I found a book on the clearance rack at the university bookstore and I knew I had to buy it. It's called The Lost Blogs, written by Paul Davidson. Each page is a blog post "written" by important people from history - or rather, a blog post they would have written if they blogged back then. Some were funny (Samuel Morse's post was written entirely in dashes and dots) and some I had never heard of (James Naismith, Ed Wood - history was never my strong subject). My favorite blog post in the entire book was the one "written" by Dr. Seuss. I even stole his post title.
I blog at morning,
Midday and noon,
I blog with words,
I blog with tune.
I blog with humor,
I blog to please,
I've never blogged,
For a ton of cheese.
Gouda, cheddar, maybe Swiss,
I'd write and write, so I'd not miss,
A ton of cheese there on my plate,
I'd eat and eat, and then, I'd ate.
The things I blog are not for you,
And not for her, and not for Sue,
And not for James and not for Jen,
And definitely not for Sam the Hen.
The things I blog are every day,
Through February, March, April and May,
The things I blog come quick and fast,
Just so this place, it sure does last.
The things I blog are fun, it's true!
The things I blog are new, for you!
The things I blog are not for grumps,
Or icks or blechs or old tree stumps.
-Dr. Seuss
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I hope you liked today's great rhyming post, I think out of the week I love it the most. Did I mention that next week I'm flying to the coast? Meeting up with friends for a huge big roast.
That doesn't mean the site will be dead. In fact, I hope to still post from my bed. Even if after the roast I feel like lead from all the drinks that went to my head! If so, though, I'll get a med. As always, your comments will be read, even from our favorite e-mailer whose name is Fred, who says he lives in a big ol' shed right near the river where he was bred.
More to come! We'll have more fun! I'm not totally done!
(All I want to add is that my blog is not for grumps or icks or blechs or old tree stumps, either. That's my favorite line in the whole thing. If you comment in Dr. Seuss style, I'll give you a virtual high five. Let's see your hidden talents come out...)
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Oh, the pressure! I just can't do it this early in the morning! Can I fly to the coast with you? Some roast sounds good.
My brain's not up for rhyming right now. But I love your Seuss blog!
I am Jog the frog,
Do you like to blog?
I do not like it Jog the Frog,
I do not like to blog.
Would you do it in the rain,
Would you do it on a train.
Not in the rain, Not on a train, not with a fox, not in a box.
I do not like to blog, I do not like it Jog the Frog.
(I was doing it from memory, so excuse the errors, once I tried it, I liked it, and I will blog in the fog, and on a train and in the rain. I will blog in the dark, with a fox and in a box. I will blog with a mouse and in a house. I will blog here and there, I will blog anywhere!)
Erin traveled far off to the coast,
and did the thing she liked the most,
She laid in bed,
with a pillow by her head,
a blanket that's red,
and her goldfish, Fred,
and her shiny new laptop named "Nickity Ned"
And she blogged and she blogged, how she bloggity blogged.
She blogged about eggshells,
She blogged about feet,
She blogged about turtles
and the snacks that they eat.
She blogged with her fingers and elbows and toes,
And when she was tired she blogged with her nose.
And this is the story of Erin in bed,
enjoying vacation with Nickity Ned.
The End. :)
I hope the trip to the coast goes well,
For as you know, I think you're quite swell,
And as to your book store find,
The concept and posts are just divine!
Enjoy your time away but don't forget
Your bloggy buds would love updates to be sent!
Blessings!~
One blog, two blog,
Red blog, blue blog,
This one is a blogging star,
This one goes a little far,
Say! What a lot of blogs there are!
Yes. Some are red, and some are blue. Some are old, and some are new.
Some are glad. Some are sad. And some are very, very bad.
Why are tehy sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your Dad.
Here is one who likes to post.
She likes to post from the coast.
She posts from the coast while eating roast?
Why is she posting from the coast?
(I really want to know) :)
Hey, I'm just lucky to be commenting in the top ten! Ed Wood was a movie director producer back in the black and white days. He did B horror flicks starring an old and drunk Bela Lugosi (after the heyday of his Dracula days were over). Johnny Depp starred in a movie of his life which I would love to see but it's rated R, so there you go. Just thought that info might make his blog post a bit funnier.
Oh me, oh my I might just die
The last to know where you're to go!
The coast, the coast sounds like the most
What fun you'll have eating shellfish and roast!
The chowder, oh chowders the way to go
It'll be just right for a wonderful tidbit of noon delite!
I have to add that the only parts I wrote were the ones in italics. I didn't write the three paragraphs after the Dr. Seuss signature. I just wrote it exactly how it was in the book. Rhyming has never been my strong suit. This is the comment I would have made if this weren't my blog:
I liked this post
Oh yes I did
I'd really like
to eat a squid.
(I CAN rhyme. I'm just not as poetically talented as many of you are!)
This was a great post. I love Dr. Seuss but I am not creative enough to comment like him--sorry!!
A rhyming post is so divine
Leaves me feeling very fine.
Infact I'll make a day of it
Til husbands says that I'm a twit
Its possibly for him to say
He thinks the bloggin is so gay
He doesn't understand the fun
Hes always on the run run run
ANd now I am just done done done
Blogs! I'll read them everywhere!
In the mountains and from my chair.
And when I dare to move around, I'll even read them underground.
I think you deseve to boast!
What? A trip to the coast.
If I had more time,
I would continue to rhyme.
Have fun!
I'm now done.
I'm so groggy, I need some Mountain Dew
But instead I'll read this refresing blog post from you!
Wow, I suck.
Hand Hand fingers thumb,
It takes all to get the job done
Blogging daily is never a chore
And reading fav blogs are never a bore
I wish you much fun
as you eat roast on the coast
Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum.
Do I get extra points if my name
from a Dr. Suess book came?
I hope so, cuz clearly I can't rhyme like him. But at least I'm not an old tree stump.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, James Naismith invented basketball. Not sure who the other guy is...
I am an old tree stump
Or sometimes just a grump
Does that mean I can not log
Upon your brilliant blog?
Love it Erin
Thanks for sharin
That is the first time Kristina has sucked! lol
I'm better at "If you give a Mouse a Pancake" type stories. Lara's was so brilliant that I can't think of anything that's not a knock-off now.
I got nothin! Loved the post though.
Memes, themes, bloggy dreams
Would you, could you do these things?
Could you do them in a chair
How 'bout in your underwear?
During the night, during the day
Watch the comments come your way!
Blogging is so fun, you see
Don't you want to follow me?
Dr. Seuss would have the most followers in the history of blog!
Loved this post!!!!!
I vote to give Becky the high five - how can I follow that?!
What a fun post Erin! I love all the rhymes:) The book seems like a great find. Hey that rhymed...I was a poet and didn't even know it:)
hahaha, that is funny. I'm tempted to find the book just for that blog.
And I liked your rhyming!
this one has an awesome blog
this one likes to take a jog
a jog a blog a purple frog
zed would like to drink some grog.
You guys are all awesome for rhyming! Erin, this is one of my favorites and just made my friday:) Have fun with your roast on the coast.
i really wish i had the time
to come up with a witty rhyme
but since i'm at work,
i'll just leave quickly leave, after i lurk.
I can not seem to muster up ANYTHING after reading all the talent before me, but I lOVED the post!
I usually LOVE to rhyme...
but I am limited on time
I couldn't think of a post
Thought I was toast
Then I read of your roast on the coast
You inspired my mind
And right now I find
I can write a great post
If to my past I rewind
Thanks for being my friend
And the Dr. Suess you did send
I've got nothing else
So Au revoir and THE END
giggle, that is so cute! I'll have to watch out for that book
Great find!
L♥ve it! Thanks for sharing :)
Blog morning, noon and night
blog until your knuckles are white
blog here and make sure you blog there
blog blog blog anywhere!!
I love this post but not very talented with the rhyme thing. Have a great trip.
Love the rhyme— especially in the last lines of your post. You are so talented.
I'm new to blogging
but like to rhyme.
Your post made me smile,
twas simply divine.
I hope you have fun
on your trip to the coast.
Let us know all about it
by posting a post.
Dr. Seuss or Erin,
I'll never be.
Just wanted the high-five
from you to me!
Best I could do under pressure, and on such short notice!
This post was so very fun to read,
I laughed so hard I almost peed.
But at least my pants I'd not be sogging,
Since I sit on the john to catch up on my blogging.
so I guess I'm a loser. I can think of nothing clever to say...
I have been in a bloggy slump. I loved reading your post- it made me giggle. thanks!
ok I'm no Dr. Suess but I LOVED this post!! Made me smile! You're pretty good at it though!
I got as far as Lara's comment and said, "DANG, that's what I was going to say."
And now I'm too tired to think up something else. But this is so funny. Love it.
That was something else! You're a clever one, you are.
cute post.
funny book.
no rhymes here,
sorry.
Okay, that is beyond cute!
I've come to realize that I need this book right now.
Seriously.
I need something to read at night.
Before I pass out.
I NEED IT MAN.
It looks so funny.
I do not like green eggs and ham,
but Erin's blog is better than spam.
Shazamm!!
(take that for literary prowess)
I'm just not worthy!!!
give me another day, I'll come up with something...
=)
You do not like to blog you say?
Try it! Try it! And you may.
Erin! If you will let me be, I will try it, and you'll see.
Wow. I like to blog!
I do, I do.
I like to blog, Erin-roo!
I will blog inside a house
I will blog about a mouse
I will blog in the train
I will blog about Spain
I will blog with a roast,
I will blog from the coast.
Don't you see??
It's about me.
I like to blog.
I do I do!
I like to blog!
How 'bout you?
You are a rhyming genius. I cannot complete with such levels of achievement. I simply cannot.
However, I can become one of your followers as testament to my love of everything you write. How about that?
-Francesca
I'm fresh out of blogging mojo today. But, I did find this to be humorous! Thanks for the laugh!
(ps - something witty will TOTALLY come to me in the middle of the night and I'll be too tired to wake up and write it down. So, consider this my witty comment...)
Now I want to read that book
It makes me take a second look
Where do I buy it? In a store?
It sounds real fun and it wont bore.
Now Dr. Seuss is really great
I wish he'd take me on a date
so now I will stop rhyming too
and will bid you all adieu.
Sometimes I'm a grump or an ick,
But only when I'm feeling sick.
I can also be a blech, but not that often.
Mostly, just when Aunt Flo comes a knockin'.
Hilarious! You're a poet and didn't know it!
Love it.
Can't rhyme though.
Oh brother! I couldn't rhyme even if I wanted to. I am terrible at writing poems, but you are awesome :) I leave the rhyming to people like you, Dr. Seuss and M.C. Hammer (or Vanilla Ice).
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