel that too much social networking can hurt you in the long run as a blogger. Of  course, social networking has an important role to play for any blogger, yet sometimes it begins to consume too much of the blogger’s time that blogging is affected.

Most bloggers join social networking sites as a way to promote their blogs. But, when they explore the site, they make new friends and find new things to do on these sites, resulting in the blogger’s losing focus of their main goal – Blogging. 

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The Bank Robbery XV – The Loot

This is the fifteenth part of the series that began here . If you like it, and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email . We are nearing the end of this story and it will be finished in the next two or three posts.)   

Rahul had by now crept into the front seat too.

“The notes are not jsut big ones, but there are small ones too,” Rahuls said, “we will need two big bags…at least.”

“The notes being small, and used, is a good thing in many ways…they are harder to trace.” Vikas replied, his mind, it seemed, was still focused on how to hide the money.

“We have two big bags… but where do we take them.  We can’t take them home. Let’s go to a place where there are a lot of people , say a bus stop first.”

“Why ?” Rahul was bewildered.

Vikas smiled sheepishly, and replied, “ I have a phobia of the sniffer police dogs. Whenever I have planned a crime in my mind, I have always been scared of being found out by them.”

Rahul was thoughtful again, “ You know, you could be a great criminal, at least you think of everything.”

Vikas laughed, “ What do you mean I could be a great criminal, I am a great criminal.”

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The Bank Robbery XIV – The Getaway

This is the fourteenth part of the series that began here . If you like it, and would want to be updated whenever I post the subsequent parts, you might want to subscribe to the posts via email)  

Then Vikas came back and yelled, “If anyone of you still feels like a hero, you can tell me right now, so that I can end your sad and sorry life without further wait. We are here for the money and we will leave with the money, we don’t want to hurt any of you unless you give us a reason to do so.”   

Rahul was shocked at what Vikas seemed to have done. It seemed to me that he would faint, but Vikas quickly got near him and whispered in his ears, “I didn’t kill him, don’t worry.”

Then he continued in the loud tone,”Take these handcuffs and cuff each of them. Vikas took the gun from Rahul, who then cuffed and  gagged the captives. Over the gag, Vikas taped their mouths shut. It was clear that Vikas knew what he was doing, and that none of the captured would be able to emit a sound or break free for a long time.

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Create a free Blog

Blogging has become immensely popular these days. Everyday thousands of new blogs are added to the blogosphere. One of the reasons for this is that starting a new blog has become very easy, and is mostly free.

One of the places where you can get a Free Blog is thoughts.com. The site has a community like structure which guarantees some exposure to your blog. All you have to do is create a free blog on the site, and start posting your thoughts as blog posts. The other users of the site can check out your blog, rate it and even provide feedback in the form of comments.

Sections like popular posts, recent posts, random posts ensure that your posts don’t get buried immediately, but get a chance to be read and rated. In addition to posting your posts, you can also upload photos, videos and podcasts. The site provides for almost all needs of a blogger.

On going through the site, I found that they hold a monthly contest and give away a 6 month Netflix membership to an existing member that has referred their friend to become an active member of the thoughts.com community. In addition there is another annual thoughts.com vacation getaway contest. If you are interested, you might want to check out the site.

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