Let me let you into the hot dog factory that is my blog for a second. It's a simple formula really. I surf around my blog roll and some other places. I see something that appeals to me or demands a reaction or comment and I save that picture or verse.
I usually post about it right away, pausing anything I may have on the media player because if I let the picture or the thought get away I know it may be lost to the ether forever and truly, that is what I hate the most.
I have the attention span of a hummingbird and there is too much competition in too small a cranial space for a goofy throw away reference to ever survive. I am all about looking out for that little idea that just needs a chance to sour from the nest like an eagle.
It also allows me to credit where I found the item I post about before that too is lost. (I started the 'From the Files of the Cave of Cool' feature just to clear out my picture file and because I was embarrassed that I had forgotten where I first found those images. I can live with the loophole because I know those pictures came from one of the tublrs or blogs that I so treasure for my material and who I do credit 90% of the time.)
This giant bar is indicative of what inspires a post. I see it, I have a story about 'Toblerone' and I tell it. Do I hope someone in the head office will see it and send me all kind of neat swag after bringing me to their secret underwater headquarters in their triangle shaped hover submarine? Of course.
I still hold out the hope that one day Ms Selena will show up at the front door with a whole carload of her 'Waverly Place' figures. It's the reason I currently have none in my collection. SHUT UP! She WILL come. SHE WILL!
