My Wife’s Pity
by rsbakker
A big fat THANKS for everyone who helped this address go viral. I went from zero to thousand-hit hero in the space of 24 hours. Privacy – then poof!
Publicity does have consequences. So as I’m dropping my wife off for work, she says, “I feel sorry for you and your blog.”
“Why?” I ask.
“Because you’re so honest about your feelings. I mean, if I was someone who didn’t know you, I think I’d think you need therapy.”
And so I find myself inducted into the world o’ blogging. A place where honesty doesn’t so much bite, as nibbles, and nibbles, and nibbles. A place of pure surface, and all the corresponding imperatives to look your best.
Leave it to your wife to remind you forgot to shave and tuck your shirt in!
Okay. So I’m still trying to figure this all out, while in the midst of doing the final rewrite of The White-Luck Warrior. I don’t know how to change that stupid tagline, for instance. I’m still confused on how to easily approve all the comments that are made. I already feel the itch of accumulated obligations.
And my baby girl is grunting like a reptile in the background…
Have I mentioned that I suffer from organizational dyslexia?
Three Pound Brain 
Change the tagline, eh?
Log into your admin panel, click settings, which should take you to the general settings page, otherwise click general after clicking settings.
There’s an option there to change the tagline, you can simply remove it if you don’t want one.
As far as comments, it should be as simple as installing the Askismet plugin and letting that do all the approval work.
Awesome Jacques! I’ll check it out.
I’m happy to help you out if you’ve got any further questions about WordPress Scott.
There’s also a way of approving comments made by users that have already been approved, that way it’s less work for you once someone’s already left a comment that you’ve approved.
You just need to go to the Discussion tab under the Settings area and make sure “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” is ticked.
Bah! You remember that 80s song, “She Blinded Me with Science”? All you have to do is “He Baffled Them with Philosophy” and most of the curious onlookers will go away, since the more esoteric (read: the more personal or at least to the heart of the matter) the blog entries are, the fewer comments (always the case when I post something approaching a critical commentary).
I wouldn’t worry about things so much, but then again, you know how I’m like to a larger degree than virtually everyone who’s ever interacted with my comments online.
Didn’t know you had a baby girl – how time has flown by! Very belated congrats on you being a father!
And as for obligations, well, this is so minor of an obligation compared to the things you love most. Those are the best and yet most demanding of obligations, no? 😀
It was inevitable that word would travel. Still, it’s nice (as a fan) to read an author’s thought-process outside the context of the novels.
Congrats on the daughter!
Thanks, Ian. Hands down, the biggest most transformative thing that has happened in my life.
My wife and I just had a baby girl 2 months ago, so I know exactely how you feel. I’ve never been happier in my entire life.
(well, until White-luck falls into my hands next year… hehe 😉
I can’t explain how thrilled I was when I heard about this blog. You’re a great author, but also a great thinker (at least I get that impression from your books), so getting a more-or-less unfiltered access to your thoughts and music is pretty exciting.
Give me time!
Uh, thoughts and MUSINGS, not music. Damn brain.
tired of waiting…
i know it probably seems moot at this point, since there are only 11 comments on this post, but you could always hire an assistant to review and approve/reject. GRRM always talks about how his assistant is a saving grace, especially when he’s abroad.
George, unfortunately, enjoys a much better tax bracket!
you’re not loaded? … well there goes my plea for a hand-out