Slow Down Mike - Smell The Flowers - Get Off The Computer Just A Tad-Have A Great Weekend
Mike Driscoll is a novice writer at best but as most people know I have the love for the town and the PEOPLE and yes the people that are no longer with us.
I have spent quite a bit of time and notice some of the best bloggers get very few comments and realize that most people just do not have the time to pen a response though I can tell that these great blogger know what they are doing!
Again, I am not one of them.
As a friend of mine said yesterday, Mike, " we love it and you love doing it so just write and do not worry about the comments."
"And Mike, people are reading it and they may not all agree with you though they are reading it and that is what should count."
This guy made me feel good and did not even realize it!
Thank you sir.
Recently, in one of my blogs, the Publisher of the Register Citizen said and I quote " he was a fan of mine. "
This guy has put up more from me than the average Joe. He knows though I care for the newspaper and that is why he has tolerated my concerns.
I am not that technical with the blogger stuff as he is though he probably could not sell 100 items in a month on eBay either so we each have our own skills. Mr. DeRienzo I thank you though from the bottom of my heart for all your time.
My blog now has what it is called "author moderation" meaning that I need to approve a comment before it gets put on the site and that is due to spam and boy we had quite a bit this past week.
But if you check a few of my blogs, you will see IF you post something negative about the topic or even me, I take it head on and tackle the issue, I will not run from criticism.
NOTE: On future blogs, I beg of you, to write a comment and even if you do not agree with me, will always share your side of the story, issue or feelings about the weekly blog.
But I am going to do now what this kind man said and just write what I feel and IF you want to post, so be it, if you do not, so be it! I am not CNN, I am not one of the top bloggers in the town nor will pretend to be.
Though, before you leave the site today, make sure to see all the great changes the Register Citizen has been doing right down to the updating of the “news the day” on the Register Citizen’s website and even video clips of local issues! They are trying as well.
With all humility, I will state I almost let this blog take over my life as an addict does with drugs or a drinker with booze or a workaholic does and so on.
At least I can admit it, take a step back and I ask of you to tell your friends about this blog, check in once in a while and again, maybe pen me a few words!TAKE your time though when making a comment,make up a codename , IF you want to as no one will know whom you are.
You do not have to post under anonymous if you do not want to.I have customers to take care of and items to sell on the Bay to try and fill my 26 gallon gas tank and to figure out IF to fill up the oil tank, for the winter NOW ( at 4.54 a gallon ) and or wait?
Yes, it is my goal to still want to come back and pen a weekly column in the paper.I truly believe that will happen some day soon.
With that I say have a great day ,week and or weekend and please check back soon.Peace , Michael Edward Driscoll
p.s. long live Torrington Conn USA and I add a new posting now here when posting:Who I have wronged publicly thus say I am sorry publicly!
Richard Dalla Valle and I got into it back into the 1990's and MOST of it was caused by a little frenchman behind our backs.I wronged Dalla Valle for comments in a few of my chicken restaurant adds which was unfair.The guy does care for our city so for my FIRST "who I have wronged" post, I pick Mr. Dalla Valle and say Rick , thanks for helping our city and sorry for my stupid advertisements in my younger years!
posted by Michael E. Driscoll at
7:06 PM
10 Comments:
Geez Mike - really enjoy the blog - keep up the great job!
Mike Love the BloG!!! Keep It Up
hey, I am happy to now know the comment moderation thingy does work as I have posted two posts left for me this am. thanks kindly and have a great weekend,, we will talk again about something different next week :-)
Well mike we do not like the moderation thingy either but we do want to let you know we do like what you have been doing here as it adds to our day
go to the beach enjoy a few days or go camping we want you for the long haul.
Great Job Mike! Keep writing! - It is your passion! Don't let the blog thing consume you - remember to take some time for you! - People are always going to have opinions (remember the old saying!) we all have them - good, bad, right, or wrong! Stay positive! Talk to you soon! K
All right, then. See if you can modify this! And that guy was right: Sooner or later, people will tell you about something they read on the blog, and you'll realize they may be reading even if they don't leave comments.
Final words of the day go a kind eBayer that I wish I could have the honor of saying hello to.
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They wrote::
""As for your rambling on and on and on about your idyllic youth and the Torrington of yesteryear, I find it depressing. I was born and raised here and live here too. I know and remember many of the same people you do. But come on already. After I read your stuff, it makes me feel that you have no future, and if you are representative of Torrington, that it has no future either. You do not represent my Torrington. And if you ever ran for public office, you would get less votes than your cousin Tim did.""
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the writer IS correct about part of his or her comment, I did get 47 votes less than Tim Driscoll when I ran for office and as stated I would never want to EVER try to do that again!
Though I beg to diff with them that, over the years, many people have came up to me and state how much they enjoyed this column and or that column about the City Dump Or Brass Mill Dam or even the 'top of the hill stories'
they ALL could not have gone out of their way to make it up that they liked them?
I do though thank them for their comments though and again wish you a great weekend.
Hey Mike;
I'm sure you're already enjoying a campfire somewhere but as I told you before, I'm a T-town person, always will be. I love the walks down memory lane, I love still working here, knowing people and the security of being close to my roots......don't stop stirring the memories in our brains we might not have thought of without your help! Enjoy the beach.
Thanks Shar, as they say, you can please some people some of the time BUT you can not please all of the people ALL of the time.
And wish I could be at the beach or even camping BUT have to clean out an estate this weekend.
Oh I just had a flashback of us kids bowling at Sky top on Saturday am! oh my lands did we have it great!
OH, I better cool it or I will piss off the person that wrote earlier about the Torrington of Yesteryears, I will have them back in their depressed state and THAT is not what we are about!
Ha Ha Ha...Saturdays at Skytop...I'm right back there again without the bowling shoes!!
Good times Mike....hey, maybe this person didn't have such a good Torrington childhood like we had, What a pity.
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