If you’re a regular, you may have noticed a few changes to Metaphor. Over the past couple of days, I tried out some different color schemes, and I think I’ve settled on one, for now, that’s readable. Blogger (Google) really needs to offer a wider variety of theme templates. One can download many templates online, but a downloaded template has to be installed, which I imagine to be a pain in the ear.

There are new content links in the right column. What I’ve done there is to link up to my own writing work product here in the blog and on my primary Web site. This should make it easier to find things like my poems, without having to search or rummage through topic labels.

I am hoping to find the fortitude to turn the focus of the blog more toward my own interests and less toward banalities posted just to entertain you. I mean, stuff I had no part in creating. The whole Internet exists largely for your entertainment, and presumably you come here to find out what’s on my mind. Seriously, I’ve asked for your attention, and I ought to give you something for it. And you get enough pictures of cute pets with funny captions, right?

As always, please leave comments. I know I’m whistling in the wind with this request, but I’m sincere. If you don’t leave a comment, I can’t know if you appreciate the fact that this blog exists, or my writing either.

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