Forgive Father, For I Have Failed To Post For Two Weeks

A few weeks ago I was talking about my struggles with Blogger. This seemed like a lot of noise at the time. I haven't had a period that busy for some time. School holidays and all. I was wrong. That wasn't busy. The last two weeks was.

So I have had all the school holiday stuff, fun, well a lot of fun, but not conducive to the painting of 28mm miniatures. Then family happened. I had two tyres that needed attention, then other people have required four trips to hospital, two interactions with the police, additional dog sitting, a broken laser cutter, A new bathroom door (see dog sitting), two airport runs are the edited highlights. Then I had new cable fitted so I could get wifi. This took about a day off moving, tidying, fitting, moving and tidying again.

But yesterday I got some time. I have been working on painting quietly in the background. Even short periods have been causing me health problems. But I have made progress. I think I am up to twenty five finished this week. This sounds like a lot, but I have been working on them for over a month. My target for a thousand in the year is still just feasible, but seems less than likely.

So here we are. The holidays are nearly over. There are two more weeks and then its back to the normal routine. So should be resuming normal service soon. Ish. Maybe. I have been thinking about doing some terrain but I don't want this to detract from the figure painting. I guess we will see.

Frostgrave or Mordheim?

I got a freebie on Wednesday. The plan was that what I was getting was just going to end up in the bots box. What I got was some GDub Empire Free Company minis. A few had a rather heavy black base coat but most were just unprimed and a bit bashed up. SO with a quick base change I now have about eighteen free company, a couple of smaller, but similarly dressed minis, and a couple of zombies.

I play in a Warhanner RPG, I like Frostgrave and I have a mate that likes the idea of Mordheim. So lacking a project in mind, this was an easy distraction. It has managed to get in the way today. I;ve also had some British Winter Infantry turn up. Then I may have already purchased some more BattleTech.

Over Packaged And Underdelivered

A couple of weeks ago, in the midst of a Blood Bowl binge (I didn't order that much) I won an auction for Borak the Despoiler. He arrived today in a huge box. Well huge for the size of the mini. It made me smile.

I have Borak now. I blogged about him some time ago, so I must have wanted him. He was one of my faves in the old game. So a wish complete.

The Death of The Blogosphere

I was just going through my blog. Tarting a few posts up here, a spelling correction there. But I came to the point where I started looking at other blogs. What I noticed most of all was the Blogs I Like bit of the screen. 

Not every blogger has such a page. Every man likes the smell of their own farts I guess. Most still have it though. What we haven't been doing is culling the blogs that are no longer getting the love from their owners. I looked at Vampifan's page. A much loved blogger, who sadly passed n. But most are still hanging in there because people just given up. 

I can't really complain. There have been years where my post rate has dropped. Real life gets in the way. A lot. Something has kept me going. It's not the money. There is no money in it. Its about the love of the game. I guess it gets harder over time. Maybe blogging has had its day. I usually think about how involved I am with the blog at the new year. The usual time for reflection.

From the point of time I started thinking about setting up a blog, to the actual point in time it began, it took about two or three years. It was about time. The blog began when I had a bit more time and it thrived when I was spending more time at home. Its getting busier again as I have more time. So maybe thats what its all about, time.

So maybe its a time for a cull?  Or call it quits? I'm not that far gone. For me, my blog has had a resurgence this year. There is no way I am going to quite just yet. I haven't got to a million hits yet. According o the stats, I am stilling getting plenty of hits. Which I am assuming are real. So I will keep it going.