The One About... The Triumphant Return Of The One About...!

It's Baaaack!

When I started this blog over two years ago I was living in an old mining company house enduring one of the worst winters ever. I was trying to live as cheaply as possible because of the impending move to Texas. So I didn't do a lot of movie going, book buying, etc. I felt fairly out of the loop with actually getting to experience entertainment related things. Plus with the impending exit from the Whitehouse of Bush jr. I was feeling a resurgence of interest in politics.

So this blog quickly went from a fairly broad blog covering entertainment, and pop culture, and art, and science, and literature, as well as politics, to pretty much exclusively politics.

Meanwhile, even though I've never really had any illusions about making money with my blog I did want people to read it. So I signed up for every possible referral service, and also used several traffic exchange programs.

This all worked for a time. But then between the move, and my wife's mother dying from cancer, and getting a job etc etc etc I got more than a little bit burned out.

For a while the burnout was near total and I just didn't blog at all. Then for the last year I've tried to get back into it. But I kept trying to re-invent the wheel. Trying scheme after scheme. And then last week I realized something.

I'm bored. (To read the full article click Here)

Don't get me wrong I love my blog. And to be honest I do love writing about politics (okay "love" might not be the right word but I think you understand what I mean). But I am also a comic book geek, and a TV geek, and a movie geek, and on and on and on. So I thought it over and decided that it was time to take this blog back to its roots. To make it about more than just politics.

So here's the thing. The fundamental mission of The One About... has not changed and will never change. My goal is to offer a fresh perspective on things. To take a topic that everyone is talking about and hopefully say something that no one else (or almost no one else) is saying. In short, "Not more of 'that'".

Now besides a change in focus I have also made some changes to the blogs design. The main layout is largely the same, but I have tweaked the sidebar extensively. I've gotten rid of a lot of the clutter. Also I've tried to group things in what I think is a logical way.

There are a few options that I'm really excited to offer and I wanted to draw your attention to, because I think they make this blog a little different from a lot of what's out there.

One of my favorites is under the heading The One About... Turning This Blog Into A Podcast. It's powered by Odiogo. If one wanted to listen to a very excellent text to speech translation on the site there is a button on each post. But if you click the button on the sidebar it will take you to a list of options for podcasting this blog. So if you are someone who prefers to listen rather than read, you can easily add The One About... to your podcast line up.

Another feature I'm very excited about is The One About...'s Facebook page which can be liked from a sidebar widget, plus there is a link to the page. Check it out and you will get to see special content exclusive to the Facebook page. Including behind the scenes information about each article.

I am really looking forward to sharing the new The One About... with you all. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy bringing it to you.

Keep The Faith My Brothers And Sisters!

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