WHO *READS* THIS STUFF? YOU?

It turns out that there is a whole world out there full of people blogging their hands into carpal tunnel Hell. There are popular blogs, important blogs, blogs that make money, blogs sold by one outfit to another...
I had no clue. Where have I been?
This blog is the opposite of all of that. It makes no money, it's hardly popular, certainly not important, and virtually no one knows it exists. Not that you're no one, but in terms of readers, in the aggregate, you are way, way under the radar.
This blog does not advertise, no one who molds public opinion reads it on a daily basis (a good thing too, as I certainly don't modify it on a daily basis) and I can't imagine why anyone who didn't know some member of our tribe would have the slightest interest in its content.
This blog is written for you, you very few, who have been alerted to its existence. You are a more elite band than even the US Senate, which has been called the World's Most Exclusive Club, as they number a hundred and you do not.
I find it mystifying why anyone who didn't know someone would bother with reading his or her blog. It's painful enough reading anything on a computer screen, and for me, at least, the payoff has to be pretty good.
I hope for you the payoff is worth it. But if it weren't, you wouldn't be reading this, so it must be. And I am grateful for that.