Old folks and Blog fears

First, the Old Folks. Last night I worked a banquet for a church group of around 50 people. The average age of our guests HAD to be at least 70 so I knew we were in for an interesting evening.

My co-worker and I were manning the drinks when we noticed a gentleman slowly totter by gingerly carrying two mugs of coffee. Well, he THOUGHT he was carrying two mugs of coffee. He was actually carrying two coffee mugs up-side-down. The poor thing grabbed them from the tray next to the coffee machine (they are stored upside down) and proceeded to fill them, only he didn't really fill them since they were bottoms-up. What he thought were full mugs were mearly upside down mugs with a little bit of coffee sloshing around in the little well on the bottom. He had no clue until he reached his table another (younger) gentleman took the mugs from him and explained what he'd done. The younger gentleman kindly filled the mugs properly and took them back to the table. I certainly hope the old guy didn't drive.

The co-worker and I giggled a bit but only because we know full well that in 20 or 30 years that will be us.

I wondered aloud if there was coffee all over the machine and floor but neither of us had an opportunity to run out and check. The facility director came in just minutes later to grab a towel and announced that there was indeed 'coffee all over the place' so our suspicions were true. The poor thing. It is hell getting old.

Now, the Blog Fears. I just read a post on one of my two favorite foodie blogs (www.amateurgourmet.com) regarding bland, boring posts with bad writing and no pictures. "Oh no!" I thought. "AG found my blog and is publicly trashing it!" I highly doubt he has found this pathetic spot, but it got me thinking.

I'm not blogging entirely for the enjoyment or entertainment of others. I like writing and everyone once in a while something funny or wacky does happen to me and I want to share my thoughts about them. I don't know if I can be as open yet anonymous as the author of my other favority foodie blog, www.thefoodwhore.com. She is HILARIOUS. She shares intimate details of her life as a restaurant owner and caterer. She doesn't divulge her business name or her own name, but I know she's in the Northwest. I'm assuming there is a high concentration of nutso people in the Northwest because she has some incredible stories about rudeness, bridezillas and general idiotic behavior from customers and clients. She doesn't post many pictures but her site is asthetically pleasing and the posts are always entertaining or insightful.

So, do I want to be wildly popular with thousands of readers and more comments and emails then I could ever read in my lifetime? No. Do I want a few loyal fans and the pleasure I get from writing. Yes. Yes, I do.

I'll work on jazzing up the site and maybe someday I'll be bold enough to ask AG and FW to add my link to their sites.