Blog Rush & Parking

Blogging is fun. You get to post your view of the world out to the world and/or show your creativity to the world, and get recognition for it. You can meet up with people who share your views and can go to their blogs to see what they are thinking and blogging about.

One of the main ways to find these people is to get traffic into your blog. BlogRush is one of the ways you can easily and automatically have people directed to your blog.
(Note: BlogRush is not BlogSpot [a.k.a. Blogger], which is the site you're on now; it's a completely different site.)

For the most part, BR is a great site. It's a free, fast way to garner (that's an $8 word, kids) traffic for your blog. It has a simple, easy, user-friendly way to start the process as well.
Unfortunately, it is not without its faults.

"Why, Nickmeister? Why won't it let you add your site to its database and help let the world be
exposed to your awesome posts and publications?" You might ask. It's because this site thinks I don't have any posts up yet. WELL, IN FACT, I DO, AND I'VE GOT PROOF TOO!


Why in the Good Lord's name doesn't BlogRush realize I have a post posted already? Is there a specified amount of time that I have to wait before my post makes it through to my feed (If that's even how it works, which I doubt)? Is there a step I'm missing here? Why in the Good Lord's name wouldn't BlogRush put something on its site that says what could be the problem, or something along the lines of "Please wait 6-8 hours after first blog is posted", if that's the case? I mean, they should at LEAST put something in in the "Blog Details" section that I am eternally stuck in like a someone at the DMV during lunch hour/morning rush hour/evening rush hour/any hour of the day.

Now, out there in Blog-o-world, someone may be screaming something along the lines of "THAT'S YOUR FAULT, NICKMEISTER! BLOGRUSH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND IT'S IN FACT YOU THAT'S BEING GROSSLY INCOMPETENT RIGHT NOW, SINCE YOU HAVEN'T [blank]". Well, if that's true, then send me an email or post a comment. As previously stated, I don't like unjustly pointing the Finger of Gross Incompetence.

Overall Gross Incompetence Rating:

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UPDATE @ ~12AM: Well, it looks as if the BlogRush system has finally realized I've made a post. Unfortunately for me, however, is now they're going to take a look at my blog to see if, as they say it, "meets our quality guidelines and criteria." They go on to say that the quality guidelines are very "strict". =P Oh well. I'll be notified within 48 hours via email whether or not they decide to let me be a part of their system.
I'm not going to take my post down for the duration, however. It's true, there shouldn't be any error codes that are erroneous themselves. If they decide to not accept me just because I said that, then that's their problem.
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Well, I think that about covers BlogRush. I'm also going to put a mini-GI post at the bottom today, since I missed the chance to take a picture when I should have, so wasting an entire post for this story would be unfair to you guys.

A couple of days ago, I was driving home from work. As I was trying to find a parking space along the street outside my complex, I happened upon a car that was doing the most peculiar thing.
It was parked in front of (beside) a fire hydrant.
Now, this car was not slightly blocking the fire hydrant. It was BLOCKING the fire hydrant. If the car were to ram into the fire hydrant sideways, perpendicular to the direction the car was facing, the hydrant would have split the car into two equal, totaled parts.
Here is a drawn image for your entertainment:


Why did this person DELIBERATELY park in front of the fire hydrant? Does this person like deliberately annoy firefighters? Do they have a personal vendetta against them? Are they from a different culture where blocking necessary resources is a natural way of life? Was it because they didn't have enough time to find a "decent" parking space? Did they really need to go to the bathroom that bad?

We'll never know the answer. And I apologize for not taking a picture. The epiphany of this blog did not come to me until a few hours ago, and this happened a while ago. And yes, I did check to see if this car was still there in the dead of night, and sadly, it is not.

Overall Gross Incompetence Rating:

Until Next time,
Nickmeister