Kurt Brindley's Blog, page 100
April 5, 2015
Prayers?
Zeno & Aurelius
#happyeaster
Filed under: Photography Tagged: abundance, Aurelius, dogs, Easter, pets, photography, prayers, puppies, puppy love, puppy photography, Zeno
April 4, 2015
To The Risen
hosanna on high
’tis to the risen we sing
yea, to the risen
Filed under: Photography, 俳句 Tagged: christianity, Easter, haiku, metaphors, nature photography, photography, poetry, religion, resurrection, Senryū, spirituality, writing, 俳句
So, about my Twitter account(s)…
As if you’ve really been wondering…
Regardless, I’m gonna talk about them all the same.
Because you know why?
Probably not so I’m here to tell you…
I really like Twitter.
Especially relative to the other social networks in general and the facebook in specific.
Of course, unless you’re famous with millions of ogling fans fanatically fixated on and willing to retweet retweets of each and every one of your already heavily retweeted nonsensical 140-word brain burp of a non-topical tweets, Twitter’s functionality for me lies mostly in its service as a news feed. There’s rarely any back and forth goings on with any of my followers.
Oh, and Twitter also services rather well as an effective aid in bringing down the repressive governments of censoriously censoring dictators.
Which is a pretty cool thing for a social network to have a knack for.
But, for yours truly who severely lacks in the millions of ogling and fanatically fixated fans or a desire, as of yet, to stir up a tweet-fuss to topple my not so much repressive as it is depressive government, Twitter serves me my news and that’s about it.
And one thing I noticed about Twitter’s functionality as a news feed: the more accounts I follow, the less effective the functionality is.
I mean, I used to follow just about everything and everyone.
Yeah, I tried that whole follow-back deal (you know, kinda like I do here where I follow just about anyone and anyone who follows me) in a futile effort at “platform building” to sell my books.
It actually did help to sell a few more books than I otherwise would have sold had I not been doing the whole “Follow Me!” thing, but it totally destroyed my experience with Twitter.
It’s not that there aren’t a lot of cool Indie Authors who I would enjoy following. It’s just that when doing so the Law of Diminishing Returns quickly kicks in and before you know it, the strategy of following everyone essentially means you are following no one.
Know what I mean?
But still, I really want to follow you if you follow me.
Especially if you are an Indie Author or Indie Publisher.
So, I decided to do like many of you have already done, and which I, myself, have already done with the facebook – and that is to create an account just for the authorial side of me.
So, hitherto and henceforth and all the time in between, this website will be associated with my brand spankin’ new Twitter account:
Follow me there and I’ll follow you back – Guaranteed!
Well, unless you’re one of those robot spam accounts…
Or a Baltimore Ravens fan.
Just kidding, just kidding…no need to start a twitter-fuss during the off-season.
Heck, I’ll even follow you if you are one of those robot spam accounts!
For the time being, in addition to my new author account, I’ll still continue to feed the blog into my established account @KurtBrindley. But I will focus less on books and writing there and more on politics, sports, and other current event-like stuff. So, please, by all means do follow me there as well and I just might follow you back if you’re also into discussing all that politics, sports, and other current event-like stuff.
Right on?
Awesome.
So, that’s about all I have to say right now about my twitter account(s).
As if you’ve really been wondering…
Filed under: Writing Tagged: authors, books, current events, Indie Authors, indie publishing, marketing, marketing platforms, platform building, politics, publishing, social networks, tweets, twitter, writing
April 3, 2015
Why We Are Here*
Coming Soon
HERCULES GONE MAD: Part Two
LEAVE & Other Stories Short & Shorter
*Posted because it seems that some of you may actually think this blog is now about dogs and ramen. It’s not. That post about dogs and ramen was an April Fools prank. This blog has been and will continue to be all about books and writing in general and Kurt’s books and writing in particular. Right on?
Write On!
Filed under: Writing Tagged: authors, bloggers, blogging, books, flash fiction, humor, Indie Authors, indie publishing, novels, poetry, publishing, short stories, writers, writing
April 2, 2015
The Day’s Dark End
at the day’s dark end
when the shadows fell the sky
what will be thy claim
Filed under: Photography, 俳句 Tagged: abundance, existentialism, haiku, landscapes, life, metaphors, nature, philosophy, photography, poetry, Senryū, writing, 俳句
April 1, 2015
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS’ DAY!
AKA – A Day Celebrating Kurt’s Every Day :)
#alwaysreadthetags(especiallyinthatlastpost)
#andthis
Photo attribution here
Filed under: Humor Tagged: April Fools, blogging, humor, photography, writing
I Welcome You to the New kurtbrindley.com
It is with heavy but happy heart that I say goodbye to my old me – the novels, the poetry, the short stories, the haiku – and say hello to the new me!
A me that only wishes to blog about that which he loves most, not counting his lovely and loving wife and children, of course…
And that which I love most, not counting you know who, is My Dogs & Ramen!!!
Let’s face it, my writing efforts just aren’t cutting it. Have you bought one of my books?!
No, of course you haven’t.
So why deal with that stress and frustration when I can do something here that I truly enjoy…
And that is to embrace the inner Pet Lovin’ Foodie in me and begin posting pictures of my dogs and all the ramen joints that the wife and I love to seek out and enjoy!!!
So, without further ado, let’s get this party of a new blogging format started, shall we…
Since you all know my dogs Aurelius & Zeno, two loving but highly destructive Plott Hound brothers, I shall commence my new photo-blogging journey with a picture of Baltimore’s newest Ramen Joint TenTen Ramen
As I wrote to my friends on my private Facebook page, which probably didn’t include you, TenTen is hands down the best ramen joint my lovely and loving wife and I have had the pleasure of eating at in the States.
Yes, even better than any in New York City.
Mmm, delish…
Look at that! Hungry yet?
Heaven in a bowl
In following issues I will discuss the history of ramen (you cannot imagine how exciting and full of intrigue it is) and we will have an in-depth conversation with the man behind TenTen Ramen.
Stay tuned!
And because this blog is also now dedicated to my dogs as well as ramen, I will share a few shots of my boys with you.
I should add here that, even though I will no longer post literary things here, after reading more about the Clean Reader app, I have decided that I am going to endorse their efforts after all, instead of opposing them. The founders are good Christian people with good intentions. So, since I am no longer opposed to censorship in literature, I feel it is best for me to be more prudent with my photography and edit over that which may be offensive.
Well, I hope you are as excited about my blog’s new direction as I am. Wish me well!!!
Have a Pet-Lovin’ Food-filled day!!!™
Filed under: Food Tagged: April Fools, Aurelius, Baltimore, dogs, food, foodie, humor, Japan, Japanese food, noodles, pets, ramen, TenTen Ramen, Zeno
I WELCOME YOU TO THE NEW KURTBRINDLEY.COM!!!
It is with heavy but happy heart that I say goodbye to my old me – the novels, the poetry, the short stories, the haiku – and say hello to the new me!
A me that only wishes to blog about that which he loves most, not counting his lovely and loving wife and children, of course…
And that which I love most, not counting you know who, is My Dogs & Ramen!!!
Let’s face it, my writing efforts just aren’t cutting it. Have you bought one of my books?!
No, of course you haven’t.
So why deal with that stress and frustration when I can do something here that I truly enjoy…
And that is to embrace the inner Pet Lovin’ Foodie in me and begin posting pictures of my dogs and all the ramen joints that the wife and I love to seek out and enjoy!!!
So, without further ado, let’s get this party of a new blogging format started, shall we…
Since you all know my dogs Aurelius & Zeno, two loving but highly destructive Plott Hound brothers, I shall commence my new photo-blogging journey with a picture of Baltimore’s newest Ramen Joint TenTen Ramen
As I wrote to my friends on my private Facebook page, which probably didn’t include you, TenTen is hands down the best ramen joint my lovely and loving wife and I have had the pleasure of eating at in the States.
Yes, even better than any in New York City.
Mmm, delish…
Look at that! Hungry yet?
Heaven in a bowl
In following issues I will discuss the history of ramen (you cannot imagine how exciting and full of intrigue it is) and we will have an in-depth conversation with the man behind TenTen Ramen.
Stay tuned!
And because this blog is also now dedicated to my dogs as well as ramen, I will share a few shots of my boys with you.
I should add here that, even though I will no longer post literary things here, after reading more about the Clean Reader app, I have decided that I am going to endorse their efforts after all, instead of opposing them. The founders are good Christian people with good intentions. So, since I am no longer opposed to censorship in literature, I feel it is best for me to be more prudent with my photography and edit over that which may be offensive.
Well, I hope you are as excited about my blog’s new direction as I am. Wish me well!!!
Have a Pet-Lovin’ Food-filled day!!!™
Filed under: Food Tagged: April Fools, Aurelius, Baltimore, dogs, food, foodie, humor, Japan, Japanese food, noodles, pets, ramen, TenTen Ramen, Zeno
March 31, 2015
Hot Coffee On A Warm Spring Day
Reporting live from Bethesda, Maryland
Filed under: Photography Tagged: abundance, Bethesda, coffee, family, life, Maryland, photography, spring
Would You?
if you could, would you
would you forsake it all — life
to spread wings and fly
Filed under: Photography, 俳句 Tagged: existentialism, haiku, life, love, philosophy, photography, poetry, Senryū, suffering, writing
