Leftovers
I hate it when I find a blog I really like, but trying to sift through the archive system for more blog goodness is harder than trying to put a top hat on that stray cat that scampers around the front steps of your apartment (sigh, someday). So, I’ve decided to build an archive page to alleviate this problem on my own blog. If you look at the upper-right menu, you’ll see a “Leftover” tab, click it and you’ll have easy access to all of my old blog posts. There’s all kinds of neat stuff in there, like a Yeti, a purple block that only communicates through emoticons / punctuation symbols, and quite a few heavily illustrated stories about my childhood. If you’re on the fence about checking it out, would it help knowing that all posts now have 5x the humor and only half the calories of the name brand competitors?
Blog Note / Thank You Note / Me being semi-serious Note:
You guys, ‘Thank you’ doesn’t even begin to explain all the gratitude I have for each and every one of you that ‘liked’, commented, or followed. If I were able to comment back on all the comments I would. But you guys left so many awesome ones that I can’t adequately answer them all and at the same time be able to create content for you guys here on Second Lunch (an AMAZING problem to have). Just know that I read them all! And holy crap do some of you have some real horror stories about roommates. If anyone is keeping score at home, I have shades of The Ghost, with mood swings between The Cleaner and The Slob. Anyway, I promise going forward I’ll be able to engage in a better dialogue with you.
Six seasons and a movie,
Tim
29 Responses to “Leftovers”
Hahaha… I didn’t even add a comment to 5 Types of Roommates cuz there were already so many… but trust me, I read it! Your archive is a great idea. Thanks! (And for the record, we are long past college, but have two roommates… thankfully, they are none of the 5 now, but we suffered through 3 of the 5 in the past… you certainly nailed the types!)
Well, I’m glad you commented on this one then! I’m usually pretty good at getting back to comments, but this time I would have taken me days.
I hope the 3 out of the 5 were all at different times!
[ Smiles ] This is one unique post. I am most impressed!
Thanks, Renard. Stick around, I think you’ll come to see posts like this are the norm around here!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it, I may do something similar when I’m smart enought to figure it all out. :)
Right? The WordPress archives are so clunky and frustrating to use. You should definitely make an archive page! Not hard at all.
hahaha 6 season and a movie! Did you come up with this blog in your Imaginarium?
You know it, Adam. Except for the time being, the “Imaginarium” is currently being used for NBA playoffs.
Forget the menu! I’m having troubles with the Reader… Like no notification of this here post…till now!!! :O
It’s because I post new blogs like a NINJA! But on a serious note, I have no idea why there would be problems, haha.
Seriously, congrats again on your Freshly Pressed status. Am I going to have to start going through your publicist to talk to you?
Thanks Jen! And, yes, you’ll have to talk to my publicist, which isn’t so much a publicist as much as it is a bunny that I’ve dressed up to look like Abe Lincoln.
You DO know how much I love Abe Lincoln…
ABSOLUTELY I DO.
I completely agree. Navigating archives can be frustrating.
I’ve done something similar for my recipes and even broke them up into categories.
It’s terrible on WordPress. So frustrating.
Also, did you do a redesign on your blog recently(see: I’m terrible at keeping up with everyone)? It looks great!
Well slightly. I’ve changed some widgets around and I finally got back into Photoshop and created a basic header that reflects my blog more.
But, my background somehow disappeared and WP is looking into that, so it doesn’t look as it should.
I have been toying with the idea of going for a completely new theme (I tend to get bored after a while), or just creating a custom background…haven’t decided yet.
Thanks for noticing :-)
Sweet! To the archives! *flies*
It’s a bird! It’s a plan! It’s Costeffectivesurvival!
*plays Superman theme song, if only in her head*
Aha…so nice of you to share the problems you encounter…mine is a new blog so hopefully i can start maintaining archives from the very beginning….and thank you for the thank you note…:)
Yes! I highly recommend starting and maintaining your own archives! Thanks checking out my blog!
For the Leftovers page, did you have to link each post to the archive, individually? Or is there a quick way?
I had to link each post individually, but it wasn’t that bad as I didn’t have that many posts to begin with.
Took a long time… :/
But woohoo…
I have an archives page :D
http://wol149.wordpress.com/ye-old-time-capsule/
Thanks for the idea.
Nice! I like how you added the synopsis of each blog post. I did the same for mine. I’ll have to check some of yours out.
Great idea, I always have problems with navigating.
Also, I’ve nominated you for the versatile blogger award!
http://randomandunnewsworthy.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Haha, I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I’ve taken it from other bloggers.
And thanks for the award! I’ll have to check it out.
Oh well, you still did it better, since you have illustrations to accompany you’re implementing the idea.