Since I’m still working on my happiness eBook, I am still looking for comments on what makes you happy.

If you want to leave a comment for consideration for possible inclusion in the eBook, please leave a comment on this post. And, by “this post” I do not mean the post you are currently reading, which is this post, but this post from earlier this month.

Everybody clear? That’s the “Happy Mantis” post, not this post, but this post.

So, if you’re happy and you know why, leave a comment. If you’re happy and you know why, leave a comment. If you’re happy and you know why, and you really want to share it, if you’re happy and you know why, leave a comment!

Blogs don’t seem to be getting as many comments as they used to. I’m not just talking about mine, but other blogs I visited as well. Commenting seems to be down.

Maybe it’s become harder to come up with something to say. In good times, we all have opinions on, well, darn near everything. Our favorite TV show gets cancelled, and we’re miserable. Nowadays, who cares about a TV show when we’re trying to figure out how to pay our bills or deciding which bills will get paid this month?

Blog traffic is down too, probably for the same reasons. Who cares about reading a blog when you’ve got more important things to do, like digging through your cushions looking for change?

There are some people that think economic woes in the economy won’t affect the Internet. With the low-cost of starting and running a web business, there’s no better place to be than online! You don’t have all the headaches and costs associated with running a bricks and mortar store. You just have a website. Maybe it costs you $10 a month. Maybe it costs you $50 a month. Either way, that’s a far cry from the hundreds or thousands of dollars renting a store space would cost you.

Then again, you have to consider that, when money gets tight and people start cutting down all the expenses they can, how certain are you that people will continue their Internet access? People need food. People need water. Many will want to keep their electricity too. Internet? Where will that fall in their budget? Necessary? Or something they can drop to save money?

Maybe newsletters will be big again. Instead of writing on our blogs, we’ll type up our thoughts once a month, print them out, fold them up, and put stamps on them. It could happen. Too expensive, you say? Well, if your subscribers’ eMail addresses start bouncing back message because the address is no more, what choice will you have to keep in contact?

Get ready for the post-Internet economy because, with hard times getting even harder, it’s no longer a sure thing that more and more people will go online. It might be the other way around.

I have two blogs that have the Top Commentator spots wide open. At this point, all you need to do is leave a single comment and one of those five spots is yours for the taking.

Stop Looking Your Age dot Com is a blog with anti-aging information to help you keep looking young no matter how old you may be. I’m a couple posts behind on that one, but I’ll have a new post soon. In the meantime, there are plenty of posts waiting for your comments.

Weight Loss Assistance Center dot Com is a blog with weight loss information. This one is updated daily, so there is always something new over there to comment on.

Weight Loss Assistance Center dot Com gets more visitors, but both blogs get traffic, so you can get free exposure for your own blog just by leaving a comment. And, even if you don’t get any traffic as a result of it, you’ll still be getting a linkback.

So, turn on your chatterboxes and leave some comments! Thanks!

Everyone, well, okay, maybe not everyone, is looking for more traffic to their blogs. Many of us want more readers, more subscribers, more, more, more… But, how do we get more? Well, I scoured the Internet for you today, and here are a few links to help you out.

10 Ways to Attract More Visitors to Your Blog: Here are some good tips, especially for new bloggers that don’t know how to get started promoting their blog.

Advanced Web Site Traffic Strategies: Maybe not too advanced, but still valuable information. Again, this will be good for new bloggers.

Increase Traffic Top Tip #92: Content! With all the other strategies that get discussed and tried, creating good, quality content to begin with should always be your first step.

13 Ways to Promote Your Next Blog Post: You could apply many of these to new articles on a regular website as well.

This one’s a little off the topic, but still important: Has Google started purging blogs from its search results? It’s probably too early to make draw any conclusions, but this is certainly something to keep an eye on.

Here’s what you’ve missed this week (or so) if you been living in a cave without Internet access.

Teeni’s friend BD launched a merciless attack against me. But, don’t worry. I’m keeping a list, and my minions (yes, that means you) will be coming up with ways to retaliate against them all. Every last one of them!

Bobby and Michelle both remembered 9-11.

John Chow launched the redesign of his blog with a new, boring, impersonal theme.

Michael Kwan waited, and waited some more, for a delivery.

Lewis and Joanne have both disappeared.

You know, I’m pretty sure that I have the best weight loss site on the Internet that no one’s reading.

Rolando feels teased by fall. Earlier this year, he did some remodeling. If you decide to do some remodeling, you might want to look into adding some beautiful sconces for lighting or a new fireplace.

Most kids are back to school now and, if you were at a loss for how to find the right book bags, you should have looked here to find the best book bags for school.

Doug has some good friends.

Andy Crofford wrote about search engine marketing. Meanwhile, I’ve been going batty trying to figure out why ads won’t show up on Thrifty Net Marketing dot Com. The code is right, the plugin is working, but no ads. I’ve run out of ideas, short of nuking the blog and starting all over.

Betshopboy had a moving experience.

JD claims to be moving, to avoid a little itty bitty mouse. If you ever decide to move, make sure your new home has a cool doorbell.

Deborah will stumble for you this weekend. Thanks, now I won’t be able to get this song out of my head.

Pete suggests his daughter has a mechanical mind and he still plays with Legos.

Beth is drowning in books. That’s one benefit of eBooks–they don’t take up as much physical space!

JoanHarvest doesn’t understand.

Awake in Rochester awarded me. Hmm. That didn’t come out quite right. Anyway, thanks!

Mike has been busy on his travels. Maybe someday he should try living the beach life now!

Speedcat has issues with squirrels.

Meleah Rebeccah’s mother has restroom bathroom issues. By the way, if your bathroom could use a fresher scent, you might want to consider using some reed diffusers for a more positive fragrant experience.

Jon finally put up a new photo but it’s a sad one.

Chanya doesn’t have Photoshop.

ChrisBlogging has a contest where you can win free business cards. There will be three winners, so if you’re not among them, here’s where you can go for free business card advice.

Jeanne starts a war of the words.

David talks about lies. Or was he lying?

Terence sets new goals.

Finally, have you ever been curious about wash detergent?

Oops. Guess I missed it. Never even thought about it! I think it’s the first I’ve missed in a long time.

Sorry. Can’t think of anything else to write today. So, here’s a picture of ivy with fairies or fireflies or something. Use your imagination. Thanks.

Over the weekend, I revealed what had happened to Teeni’s meez.

Subsequent to that, Teeni has declared war.

I didn’t plan for my Presidential campaign to begin with a war, but such as it is. Apparently, I am now a war-time Presidential candidate.

As part of her war campaign, Teeni has recruited her minions to attack my avatar. Just look at the war crimes they have committed here and here.

Well, I have minions too, and I know that you are prepared to strike back! Everyone who has sided with Teeni ought to be prepared for retaliation! You are with me, or you are against me, right?

Okay, I don’t have an actual plan yet, and that’s where I am asking you, my minions, to come up with one. Comments are open! Speak up and present your war plans!

Almost three months ago, I had problems with Thunderbird. It would just fail to connect to the SMTP server, so I couldn’t send eMail. No problems receiving.

After going through a bunch of hoops doing things that was recommended on the Thunderbird support forums, plus everything else I could think of, Thunderbird continued to be unable to send mail.

Finally, for no apparent reason whatsoever, it started working again. And, it’s been running smoothly ever since.

Until today.

Today, the mail application which I shall henceforth refer to as Thunderfail has done it again! I cannot send mail, though I can receive mail, just like before.

Just like before, the mail server is fine.

Just like before, other eMail programs can send through the same server, from the same computer Thunderfail is on.

Can anyone recommend a good mail client program for the Mac? I don’t like Mail. Preferably, I’d like something just like Thunderfail, except that it would be able to send mail and not lose that ability for no apparent reason.

Just a quick reminder that I am still looking for comments on happiness on my “Happy Mantis” post from Wednesday.

Hop on over to that post for details and to leave your comment. If you have an inspiring quote from someone, feel free to share that too.

Stay tuned later in the day for Teeni’s disaster video. So, until then, think happy thoughts and share them!

I’ll also see what other backlogged blog projects I can post today too.

Oh, and in the category of things that don’t make you smile, some spammer tried to hijack Michelle’s spot in the Top Commentators sidebar. I wish that flaw would get fixed. Anyway, their link was up for maybe an hour or so. The thing is, though, that their link didn’t work. Or, their website was down or something.

You have to keep your eye out for those imposters. They use the name of one of your Top Commentators and their own link. Even if their comment goes into moderation, the plugin will grab the URL and use it.

Anyway, back to happy thoughts, like deleting those comments. And relishing the fact that their link didn’t work.