The A to Z challenge 2012 Alphabetically

So reflecting on the “A to Z” in a mildly philosophical way with knowing nods and an authoritarian wooden pointer to point at things, giving me the grand illusion that I know what I talking about. I will say it was much more demanding than I anticipated and I guess I can only blame myself for that, firstly I did a practice run during March which meant I ended up with 52 posts not 26. Then in doing the practice I came up with a theme (idea) that was in the end rather more stressful than I could have guessed. Maybe if I was a clever intellectual with a huge knowledge of words at my disposal it would have been easier but I am not, just an ordinary chap in the rural hills of Great Britain keeping my head down and trying to earn an honest crust, who likes blogging. I am also the world’s worse typist and can not spell, relying on my old (very old) faithful PC to correct me, it sulks though and sometimes sneaks words in I don’t want. As it happens so does my brain, why do brains do that, very odd.

I have found a couple of new blogs to follow although I think the A to Z probably distorts blogs a bit and it will be a few weeks yet to see how they pan out long term. And I have gained a few more followers which is good I think. I do worry about that because my blog is OK; mmmm slightly strange and definitely biased towards British humour rather than international, but it is at the end of the day a gentle tale, and I worry about someone following and posting comments that might change its overall feel. Mind you I get more page views from Russia than anywhere else in the world these days but I have always tried to add the odd link to Russia in the story from time to time, for absolutely no reason at all.  Still can you understand my diary back in Russia?

One thing I noticed is that a very small number of people seem to be following hundreds of the A to Z blogs now and so I cant help but think this is just a slightly cynical  way of increasing their own blogs traffic and page views. And I noticed one of two blogs were purely interested in self promotion, one I came across had blatantly joined the A to Z just as a way to flog stuff, I’m sure that is not the idea of it.

So in short I think I enjoyed it and I hope one or two enjoyed finding my humble blog and as for next year well if I do it again it will not be in the same way as this year. I was pleased with Z as I managed to make reference to all the other letters within the context of my tale.

Many thanks to those loyal followers I have and to those of you who just enjoy blogging with no underlying agenda.  

I will try and add a few more links to favourite blogs  in the next couple of days. Otherwise please note they are listed at the bottom of the this post....... I only follow really good blogs so they are worth a look at.
   

The A to Z challenge 2012 posts of Rob Z Tobor 

A..... An ATOMIC ANT ANTHROPOMORPHIC ARMAGEDDON ANDROID'

B.... Burning Bilberry Bushes, Biodiversity and Banshees 

C..... Catching the Carnivorous Cave Crab of Cambodia

D..... The Demented DeadlyDormice of Doom

E.....The Ecological Elliptical Earth Engine 

F.....The Franciscan Friars, TheFishermen and the Flamingo.

G.....The GUILD of GROTESQUES AND GARGOYLES

G.....The GUILD of GROTESQUESand GARGOYLES. (Part two)

H.....The Ghost of HARRY HOUDINIwearing a HOMBURG HAT

I......The IMPLUSABLE IMPLODINGINTERLECTIAL and one too many at the ISOBAR

J.....The legendary JURASSIC JIGANTICIUS JOLLISCARYIUS (PartTwo)

K.....King Kong and the King of the Kelpies

L......Liquorish liquors, lagerand Liebfraumilch, the Lap Dancer and the LLama

M.....The MYSTERIOUS MUMBLINGMUTANT MONSTERS of MESOPOTAMIA

A to M Abridged...My Entire A to M so Far (Abridged)....

 O.....An OBSCURE RussianOLIGARCH, OWLS and Harry ***** Potter

P.....The Famous Architecture ofthe PERPLEXED PINEAPPLE PAGODA of PERSIA

Q.....QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK........... ..... .... Quack ....... Quack

R.....RUMPELSTILTSKIN and thePirate ROOK

S.....STEVEN SPIELBERG and theSEA SERPENT

S.....The SUN on SUNDAY theletter S (part2)

T.....T stands for the film re-enactment of Mutiny on the Bounty?

U.....The UNDEAD in theUNDERPASS

V.....The VENOMOUS VOODOOVAMPIRE VULTURES

W.....The Werewolf Waving Whale parts in Wales

X.....Do you suffer fromXENODOCHEIONOLOGY.........

Y.....Professor YAFFLE, the dogand the YORSH

Z.....Steven Spielberg, James Bond and the destruction ofthe world. A to Z

I would like to thank all for reading these at the time and hope you enjoyed them





These are the practice A to Z challenge attempts made during the month of March, bearing in mind I was starting with a blank mind and I write all my posts on the evening of the day in question  


A to D were the early unsure what do I do things 
A Theinfinite space of cyberspace.... And the "A to Z Challenge 2012" aPre-Amble

B Thelast day of Napoleon Beelzebub's Very Strange Victorian Curiosity Shop


C The Anti-Being of each person as calculated in abrilliant new mathematical theory.

D Politics, President Vladimir Putin, War Crimes and Syria and dams


By now  E a plan was starting to take shape and from here on  things will follow the same format in the great A to Z challenge  
E How not to do the Letter E in the A to Z boggingChallenge 2012 involving Explosives


F F but not the F word and FROMAGE FRAIS ice-cream

G Ghouls, Ghosts and Garden Gnomes and a cheese sandwich

H Hieroglyphics and the Headless Horseman and a Hobbitat Halloween with a Handbag on a Helter-Skelter

 I Irritating Insects and an Interrogated IcelandicIguana in an Igloo

 J The legendary JURASSIC JIGANTICIUS JOLLISCARYIUS and aJaguar XJ12 cabriolet Automatic

 K You cant run fast wearing a KANGAROO outfit and aKIMONO

L LEMONADE and a LATTÉ and LEMMINGS in LEOTARDS. 

M A Monstrous Mechanical Metal Moaning Martian Monster andthe Mouse trap

N Nitroglycerine, narcotics and a fried Nightingale

 O The OsloOcarina Orchestral Ensemble, a Octagon Obelisk and Orienteering

 P The Poisonous Peruvian Puff Pigeons and the PinkPullover

 Q The Queen, Quasimodo, Don Quixote and Quatermassplaying Quoits

 R The Three R's; Reading Writing and Arithmetic.......... WHAT?

 S Starfish SandwichSpread, Saffron and the Smoke Bomb

T How to plot a TRAPEZOIDAL TANGENTIAL TRIANGULAR route on a map and the Chinese Takeaway

 U The Undead, Vampires and a gang of Unscrupulous LittleOld Ladies

 V VERBS, VOWELS and a VENTRILOQUIST VAMPIRE

 W The Werewolf and the Warthog, Walking in the Woods

 X XANTHOCHROISM and an X (rayed) Parrot

 Y Y Yesterday Why today and Y not a Yeti in Yarrow witha Yucca

 Z James Bond and the Zombies of Zanzibar in the Zoological Gardens