Today is day 7/365 in the challenge I committed to last week. Now is probably a good time to set forth a user’s guide. For the very few readers out there, this is meant to prepare you for a constant dearth of good ideas about which to fill the rest of the year.

Cheap Blog Ploys I Will Use as Crutches When I Have No Good Ideas:

1. A photo of somewhere I went during the day with an improbable explanation trying to give it some weight and worthiness as a blog post. I will be reaching. There will be no worth or weight. It is better you know that going in.

2. Review of a new restaurant I try. I might even review a restaurant where I am a regular if I am desperate *and* a shut-in.

3. Talk about a TV show I watched, and when I say “watched” I mean played Bejeweled Blitz while it was on in the background.

4. Post a recipe, probably one I stole from my mom. You might actually thank me for this one. Her BBQ Baked Bean recipe is the only reason I get invited places.

5. “From the Archives” post where I dig up a post I had sometime in the last five years (and recently destroyed) on this here blog. Names may be changed to protect the innocent, but mostly me.

6. Talk about plans I have for the evening, like Karaoke for instance. Is this sounding familiar? It should.

7. “Housekeeping” post where I will talk about my blog itself, the structure, the template, widgets, etc.

8. Any variety of “interview” style quizzes sent to me on Facebook.

9. Boast about my flash game prowess, including cheats and high scores… ad infinitum.

10. Posts exactly like this one. How big of a cheat is *THAT*?!?!

This one goes to eleven.

11. I will entertain requests for random life advice and/or identification of insects from readers. I guess I need to set up an email for that. I will. When I do, I’ll blog about it.

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