I am become death, the destroyer of blogs
By now everyone knows the at-first-unbelievable news broken by Zoe Fell at a minute past midnight this morning. The Blogless Day foreseen by Nostradamus, and also me, had finally arrived. The cause was nothing as spectacular as I would like to claim, e.g. gored by a bull, nor as serious as it might have been, e.g. sudden end of my life. It was a mere matter of phone failure at a crucial time, and the lack of a backup plan of the kind I’ve relied on before. No drama. No heroism. A series of errors and misfortunes and
the work of nearly 500 days was undone.
Or was it? No!!! (Optimism.) We are going to bloody well get back on the bike and start again from this point. Perhaps someone (Zoe) will be kind enough to work out when the date falls- I guess early in 2013- when I’ll surpass the record of the first unbroken run. Hell, maybe we should have a traditional day off every 450odd days to comemmorate this first one. Anyway. This is not the end. It’s a new beginning. Sometimes when people say that, they’re lying or religious. But I am simply telling you we are not done yet. We’re just getting going. In a way this could be the best thing that ever happened to the blog. I’m not sure how. But it could.
Or you could all desert, now. Fingers, as ever, crossed.
Posted by Lora on August 3, 2011
Glad to see the blog return! 462 days in itself was one heck of an achievement. Here’s to the next few hundred days of blogging…
Posted by Carl on August 3, 2011
Welcome back. Don’t hurt me like that again, please.
Posted by Rachael on August 3, 2011
Maybe your phone just doesn’t like Scotland?
Posted by Shell on August 3, 2011
Ah bloglessness…
It was a damn good run though and I’m glad there was nothing truly dramatic to cause it – just a modern technical issue.
Remember BST -20 at the Last Ever 24 Hour Show in Ed a couple of years ago?
We could always bend time again… No?
OK, onward then
Posted by Tibbs on August 3, 2011
November 6th, 2012, eh? Sounds doable to me! =)
Posted by MusicalLottie on August 3, 2011
I rather like the idea of commemorating the Blogless Day every 452 days. Something else to keep us on our toes, and also a nice little reminder that we can overcome anything (okay, that was hyperbole, but hopefully you know what I mean.
(I’d like to hope I can overcome this stupid cold in time for my friends’ wedding on Saturday. I’m coughing, sneezing, and having nosebleeds – not the best look for being in company.)
Posted by Joelle on August 3, 2011
In the words of the new Living End album “The ending is just the beginning repeating”
It was bound to happen sooner or later and I doubt anyone will be actually annoyed at you. I shall be disappointed if they are.
Glad to see you’re back
Posted by Helen on August 2, 2011
Blogless day complete.
Time to re-launch this rocket of a blog.
All systems are GO.
*Cheers from the crowd* Hooray! Hooray! Bravo for the 462!
Posted by Phill on August 2, 2011
I like the idea of having a blogging break every 450 days or so. Doing a blog every day for a year is a pretty amazing achievement to start with. Well, maybe not amazing, but it’s an achievement nonetheless.
The blog is dead. Long live the blog. (Insert other cliches here. It’s too late to be making sense.)
Posted by Knox on August 2, 2011
Huge huzzah to the onwardness of the Blog!!
Liking the idea of the every-so-often blogless day – ‘in amendment to the original ruling’.
The blog is dead. Long live the Blog. (or something like that – not really dead, just skipped a day due to stupid technology, but that hasn’t quite got the same ring to it)
Posted by Cathy (traineeflorist) on August 2, 2011
I agree with Allie, let’s just have a Blogless Day every year on the 1st August, we could pretend you had intended not to blog as it was Blogless Day, no one would know (shoosh now)
In which case nothing has gone amiss, all is well, it was planned and therefore nothing to worry about.
I love happy endings
Posted by hornseygirl on August 2, 2011
I am no splitter!
Remember your previous consideration of Duvet Days…
Have fun in Edinburgh.
Posted by ChrisP on August 2, 2011
Really pleased the blog will live on, I really was quite sad that we may have seen the end of it which would have been a great shame because I’ve learned a lot from it and it’s done a lot for me personally (from widening my perspectives on life to widening my circle of friends and record collection).
BLOG ON! WHOO!
Posted by Suzanne aka Senior Watsonian on August 2, 2011
As the dreaded ‘blogless’ was caused by extenuating circumstances beyond your control and wasn’t due to deriliction of duty, I would like to move that the ‘blogless’ be declared null and void!!!
All those in favour …???
Posted by Allie on August 2, 2011
Pleased to hear that all is well. We could call that the practice run…..Now for the real thing!!!!
We could have a National Blogless day on the 1st Aug each year! x
Posted by Jen on August 2, 2011
i like the idea of a blog national holiday every 400 and odd days…sounds like a plan….glad you are ok too…phew i was worried..seriously though…i couldn’t sleep…well until i passed out to the melodic tones of The Beatles ‘Let It Be’…aaannnnndd relax…zzzzzzzz!Jx
…..ooooo…can i take this opportunity to say sorry for my tweet and fan forum panic at midnight last night….thanks to Tibbs espec for answering so promptly on the forum!!Jx
Posted by Misha on August 2, 2011
Mark! From the tone of your message last night I thought something awful had happened! Honestly. *shakes head*.
Posted by Josie on August 2, 2011
And I thought the end of the world would be 21/12/2012
Posted by Zoe Fell on August 2, 2011
The official length was 462 days.
I’d be more than happy to keep abreast of this next run of blogs and have, in fact, got a note on my desktop for this very purpose.
Blog 2.0 – GO.
Posted by Sarah on August 2, 2011
Yay, you’re back! I’m glad you’re okay and it was nothing serious. That’s some record, 450-odd days. Well done and thank you for all the time you’ve spent entertaining us on here! x
Posted by Alex on August 2, 2011
Cannot believe I missed Blogwatch on the actual Blogless Day. Stupid Spain. Still, probably best for my nerves. I have tracked down some wifi to check NHS jobs and I’ve ended up in a bar with a woman singing awful Alesha Dixon covers and I’m keen to be pretty much anywhere else. Best go.
Posted by Anji on August 2, 2011
It was just a dramatic pause!