I’m letting you all down.

I’ve spent most of this month not posting anything on my blog. I’m sorry.

There are several factors involved in this total lack of hippy participation this month, some I’ll share with you, others I will keep to myself.

I’ve been overrun by spam of late; comment spam. At its peak, I was receiving over 300 comments daily, all linked to online poker or penis-pill websites. Fucking delightful! Each spam comment would generate an email to me, alerting me to the new comment. It was a real drag.

Comments are now, effectively turned off. You need to be registered to leave comments, only there is no way to register. It’s a catch-22 aimed at foiling these nasty pieces of shit who want free advertising on my site!

I recently read an article, which explained that spammed comments are left by living human beings, so they can type the weird letters into the box to prove they are not machines. Because broadband and labour are now so cheap and computer knowledge is so wide-spread in so many faraway places, it’s easier to pay someone to do the spamming for you.

Pretty soon, they’ll be outsourcing my blog to India and you’ll be reading my replacement, the newdelhihippy. Progress marches forward, so watch out fuckers, your job will be next!

I did nearly finish a lengthy entry on my own personal xmas memories, but never got around to finishing it. Xmas has come and gone now, so it’s too late to post it. I’m going to save it for next year.

I also haven’t been around, because I’ve been working loads and most of my December shifts were clustered into the second half of the month. I’ve been choosing sleep over blogging. Again, sorry, but I’m still tired and could use even more sleep!

These days, I’m always tired. I think its old age catching up to me. I don’t bounce back like I used to. Maybe I just need more sleep. I don’t know, but I dream of spending 24 hours in bed, just to put some zzzzzzz’s on account.

That’s never going to happen.

It’s not just the hippy I’ve been neglecting, I’ve got other projects that haven’t had enough of my time. After the New Year, I’m going to make a concerted effort to get back on track.

No, more than back on track, I’m going to take everything a lot further in 2007! Go me!

See, even at my age, self-delusion remains a true skill!

Here’s some good news for you Big Brother fans out there, the celebrity version kicks off on the 3rd of January and this hippy is poised to provide you with my own special brand of comment and analysis throughout this 5th series.

By far, one of the most popular features in 2006 was my Big Brother column. It would be sadistic of me not to give my loyal hippyfans what they crave! I am a boy who can’t say “no”!

There are all sorts of unconfirmed rumours about who might be appearing and I’m planning on providing you all with a preview before launch night. This Sunday’s papers should give us some more clues and of course, I’ll be monitoring many sources just for you!

So I’m still the hippy you all adore, especially because I’m a complete media whore! Things will be picking up here at the hippy, so come back often to see what I’ve got in store for you!

PS
Yes, this is post 497, only three more to go until I announce the big winner of my contest. One lucky hippyfan will be winning ME for a weekend of soft drug use and inappropriate touching!

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