Clown Ops, a blog written by a globe-trotting friend of a friend (and frequent commenter here at SaM), closed up shop this weekend. I enjoyed ‘Mr. Jinxy’s’ stories of his travels but I was always impressed with how he was always blogging. The dude was a machine. He says:
“After much discussion in this household I’ve decided to shut down Clown Ops.
Foremost among the reasons why I’ve decided to do this is because I have grown increasingly annoyed with the amount of time I’ve found myself devoting to it.
At first I thought it’d be just a humorous way to keep my wide scattered friends apprised of my various adventures.
Increasingly, however, I have found myself whiling away precious time slumped over my laptop revising with excruciating exactness a post until it sounded and read precisely what I meant to say.
There are so many other things in this world that I enjoy doing that the burden of keeping this weblog constantly updated with fresh and comical additions has become a millstone which I now wish to shed.”
I can totally understand the “burden” he’s talking about. I figure, and I assume Jinxy agrees, that if people are going to bother to go by your site you should give them a reason to be there. Cheers, Jinxy. Good luck and stay safe.
Mister Jinxy | 01-Jun-05 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Thanks, Mike.
I appreciate the kind words.
It really got to be too much and was causing a lot of unnecessary tension, so I let it go.
I feel much better, though I miss it.
In the future when I do some real traveling I am thinking of doing a Son Of Clown Ops blog that will have pics and commentary.
Who knows, it might already be in the works…