0 McCrabby quits ranting... writing

This is not quite the end, but close.  This blog will become much less active, starting today.  For those that have not "gotten" the point, or who have not agreed with, or liked, McCrabby's rants, it seems like Thanksgiving is a good time to wrap it up. You'll have one more thing to be thankful for.

McCrabby has written more than 175 posts over the past two years, approximately one every four days, has gotten 100,000+ readers during that time, and had some fun.  He attempted to help job-seekers, but expanded into common sense issues, or lack-of-common-sense, and it's been fun to read the comments from readers, to get some feedback, to help a few out-of-work folks and basically have a license to write about whatever seemed worthy of writing.







But, while you may see an occasional post in the future, the regularity will be gone, and there are several reasons:

1. While the ideas never seem to run out, we've hit most of the job-search ideas that we wanted to hit, and we don't want to turn this into rants, alone.  We're still willing to help job-searchers, and we even helped a reader this week with her resume and cover letter, but there isn't a lot more to hit (so go back and read some of the old posts).
2. Regarding the rants, it's been interesting how readers interpret satire.  McCrabby has been "accused" of being a left-wing, liberal spendthrift,who shouldn't write about politics, and he's been "accused" of being right-wing, tea-party militia, who shouldn't write about politics.  There is a hint of satisfaction that the opinions are that varied.
3. While writing about the Detroit Police Department, Congressional wrong-doings, questionable legal maneuvering, and other non-common-sense topics is interesting and fun (sometimes), these subjects can become depressing, or at least frustrating.  Only so much tongue-in-cheek can be written about greed, power, and stupidity before the reality of our situation hits home.
4. It's time to quit spending time writing for 150-250 readers per day.  It's fun to have an impact, or to at least know that people are reading what you write, but we had hoped to reach many more people, and a non-sponsored blog isn't the best vehicle for reaching thousands of people.  
5. Upsetting people who don't understand satire upsets this writer, as well.  We don't want to upset people; we just wanted to help a little, and maybe make people think a little, and then maybe give them a smile.  We did some of that, but probably not enough.
6. There is no pay for this effort.  If a newspaper, or some other paying source would like to pick up a column, and offer some compensation for the effort, you'll see more writing.  Short of that happening, there won't be much more.  It takes time to write, and while it is something this writer, and every writer I know, finds enjoyable, and therapeutic, he'll write more privately in the future.

So, if you have been a regular reader, thank you.  If you have been an occasional reader, thank you, too.  If this is the first thing you've ever read here, go back and see some older stuff; we think some of it is pretty good.  And, if you have an idea for something that NEEDS to be written, and you want someone to write it, let us know.

 

Thank you to all.