It’s for bloggers to go on vacation. We will start seeing the bail out posts any day now. Given the end of year, we tend to see a combination of the general “I’m going away” post to the “read this end of 2008 post while I’m on vacation” bit (Santa image by Matt Mattila).
Here’s a summary of the top six varieties of the “Bailing on My Blog” post you can expect over the next two weeks:
6) Writing ahead: Simply writing posts in advance, and setting the posts to publish while you are out of the office. Never knew you were gone, Blogger X!
5) The top 10, er 20 posts of the year by page view. Yes, the best and brightest by said blogger (my m.o. for the past two Christmases). Zzzzzz. Boring.
4) Worse: the “My Favorite 10 Posts of 200x that You Never Read” bit. I hate it when bloggers feel the need to reiterate their most brilliant failures. There’s a reason they weren’t read. Get over it, Diva!
3) Post a funny clip from a popular related movie. This is the Todd And special! Or you can do a sentimental video. Booooooo!
2) Guest posts by other prominent bloggers. Actually a great way to feature bloggers that may not be as prominent or that said blogger respects.
1) The simple “I’m gone for the holidays” post, usually accompanied by some sort of picture. I prefer a funny picture, or, even better, a cute animal photo.
Obviously, now that I wrote this post, it’s incumbent on me to do something other than these six more common holiday departures. Hmmmm.
Oh, boy, I have this list down path! I guess I will need to stick around this year for the holidays and actually do something different. Thank you for the chuckle, Geoff. Happy Holidays to you.
Pssshaw, only the weak take time off for the holidays. Let’s get the whips out and keep those slacker bloggers on the ball. ;)