I know no one will go for a treasure hunt in my archive to verify this fact but it is there. Oh yes, I do have a part 1 if you remember. Why break your head when I have pasted the link everywhere on this page (‘never miss an opportunity to promote your old posts’ – blogging guide? This link will refresh the memory of those who have been kind enough to visit my blog on a regular basis for reasons beyond my comprehension, and remind you how this painful and torturous ride commenced.
When refreshing stat counter yielded nothing other than carpal tunnel syndrome, when one visitor from Ghana and one from Venezuela sporadically stumbled upon my blog and declared observantly “hmmm, website,” when Kareena Kapoor wallpaper gave way to ‘OM’ with a tagline “bhagwan ke ghar der hai andher nehi,” I saw comment notifications (which initially I attributed to acute insomnia-induced hallucination). An entire new feature on wordpress I was introduced to, the title did the trick. Next paragraph please.
Since then whenever I think of a subject for my new post and all I can see is stars, I write a post on blogging. All the first time visitors (if any) are requested not to bookmark this page yet, allow me to clarify first. These posts primarily encompass some preposterous statements coupled with irrelevant images and arbitrary use of the word blogging. Many visited my blog looking at the title and they all left with only one thought, ‘Shouldn’t there be a ban imposed on certain kinds of bloggers?’ Yes, one day bloggers like me will be banned but till then I will continue to derive some sadistic pleasure by tormenting you with posts which will leave you in utter disgust (I am going to repost my poems next. You thought getting readers would be easy, eh?).
Image source – http://www.biztechday.com
Anyway, my previous post took a pounding and it was time for some introspection. That post was ridiculously long, not well-written, and riddled with proofreading errors. In other words, it covered all the bases of writing which recycle bin eagerly waits for (not saying this one has all the making of a classic). I have visited hundreds of blogs and realized that, on an average, the word counts of my posts are 3 times more than any post on other blogs. No wonder I get comments like – “Brilliant post, loved that first paragraph!” Moreover, the quality of my posts is only going downhill and part 2 indicates that I am not only running out of ideas but I am running out of titles as well. But thanks to all my visitors from Ghana, Ukraine, Venezuela, Uganda and few other countries where I am sure my blog is used by ophthalmologists to check their patients’ eyesight, I have crossed that elusive 10,000 mark (yeah, on your right hand side please). You will have blisters on your fingers, your hair will spike up, your eyes will turn square, but you will not be able to locate some of those countries on world map.
By the way, I am sure you have realized that while pretending to be humble I am discreetly telling you exactly what I want you to know. Well, I have done that in the past and will continue to do that. Also you should have guessed it by now that I am just doing some timepass. But usually on Monday or Tuesday I publish a post irrespective of whether I have anything to write about or not. Now the obvious question that should pop up in your mind is – “Did someone put a gun on your head and said you need to have a blog?” Well, when I am yet to establish the reason why I have a blog, it would be little difficult for me to logically explain the rationale behind any activity related to that.
Creative expression 
? Ok ok, stop laughing. The only creativity I can see here is using stolen images from other sites to mask my dismal writing.
Angry outburst? Against whom ? We often come across a statement – “This person is not afraid to voice his/her opinion.” How much courage is required to hide behind a user name and sling mud at people with only statements that are ludicrously far from truth?
Anyway, I guess I am done for today. I was planning to give a lecture before signing off but I have set a word count goal for myself. Doesn’t matter whether I am in the middle of a paragraph or a sentence, I am going to stop right there. So, yeah, that’s it.
Ok, no, listen, one more thing, forgot to tell you that this is an old post. Yeah, done now.
About Debajyoti
Yay, I’m the first to comment, quite the feat nowadays what with all the visitors from Ghana, Uganda and all…
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Let me be the first to congratulate you on the 10,000 views. Bhagwan kare bahut jald the number goes up to a million. I am not sure how many zeros there are in a million hence the non numerical expression. Now I will sign off by giving you the ashirwaad of doodho nahao phoolo phalo
yeah i m losing few visitors with every new post and i m sure i ll be left with visitors from Ghana and Uganda. Thanx a lot for the comment
. Come back and check later, in case i dont get any more comments then may be u have to post one more.
Ahhh Deb, for a friend like you, I can keep checking your site all day long and posting comments
After all what else do great bloggers like us have to do, anyways?
I did love the first paragraph !
And you, Sir, may be kinder to our poor visitors from Kalahari! Slow, but I am picking up the art of NADA, finally ! God bless your art.
hahaha yes i am concentrating more on the first paragraph these days. and we ll always envy ur writing skills coz we know that’s something which we cannot pick up. thanks a lot for the comment
exactly what better reason to write .. nothing to say WRITE about it .. and look what happens
right no mention of UK.. FINE THEN!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont use this blog for what you said ophthalmologists to check their patients’ eyesight, I had to cut paste that as cud not have spelled that word rightly..
congrats on the 10K mark, heres wishing you many many more 10K’s coming from all over .. all the best
i do get such visitors from UK
of course i m not talking about u 
and as far as the spelling is concerned, i type everything on ms word. auto spell check
. my spelling wud shame a 5th grader 
and thank u so much for the comment. every time i see my post in danger, u guys come and save it
Very well deserved 10000 i must say..you are going to shoot up fast i know….now i wonder what is your next topic going to be…..it may be anything but this fine strain of humor i will always enjoy.
thank u so much Indu. Only i know how many of those 10000 actually read my posts
I have few in my D drive. may be its time to use those
brilliant post, loved that first line :-p
I compiled a list of reasons here (http://wp.me/p4BB-eV) on why people start blogging. See if you can use anything from there.
u didn’t even complete one paragraph
sure, i m going to go through this list. let me see if it has an answer to my questions.
[I read the entire post]
It’s easy to go through a post, even if long, if it’s well written and well punctuated. Yours’ certainly qualify
i know u read the entire post, coz i mentioned about the first paragraph thing only in the middle
thank u so much for this lovely comment. at times even i m not sure about the quality of my posts. thanx for the reassurance
Whatever it be, you are funny! And, what’s with Ghana? :O
And that cartoon, epic! And, well, I doubt it is just about photos or expressions, blogging is passion too no?
thank u so much Chintan. yes blogging is about passion as well
Thanx again
That image is just perfect for the post.
I also can’t help telling you that I laughed out loud when I reached the part where you assume Ophthalmologists use this blog to assess their patients’ eyesight. You’re funny.
Really? you think people read your first paragraph and leave? Hey, there are people who read to the very last line, eh
of course, mostly ppl read till the last line. thanx a lot Nambiar. Is it ok if i call u Nambiar or do u have any other name?
You call me Nambiar or D or Divya or anything else. You can nickname me, if you want. I already have a large collection of nicknames.
i ll call u Nambiar
hey i m not able to post comment on ur blog. it was such a long comment
i lost it
Oh well, you manage to be funny while you write about nothing. What more does one need. Specially as a reading chart for eye tests.
thanx Shreya. as long as ppl visit my blog i m happy even if it’s used as a reading chart
thats so funny-love the cartoon strip
thank u so much
Congrats on your 10,000th post. You missed Nigeria and Russia.
there are many other countries which i forgot while writing this post and apologies to all the visitors from those countries.
thank u so much TF.
hilariously entertaining though i am among the forced bloggers who still write when there’s nothing to write.. loved it ! even the last para too
hey thanx Della. yes we r the forced bloggers
and ll continue to write even when we dont have anything to write about.
you introspect your previous posts Deb…cool..i kind of hate doing that…
and hey if you think your blog count is on the downfall .. you must visit my blog, it’s well below ground now, almost DEAD!!!
rahul
where u disappear Rahul. and dont worry about ur blog. as long as we r there, ur blog will rock the blogsphere
thanx a lot for ur comment.
11,286 hits..as I see it
It is always a pleasure to read them, even if I have thousands things to do…just can’t resist it !
aap likho hazaron post, post ke visitors ho pachas hazar !
love your write ups
thank u so much for this lovely comment. and dont worry, u can read my posts whenever u feel like and whenever u have time. thanx again, so my next target is 50.000 right
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100% right !
hahaha. thank u so much
Congrats on 10000!
My contribution is 2 in that , and I read your posts fully. ( Just in case, you think , I read only the comments).
thanx and of course congratulations to u too
. we have managed something at least right? and my next target is 25000 as per ur advice. thank u so much for ur comment and hopefully u ll visit again and this count will increase in future 
Yes I will, and expect you to return the favor. Meanwhile we keep patting each others’ back
for ‘common’ benefit.
absolutely
Ok I got here! Now making the rectification.
hey thank u so much. first comment on this blog
wow!!!!!
Oh was I the first to comment here?? I might’ve read you after you crossed the 10K mark
but better late than never 
hahaha. and there is a new post which u might want to read
Congrats.. 10k hits by no means is a small feat.. Fact or nonsense, I guess all of us started that way at some point but what remains key is that we continue writing.. One does think at times, am I writing for others or myself, but I believe if we start for ourselves first, we gradually improve where others start to notice us, as man by nature will try to improve himself.. Congrats again..
totally agree with u. thanx a lot for this encouraging comment
Hmm, you sometimes land me into a situation where I am forced to be like that animated character on the left – ” I don’t know what I should comment on this post” . Pat comes the reply from the other guy -” Why don’t you comment about that?” So here you go — I really have nothing to comment on this post!!!!!
You rock bro with your humor and I feel you should have been in the marketing industry, they need people who can sell ‘nonsense’ with a punch of humor in it
that’s a huge compliment Arnab. honestly speaking there is nothing one can comment about this post
but still i expect ppl to. thank u so much, i m happy 
It seems like a season of breakthroughs and milestones for you, Debajyoti. Great work. Never fail to be amazed at your writing style that can make for such fun reading. Web traffic tends to snowball, so you might be reaching your next target much sooner than you imagine.
i have moved everything to my new blog so i ll lose all my traffic, page ranks etc
hey thanx subh for this wonderful comment as always
Congratulations on crossing the 1+4 zero mark and my best wishes for reaching 5 zero and then the 6 zero mark, and so on.
PS : (i) This comment is based on the comments you have received so far on this post and not on your post.
(ii) I blog from Mumbai and also read your blog from there only
hehehe it doesn’t matter as long as i can boast about my achievements through my post or via comments
. thats the bottom line
yes u blog from mumbai and read my blog from there, and i wud love to see u continue both
unfortunately my stat will go for a toss as i already moved my blog to a self hosted domain. i might lose this comment as well
Loved the post and especially the first para, about ghana
was hilarious 
hey thank u so much and i need some visitors from other countries as well
thanx again
Would it be ok if I said that your nonsense was a lot better than the sense most bloggers seem to think they have? You wouldn’t count me as one of those people looking for timepass and doing just that by commenting?
I loved your writing style. Unapologetic is the right word. Am putting you on my blogroll.
thank u so much for those kind words
but dont put me on ur blogroll now, i have moved my blog 
. u can put my new blog there 
Oh…see this happens! I put someone on my blogroll after eons and he refuses to let me do it. Ok…taking you off it right now!
coz i m going to delete this blog
. but ll publish a post on my new blog today and may be u can put it there if u want 
. and once again – honored by ur gesture 
thank u
Man.. you are just hilarious. I have complimented your sense of humor time and again and from this post I realize that you wouldn’t mind one more compliment.
It is truly phenomenal how much laughs you provide in every post of yours. If you blog so well on nothing, that shows how much potential you have got. 
And congratulations on the landmarks and the fact that you have such diverse visitors from all around the world. 
As always.. a roller coaster fun ride. I shall book mark your new site. 
so much compliments? i m not used to it
. thank u so much Raj for this wonderful comment as always. and yes plzzzzzzzz visit my new blog whenever u have time. thanks again 
fist time here! enjoyed. Nice work! I loved the way you incorporate humour into your writings!
thank u so much for these encouraging words. but u just subscribed the wrong blog
. i have moved my blog to
Multiple paragraphs on literally nothing?! Whoa! That was awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed it
thanx a lot. i can write multiple pages on nothing but ppl wont read them
thank u so much and now i have to manually move this comment to my new blog coz i want to keep all my comments
i am too late to comment i guess..frankly the quid pro quo is one reason why i decided to read every word..yes it was long..just like mine..i loved reading it all and did all what sometimes we refer to as lol-ing or rofl-ing…lmao-ing (i almost forgot this one)
it was a fun read and it was seriously what i call “laffaazzi”..keep rocking
had to move this comment manually from my old blog. dont want to lose a single comment.
thank u so much. by the way, this was my shortest post
. and i loved ur blog and hope to see lots of comments there soon 
what that thing that brings us back to check on our own comment…
i personally don’t feel any post is long or short…as long as you are not making money, you are free
even i go back and check my comments. my future visit to any blog depends on that
yes, even i don’t mind reading long posts as long as they are written well. thanx for the second comment
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oh yes, my blog is a favourite too amongst people from Ghana and Uganda, though they aren’t leaving any comment..:-)
congrats on the 10000 views..:-) Loved the humour in the post.
thank u so much. well i m losing visitors very quickly and ll be left with visitors from Ghana and Uganda.
thank u so much for the comment.
As usual a Debs post – full of laughs! Great middle paragraph
(Now you can’t say that I read only the first para or the last para 
) You belong to that set of bloggers who give me a strong inferiority complex – since I too purport to write humor. Despite that you make me enjoy your post – now how good is that for writing skills!
Only 10000 views Debs? I think something is wrong with the stat counter!
thank you so much and it is really difficult to find someone who reads middle paragraphs
. i have been trying to write something cool for past 7 days and couldn’t come up with anything 
, hence resubmitted this old one, and you write those ROFL posts in two hours. would you still praise my writing skills 
Oops! I suppose that 10k was as of Feb or so
hahaha, yes Suresh, it was as of Feb. then i moved everything (10 posts
) to this self hosted blog and unfortunately, this one doesn’t have a statcounter 
I read it again and enjoyed every bit of the post all over again.
because you didn’t realize that it’s an old post which you already read, hahahaha. just kidding, thanks for the comment, i need lots of them
Your self-deprecatory brand of humour is something that very few in the blogworld can match. And the gist of comments above is that it is great that you’ve crossed 10K mark. That’s a clever promotion to ophthalmologists in non-English speaking countries
. The cartoon is very apt! And yes, the third last paragraph was quite informative!
hahaha, remember i told you that i agree with almost everything that you write and hence i agree with you here as well
it’s an old post (thank god you didn’t notice otherwise you wouldn’t have read it). i don’t have a statcounter here on this blog.
yes, i try to put as much information as possible in my posts. i am very informative
As they say good writers can make a non-existing topic interesting. And no wonder you have got 10,000 + views.
Keep writing
thank you so much Sumeetha!! i need more pageviews, more comments, more votes hahaha, i am very greedy.
…old wine in new bottle has become headier Deb
…age cannot wither you nor custom stale…
thanks a lot Amit! these days i hardly get time to write anything, so i am going to put more old wine in new bottles
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Hey Deb, New to your blog. You certainly know how to make best out of waste;) Very well written. Thanks for visiting my blog (though, by now, I know you didn’t read my post but comments only! hahaha…)!
thank you so much Meenakshi!! my posts are all waste because seriously i don’t know what to write about
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no i did read your post. i enjoy reading poetry but cannot find appropriate words to comment. but from now on i am going to comment on your posts even thought i am sure, it won’t make any sense
back with a golden oldie…nice
thank you so much!!