A Week in Review - May 10th, 2015

[caption id="attachment_4013" align="aligncenter" width="630"] NASA Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water Than Earth’s Arctic Ocean[/caption]

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Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. I have to openly admit, this week was fraught with pain and problems! Mid-week I was struck with some terrific pain, all through my neck and into my arms and head. I tried sleeping it away, I tried soaking it away and all to no avail. Finally, I just settled in for a long hard ride and decided to do as little as I could around the house… … … and to let the blogs… sit. THAT was a very difficult decision, My Dear Shoevians.

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After a seven month absence I was seeing traffic numbers, for a week’s time, up to One Hundred Nineteen!!! That translates to a yearly traffic of well over SIX THOUSAND!!!!! That is some serious traffic numbers to take to a publisher… with a truly original and touching novel in hand. It wasn’t easy but I took Tuesday and Wednesday off. I re-published my ‘Hubble’s 25^th Anniversary’ on Wednesday, then it happened.

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This happens every six to eight months, at my location at blog dot com, the whole bloody web site just crashes! So, I wait and wait and wait. GONE for three days! I did not ‘see’ my primary blog location for three days, until today! So, here I am trying my hardest to play catch-up with the missed publication of the ‘Traffic Reports’ band now this ‘A Week in Review’. Now, I am tired and hurting all over again. But this will pass. I have to manage to finish this weekly review, and then publish ‘Sunday Funnies’ before it is no longer Sunday!

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So, without further adieu, I give you ‘A Week in Review – May 10^th, 2015’!

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[caption id="attachment_3995" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Gryphon Sharing Danny's Soda![/caption]

• Sunday Funnies – Gryphon’s Premiere! – “Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. Today is a extra special edition of ‘Sunday Funnies’! Today I would like to ask you, My Dear Shoevians, to join me in Welcoming Gryphon D. Hannning (click on the hyperlink to go to Gryphon’s Facebook Page!) to this storied article series. As most of you are aware… … … Alexander R. Hanning passed away, several weeks ago, after a long battle with failing health. I made him as comfortable as possible, prepared all his favorite foods, and held him 24/7 for his comfort. He was loved deeply, and will be even more deeply missed. Last edition of ‘Sunday Funnies’ was a homage to Alexander.” This, My Dear Shoevians, was a very difficult article for me to write and publish. You see, it was an end, of sorts. An end to the era of Alexander R. Hanning as the star of ‘Sunday Funnies’ and the beginning of an all new era of Gryphon D. Hannning as the new star. I never do well with endings… of anything, but especially of the furry little ones I come to care for and love. There will never be a day… a time when I stop thinking of Alexander. He had that big an impact on my life, my work, my soul. It was Alexander that was at my side when I was diagnosed with cancer. It was Alexander that was at my side when I came home after chemotherapy. It was Alexander that stayed by my side when I got sick, and was there no matter what happened. However, this article was the premiere for another furry friend, Gryphon D. Hannning. This is Gryphon’s premiere video and premiere edition of ‘Sunday Funnies’. I hope that everyone stopped by to enjoy his premiere and his antics. Enjoy!

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[caption id="attachment_4009" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Rock Spire in 'Spirit of St. Louis Crater' on Mars (False Color))[/caption]

• The Mars Report – May 4th, 2015 – “Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. Today marks the beginning of my third week back at; researching, writing, editing and publishing here at The Other Shoe. That is an important milestone for me, as just a few months ago (about mid-way through my chemotherapy treatments) I wondered if I would ever return to writing and publishing again. Well, not at all, what I mean is I doubted that I would ever again publish on a regular schedule again. Now, here I am two weeks past and over a dozen articles under my belt since my ‘The Rebirth and Re-Launch of The Other Shoe’ article of April 13^th, 2015.” It was this Gargantuan edition of ‘The Mars Report’ that I think put me over the edge and into a world of hurt. The singles largest edition, with the most images, the most conetnet and the most science ever! If you haven’t looked at this edition, you should! Enjoy!

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[caption id="attachment_3925" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula[/caption]

• Lost in Space – Hubble’s 25th – Redux – “So good, worth republishing today! I’m taking a day of R&R, here’s a wonderful celebration of Hubble’s 25th anniversary. Enjoy! Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. Today is Wednesday April 22^nd, 2015 and when I started the research for this article I quickly became aware that today is the 25^th Anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope! What a glorious day to pay tribute to this wonder of the modern age, by sharing some of the most recent images captured by Hubble.” With the pain in my neck reaching new levels of blinding pain, I decided to give myself a day to rest and recover. Little did I know that the primary blog location would take this opportunity to go AWOL! Nevertheless, this edition is/was worth republishing, so I did! ENJOY!

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[caption id="attachment_4022" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Number Two Blog International Map One Month[/caption]

• Traffic Reports – May 7th, 2015 – “Now that I have the news out of the way, let me get to the meat of this article. As many of you, My Dear Shoevians, know about every six months I publish a ‘Traffic Report’. Now, I do this for many reasons, not the least of which is that I enjoy sharing the limited success of my writing. Yes, I work hard at; research, writing, editing and publishing at The Other Shoe. When I see the traffic counter on the Blog Dot com location stay over one hundred for a week or more… YES I am very very proud! That has occurred over the past two weeks.” This was a very enlightening edition of ‘Traffic Reports’. Whereas I did see the corresponding decline in readership during my chemotherapy, if you don’t publish new content, readers go elsewhere, that is a given. However, there is ‘Good News’ in this report, too! Good news in the discovery of even more expanded international readership! THAT is very ‘Good News’ indeed! If you need a reason to read this article, learning that My Dear Shoevians live in; England, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and evern RUSSIA should do the trick, eh? Read and be informed!

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That, My Dear Shoevians, brings us to the end of this article and the end of the week’s publishing. I hope that everyone takes some time, out of your Sunday, to go back and read and view some of the wonderful work and images I shared this past week. Again, I apologize for the absence, made even longer by the down time at the primary blog location. I am back, and I have a “Sunday Funnies’ yet to publish, today.

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I regret to inform you that this week is my ‘Quarterly Visit To L.A.’ and my primary care physician, Dr. Laurence Gorlick. This journey into L.A., and back, takes a great deal out of me. It is a journey that takes, Allen and I, more than twelve hours of transit van rides to get into Rancho Palos Verde, and back here to Orange County. I will do my best to keep up my writing schedule, I just cannot make any promises I might not keep.

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Thank you!

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Adieu!

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[caption id="attachment_3856" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Author/Editor Danny Hanning in Rolling Hills Estates February 2015[/caption]

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January 13th, 2014 Traffic Reports

Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. I was curious, today, about how my traffic at The Other Shoe(at blog.com) was stacking up. I has pretty hesitant to look up the data. Already fighting depression, and my arthritis in my left hand adding to said depression, the last thing I really need is more ‘Bad News’.

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‘Bad News’ would be that the blog had poor traffic. I was afraid of seeing that only a handful of people were actually reading my work. I had that fear, however, the number of ‘Likes’ on my articles are mostly in double digits. When combining the number of ‘Likes’ for the ‘War On Poverty’ articles reached 50 on one and 40 on another. So, I was pretty sure that I had, at least, 50 people visit in the last month. That is nothing to get excited about, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, either.

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Traffic Overview Nov 24-Jan 12

[caption id="attachment_2157" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Traffic Overview Nov 24-Jan 12[/caption]

(Traffic from November 24, 2013 to January 13, 2014)

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I was happy to see that, over the past month, 189 people have visited my blog (at blog.com) with 374 page visits. My Dear Readers, I apologize. I have been sitting here, behind my computer, for the past thirty minutes and my pain… and my ability to use my left hand has… become worse… much worse. I am going to do my best to finish this article, and explain the following images, to the very best of my ability. Again, I apologize for the brevity of the rest of this article. It was never my intention to diminish the content of this article.

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[caption id="attachment_2162" align="aligncenter" width="630"] WordPress Taffic Totals by Month[/caption]

(Traffic Totals by Month at Word Press)

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The image above shows that my blog located at Word Press saw 1,567 visitors in 2013!  Only 386 visitors for The Other Shoeat Word Press for the five months of 2012. Below, is a year long traffic report for The Other Shoeat blog.com location.

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[caption id="attachment_2163" align="aligncenter" width="630"] One Year 2013 Traffic Blog Dot Com[/caption]

(January 2013 to January 2014 blog.com Traffic)

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I am much happier with the year-end traffic totals for my primary blog location The Other Shoeat blog.com. With 2,105 visits by 650 unique visitors racking up 4,195 page views in just twelve months my primary location wins hands down. Now let’s combine the yearly totals of the two blog locations. I am proud to announce, that in the twelve months of 2013, my combined total visits is… (drum roll, please)… … … 3,672! That, roughly, equated to ten visits each and every day for one whole year.

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[caption id="attachment_2165" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Traffic Flow Blog dot com[/caption]

(Traffic Flow The Other Shoe Primary Blog)

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I genuinely wish that the happiness I feel, over these numbers, helped abate my pain and discomfort. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I really am doing my best to keep working, and I really want a repeat of last week… seven articles in seven days. Please, bear with me as I endeavor to keep writing, in spite of the tremendous pain I find myself. Gender breakdown, for the primary blog location, is the next graph found below.

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[caption id="attachment_2153" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Gender Breakdown Primary Blog[/caption]

(Gender Breakdown for The Other Shoe @ blog.com)

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Our next little statistic is the breakdown according to age. Now, I really have no idea just how they get all this information, I just have to say, right here and right now, that I am really happy that they do.

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[caption id="attachment_2152" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Age Breakdown Primary Blog[/caption]

(Breakdown by AGE for my primary location)

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Next, well… next is the statistic that the one that I find the most entertaining… and enlightening. LOCATION! The first image is location information for The Other Shoe, at my primary blog location, at blog.com.

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[caption id="attachment_2155" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Location Traffic Report 1-2014 Primary Blog[/caption]

(Traffic by Location for blog.com The Other Shoe)

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England, Canada, Indonesia, Sweden, Singapore and South Africa are just some of the places people live, that have visited by primary location ofThe Other Shoe. The very next image (and the one after) show were all the people are from that have visited the secondary location of The Other Shoe.

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[caption id="attachment_2159" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Word Press International Readers[/caption]

(Word Press International Traffic Locations #1)

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[caption id="attachment_2164" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Word Press International Readership[/caption]

(Word Press International Traffic Locations #2)

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FIFTY… People in fifty different nations have come to my secondary blog location and read my work! Next to hearing Bob Shieffer read my question to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell… seeing that people from all over this planet have come to read my work… is only second to hearing my words on national television. However, My Dear Readers, I feel a responsibility with that knowledge, too. A responsibility to provide honest and professional work, to these readers, on a regular basis. That is an awesome responsibility.

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Next, I would like to share visitor engagement statistics. This tells me just how long you, My Dear Readers, stay at my blog… and how many articles you read.  

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[caption id="attachment_2158" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Visitor Engaement at Primary Blog 2013-2014[/caption]

(Visitor Engagement at The Other Shoe at blog.com)

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Unfortunately, the majority of visitors spend less than ten seconds… This tells me that, Danny, has the very same problem he had in journalism class. I “burry my lead”. This will help me to refine the structure of my articles, and put good-to-great teasers within the very first paragraph of every article I write, from this day forward. Wish me luck, My Dear Readers! Next up… is… New visitors vs. Returning visitors.

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[caption id="attachment_2156" align="aligncenter" width="630"] New vs Returning Visitors Primary Blog[/caption]

(New vs. Returning Visitors to The Other Shoe blog.com)

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I do not know if you can see enough… but let me just tell you. I have 23.2% of my visitors are New, and 76.89% are Returning visitors. I am very happy that 77% of my visits are from people… from My Dear Readers! However, I am being told that I really need to get UP my New Visitor percentages. I need to expand my readership… and expand, and expand… and, finally, Expand!

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This is where YOU, My Dear Readers, come into the picture. You, My Dear Readers, are integral to expanding my readership. IF you enjoy my blog… my work… my writing? I ask you to SHARE my work with; Family, Friends, co-workers, acquaintances, and anyone that you think enjoys reading… and just might enjoy my work. I know that I am asking a lot. However, I trust you, My Dear Readers. I know that if we work together that we can expand awareness for my blog… for my work… for our dream.

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It is with this request that I bring this article to a close. So, whenever you see me post a link on FACEBOOK… SHARE! When you see a new article, and you ‘Like’ it? SHARE! Whenever, where ever, however… PLEASE SHARE! I do not ask this out of greed. I do not ask this out of vanity. I ask this out of… survival. You see, My Dear Readers, I look forward to the day that my work… my novel(s)… my blog… my political writing is my source of income. I do not like being on disability. I do not like asking for the assistance of others. IF… IF I can expand my readership… IF I can gain more regular readers… I CAN find a way to make my work.. SUPPORT MYSELF!

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I will never again be able to work… in an office… a 40 hour work week… job. Many doctors have told me this, more times than I can count. That does not mean that I can no longer support myself… That just means… I need to be creative. I long for the day that my writing is my single means of support. That my writing supports MY FAMILY. This IS the dream. I am willing to work just as hard as my body and pain allow. I CANNOT do this ALONE. Please… help me… help myself become self-sufficient. Thank you!

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AS always I am deeply honored that you come here and read my work!

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Thank YOU!

P.S. My Dear Readers, IF there are ANY images where you CANNOT read the numbers or names just CLICK the IMAGE and it will take you to a FULL SCREEN IMAGE. Thank you!

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[caption id="attachment_1812" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Just a shot of a VERY thankful Danny in His Power Chair[/caption]