Thursday, 14 October 2021

The Cull of 57

I have 57 blog posts in draft form. Many of them months old. The earliest was "Jazz stuff" in July 2020. Just a title. I'm good at titles; less so on sustainable content.

Time to start a cull. "Jazz stuff" has run its course. Gone. 56 to go.

"Another brick in the Wall" - shortly after "Jazz stuff". Again a title only. Gone. Heaven knows what I had in mind.

"Useful names" - some content about a footballer's children's names. August 2020. Gone.

"Confusing names" - about a female character called Michael in a Star Trek episode. No longer culturally acceptable. Don't tell on me. Gone.

"Riffs" - most of my posts are riffs, so no longer necessary. Gone.

"Excuse me? - maybe about some modern language idioms. Gone.

"Heroes and cheats" - about footballers such as Terry Butcher (hero) and as yet unnamed cheats (maybe most footballers). Would lose half my audience. Gone.

Finally - for the moment - two which I plan to revisit:

"A new pope, two popes and odd popes" - about two excellent TV series.

"Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch" - the miniature railway; contains a nice picture.

50 left. More in due course. I'm currently busy reading Dickens, Dickens (Claire Tomalin) and Dickens (Thomas Keneally).

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