Bruce's Journal: Reflections on Bruce's Journal as it Approaches 4000 Entries Since October 2005

Monday, March 16, 2020

Reflections on Bruce's Journal as it Approaches 4000 Entries Since October 2005

I am approaching entry #4000 of a blog that started on October 15, 2005 and just kept on going. That article was a very short description about a football game at Hofstra University. Most of my entries have been much longer than that. I guess if an article is too long some people may not read it. I can’t give a reason for keeping on writing it. I am never certain of the impact that to made on people over 14+ years. I am aware of a few regular readers, but it has gotten close to 600,000 hits worldwide. Perhaps some people look at an entry and think that I am a nut. Medical issues and very personal topics are never included. Anyone can read what I put on the Internet, so I need to be careful. Once I got in trouble when a pompous professor from Texas objected to something I wrote. I usually write two entries in three days. I had two companion blogs that I stopped after I retired in December 2017.

I can categorize my entries as follows:

New York Mets
Baseball (general)
Sporting events that I attended
Radio Broadcasting
Bob Dylan
Oldies music including Youtube videos of songs
Museum visits
Movies (I only critique a few movies that saw)
Family activities including vacations
Autobiographical entries
Random Comments of the Day

I thought that I should look back at some of the significant entries that I have written over the years.

Remembering Alan Berman - I was friends with him from 2006 until his tragic death in June 2013. This entry traced many of the events of our 7-year friendship.
Remembering Lou Mintz of NYPL - His son Gary found this entry and contacted me. I joined his New York Giants (Baseball) Preservation Society
Bruce the Mets Fan From Day 1 – and the rest is history
Bruce, the Bob Dylan Fan – this was written in 2006. Much has happened since then
I’m Not There and Don’ Look Back – Two Dylan Movies with significance for me - why I didn’t return to my former employer.
Final Thought as a Retire and Leave the Profession of Librarianship – this was the final entry of my companion professional blog.
It seems that out of sight out of mind supersedes keeping in touch - My frustration with my inability to keep in touch with former colleagues
Trying to Remember the Early Days Growing Up in Rego Park
Reminiscing about my New Brunswick Days – Part 1
Reminiscing about my New Brunswick Days – Part 2
My 44-Year Journey Ends on My Terms

Bruce’s Journal is run on a platform called Blogger provided by Google. It provides me with the list of the postings with the most hits. Here are the top ten, many of which I don’t understand why they got so many hits:

TGIF - this is a very short posting done on March 26, 2010. I just can’t understand why it got so many hits.
The Tale of the Two-Dollar Bill – April 14, 2011 – I received a two-dollar bill and donated it to the local public library
Jeopardy and the Two-Dollar Bill - November 22, 2011 – there was an answer on Jeopardy that required knowing that a president was on a two-dollar bill. I thought there were better posts about Jeopardy that deserved more hits.
Congratulations to the Beach Boys on their 50^th anniversary – December 31, 2011
Jason Keller, Jeopardy Superstar- December 27, 2011
Mark Simone leaves WABC for WOR – January 3, 2013 Mark Simone became persona non grata as far as I’m concerned.
Bob Dylan – Forever Young – 50 Years of Song -Life Magazine - February 23, 2012 – I think there are more significant posts about Dylan that should have received more hits.
Another Afternoon at CW Post – November 7, 2009 – About a football game there. I don’t understand why it got so many hits.
WABC Rewound is Gone - April 29 2010 – At this point WABC Rewound was no longer heard on 770 AM. It is still heard yearly on Memorial Day on internet radio.
More Tsuris for the Mets – March 18, 2011 – Tsuris means aggravation. This post discusses problems the Mets’ owners faced as a result of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.