Declaration:::::

I will never ever ever ever ever ever write a song about Sibby (allusion alert: obscure).

No.  That is not my declaration.  This is my declaration (please hold in your head the silhouette of Scarlet O’Hara, fist held high against the sunset):

Never again will I post somebody else’s stuff on my blog. I don’t care how clever and brilliant and honest – in fact, the better it is, the less I will post it.  Why?  Why?  Because I got more hits for Kathryn than I have EVER gotten on anything I’ve ever written myself.  It’s like somebody posted the link to that thing on the Big Boards at Time Square.  My stats were decimated.  Squashed.  All bloggers know how it is: you hope people read you.  You pant in the desert for comments.  And then suddenly, you get this massive wave of hits and – THEY’RE NOT FOR YOU.  These people don’t even go on to read ME when they’re finished with HER.  And do I want them to?  HOW WOULD I KNOW?  I DON’T KNOW ANY OF THEM.

I feel kind of like I invited somebody for dinner and they brought their entire cell phone network plus a couple of wedding parties and maybe a family reunion along to take over my kitchen. 

So I’m not doing it again.  Ever.

Sheesh.