Pouring My Art Out

So, we contacted WordPress to tell them about this attempt of ours to break the all-time record for most comments on one post, and this is the reply they sent back to us…

Posted on January 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that isn’t the actual reply, this is the actual reply:

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—‘The blogger can follow the instructions in my previous reply to get Freshly Pressed. Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.’—

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Which feels an awful lot like this…

‘The blogger’… really? That is how they refer to us??? It may have been naïve on my part to think they might actually like to get involved in this project to keep things interesting. But all we wanted was to find out what the current record for comments on one post is so we would know what number to shoot for, and they pretty much said this…

How hard would it be for them to look up the number? We didn’t beg them to freshly press the post, just look up a number, and the only number they gave us was number one…

To be honest, I didn’t contact them myself. My loyal Head Minion, Trent, from: http://trentlewin.com/ contacted them, because I am a computer moron, but that doesn’t really change the fact that this is how much support we are going to get from WordPress…

So I say we carry on with our plan. I say we try to get so many comments on one post that they have to take notice of us. I don’t think we have to take this…

We are the ones who make WordPress work… we are the bloggers… we are the ones who fill it with content… without us, this is just a big, empty space. So I say we turn that finger back around…

You can still be a part of blogging history and meet some nice new people.

And you can send a message to the overlords…

You can proudly raise the finger of revolution!!!

You do not have to turn the other cheek…

Because we are NUMBER ONE!!!

Join us! Stand up and be counted. Let’s all go down in history together!

But: ***Do not comment on this post***

The post we are breaking the record on is called: ***COMMENT HERE***

Here is a link to the post: https://pouringmyartout.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/this-is-not-a-post-about-this-post-this-is-about-breaking-a-record/

We already have 6, 492 comments.

We are going for 10,000… and beyond…

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged art, blogger, bloggers, blogging, humor, the finger, wordpress, world record, writing | 61 Comments

Join us on our quest to break the record for most comments on a WordPress blog post, and you will be a part of history!!!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Join the crew and set sail for adventure…

So far my little social media experiment has gotten over 5,000 comments.

***Please do not comment on this post***

Visit my blog, and scroll down until you find the post called:

*** COMMENT HERE ***

And comment there.

You will meet some awesome, funny bloggers and make new friends. You might lure some of them back to your blog. But you will have fun, because I do not run a tight ship… it is really more like this…

You can also help by reblogging the ‘Comment Here’ post.

Or tell your friends.

Or just come over and type random letters in the comment boxes… it’s all good.

I have even sent tweets to lots of celebrities to try to get them to help.

Come on, Hugh Jackman, William Shatner, Ron Howard, Eric Idle, the Daily Show, Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Henry Winkler and the rest of you! Help a brother out.

I promise to be a good captain.

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged blogging record, eric idle, Henry Winkler, Hugh Jackman, humor, Neil Patrick Harris, Ron Howard, Stephen Colbert, the Daily Show, william shatner | 61 Comments

Uh, it is sort of hard to break the record for the most comments on one WordPress post until WordPress tells us what the record is, so until that happens, I am just going to keep going with this crazy idea of mine…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I might be leading you all into disaster…

Like all of my plans, this one was not really thought through very well. I just thought it would be fun to see if we could break the record for the most comments on a post. Now the post has over 4,000 comments.

But we are still waiting to hear from the good people at WordPress what the actual record is. I know some of you are getting sick of this. And some of you have gone way beyond what I could ever have expected or asked from you. And I may just be being stubborn. But until we find out what the actual record is, I am going to keep going with this social experiment.

Besides, I am meeting lots of cool people, and some of you are meeting new friends, and people are still reblogging the post. It is still spreading out like ripples on a pond.

So, come on. We can do this. Maybe we will hit 5,000… maybe 10,000… who knows?

If you are new here: ***Do not comment on this post***

Scroll down and find the post called: ***COMMENT HERE***

And comment there.

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged blog, bloggers, blogging, blogs, freshly press me, humor, press this, wordpress, world record, writing | 8 Comments

We are going to break the record for the most comments made on one WordPress post, and then we will all be rich and famous and they will put us in the Guinness Book of World Records, and all you have to do is type a bunch of words…

Posted on January 26, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I don’t know you, but I need your help. Yes, I freely admit that this idea started off as just another of my shameless attempts to bump up my stats. But it has grown into something really awesome, and you can be part of it.

***PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS POST***

Come to my blog, scroll down, and find the post called: ***COMMENT HERE***

Then type something in the comment section, and you can join us in a history-making social media experiment.

To be honest, I still don’t know exactly what the current record for comments is. People started sending me links to posts that got a lot of comments. One post that went viral got a little over 1,000. I just got a new link to a post that has 3,704.

We are already at 2,315!

But don’t do this for me. We are having a lot of fun here. Meet some new people. Show how clever you are and suck some new followers to your blog. And be a part of history.

If you are already involved, here are some things you can do to help:

1. Reblog the ‘comment here’ post

2. If you are not a computer moron like I am, can you tell me how we can contact WordPress and find out what the actual record is? And maybe see if they want to help us by Freshly Pressing the post, or advertising it somehow? It seems like this is good for WordPress too, right? They want us to be busy.

3. Keep calm and comment on.

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged bloggers, blogging, blogs, breaking a record, comments, history, humor, social-media, wordpress | 43 Comments

I really am taking over the world!!!

Posted on January 19, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I got 2 views from China.

I guess the tight internet restrictions they have were no match for a good, old-fashioned bombardment of pictures of my sunglasses. If we were playing a game of Risk, I would be kicking butt. I just need a few more countries in Eastern Europe, and Greenland is still ignoring me… but I am going world-wide, baby!

World domination without firing a shot.

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged bloggers, blogging, blogs, China, fame, hits, humor, internet restrictions, views, world domination | 30 Comments

Here it is… the new book…

Posted on January 16, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Here is the new novel in my action/adventure/comedy/science fiction series: The Otherwhere Chronicles.

Book two is called: Down To Earth…

I am now going to try to add it to my sidebar with the other books, but I am a computer moron, so the links to the book page and the website where the books are sold might take a while… I need tech support from my buddy, Zoe.

This book, unlike the first book in the series, is not available on e-readers yet… and might not ever be. My daughter Jessica says it is hard to do that, I don’t make any money from it, and not that many people bought e-versions anyway. But we will see.

Thank you all for the support.

And special thanks to Jason, Jessica’s boyfriend, for doing the cover art. The photo of the Golden Gate bridge is a picture I took, but he added the nice space freighter looming in the fog.

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life | Tagged action, adventure, art, book, fiction, getting published, humor, novel, published, sci-fi, science fiction | 20 Comments

I gave Willie a Christmas present…

Posted on January 1, 2014 by pouringmyartout

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book.

After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little neighborhood in San Francisco, close to where they live.

It was a lovely end to a fun day.

Willie is working on his chopstick skills.

He is also working on his reading skills, and his mom seemed to enjoy the book too.

Say goodbye to Willie… for now…

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life, sunsets, Willie! | Tagged burmese food, children's book, family, food, humor, kids, monkeys, photography, san francisco, travel | 17 Comments

Adding to my collection of famous people who Tweeted me back…

Posted on December 9, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I got a ‘Hi’ from Megan Amram. She writes for a little TV show called Parks and Recreation. Maybe you heard of it. My older daughter introduced me to her Twitter feed, and she does some funny Tweets. Oh, and Dana Carvey is still following me on Twitter, so either I am really funny, or he is really bored.

Posted in Twitter tweets | Tagged celebrities, dana carvey, famous people, humor, megan amram, Tweets, Twitter, writing | 7 Comments

A literary interview with a young reader…

Posted on December 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Me: Hey, Willie, whatcha got there?

Willie: Just the most awesome book ever. And guess what! It was written by a good friend of mine.

Me: Well it does my heart good to see a young person who likes to read.

Willie: Oh, I do like to read, and this book certainly quenches my thirst for fine literature, but it is the original artwork that keeps me coming back for more.

Me: Can you tell us a little about the book.

Willie: Sure, I would love to. At first glance, you would be forgiven for thinking that this is just a cute children’s book about monkeys. But as you read it, you find that the words are carefully crafted to open a dialogue in the reader’s mind about a wide variety of topics. It is important to stimulate critical thinking at a very early age, you know.

Me: I’m sure that’s true. What sort of things does it make you think about?

Willie: Oh, about what makes us different and what makes us the same. About how we all like different things. And about how a monkey in a space suit could possibly eat a banana. I like the way the author doesn’t give you the answers. You have to think about it yourself. I mean, it seems so simple and obvious, but a lot of thought went into that.

Me: So you would recommend this book to other young readers?

Willie: I sure would! It is funny and thought-provoking. And as I said, the original watercolor paintings are wonderful. I love the polka dot monkey, and the one of the dad who looks just like a gorilla makes me laugh every time. And did I mention that the guy who wrote the book talked to hundreds of kids to get quotes for the book? In a way, this book was really written by us kids. You gotta love that.

Me: Well, thank you for taking the time to talk with me, Willie.

Willie: No problem. Oh, if anybody wants to get the book, they can go to my friends blog and order it there. There is a picture of the book over on the sidebar to the right, and they just click on it to go to the link. He wrote a science fiction book too, but I am too young to get most of the humor in that one. Okay, see you later, I am going to eat some sand now.

Posted in fiction, My art, Stories of my life, thinking about stuff, Willie! | Tagged books, childrens books, humor, kids, monkeys, reading, writing | 50 Comments

Okay… I’m back…

Posted on November 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I know… you didn’t know I was gone. I am not supposed to tell you when I am gone. But I am back now, so there you go.

We went to visit my oldest daughter in Arizona. You may remember the pictures I showed you from our trip when we helped her move there. There were lots of pictures like this…

Because they like their horse statues and horse fountains and horse art. Which is cool, because I love horses.

The drive there was interesting. There is a lot of desert between Southern California and where we went. Miles and miles of this…

And we tend to think of deserts as dry places, but we were chasing a huge storm that had just swept through San Diego…

The clouds were spectacular…

They dumped some pretty good rain on us as we drove. And we got some more rain the first day in Arizona.

But watching the clouds spill over the mountain ranges like giant tidal waves reminded me of the fog rolling in back in the Bay Area. So did the way the clouds would wash up to the fronts of the mountains…

And it was cold, too. But after five or six hours we arrived in the land of the really big cacti. Remind me to tell you about the saguaro cacti… I learned something freaky about them…