Ha!! He laughs at the amount of time I spend blogging.
“What do you get out of it?” says my husband, John. “You should be penning a best seller, not giving your stories away for free. You don’t even have banner ads on your blog!”
John will eat his words when he reads how I can earn the big bucks. Because I just got this business proposition:
Hi. Good afternoon.
I am a blog administrator and I manage a team of solid writers who are passionate about a wide range of topics.
I was wondering if you’d be open to a guest blogging opportunity.
We would pay you $30 for a post on your site (you may choose the topic if you wish) and a small link to our blog at the end of the post in an author bi-line.
If you are interested in working with us, please write me back.
Cheers
I’m going to make a fortune. At last, the big bloggy payoff. Nice!
FiftyFourandAHalf 
You must be especially gifted to be chosen like that.
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Sadly, it’s not a gift that keeps on giving …
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Such skeptics! How do you KNOW this isn’t for real? And for that matter, how does anyone KNOW that those sex enhancement creams and spells don’t actually work? 😉
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Oh, Lorna, I’m going for it. You convinced me.
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I wish these kinds of things weren’t spam – it would be nice to make a bit of money to help out!
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Or to make it seem like we’re spending our time less wantonly! But blogging is worth it for the buddies!
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I got a bunch of these during the time my blog was outside wordpress.com for some reason.
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I put a contact email address on my blog and I’m getting contacted by folks wanting to give me money. If only one were legit!
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Elyse – don’t give up your amateur status for a link and 30 bucks – you won’t be eligible for the olympics…
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Oh, we became friends after the Olympics, I guess. I HATE the olympics, since 2002 when my son’s 6th grade class used the Olympics to study everything from the human body to how to fart. I hate the Olympics. I seriously had the olympics.
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Sorry to rub salt in old wounds. I love the olympics, and movies about the olympics, and …
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We can still be friends if you promise to shut up!
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zip
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Here’s teh explanation: https://fiftyfourandahalf.com/2012/07/25/primal-scream/
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LOL – I don’t think I would care for a curriculum based around the Olympiad – but I am a sucker for the games. Summer and Winter.
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Your husband is encouraging you to write a book, Elyse. Go for it! Tell him it’s all about him.
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My husband IS encouraging me to write a book. He will be in it, and I am assuming that he will actually read it, unlike my blog where I can say anything I want to about him because he never reads it.
But in fact, he is pressuring me all the time to write a book. Just after I finish making dinner …
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Do it. Do it. Do it.
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OK, but will you give me a loan if I need it?
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I have a quarter in my pocket.
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I’ll trade your spam for my spam from Christian Mingle. Last time I checked, I wasn’t available!
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It’s tempting, M2M. Really tempting. But would I have to burn books? I rarely want a fire that much.
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That’s awesome. And I bet your paycheck will be EVEN more than $30 because they need you to “deposit” into your bank and send them a bank check (keeping your salary and a generous administration fee, of course) because your Great-Great-Great-Fifth-Cousin-Nephew passed away and left you some money but the administrator of the will said you would be required to blog first.
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Oh no! My Great-Great-Great-Fifth-Cousin-Nephew passed away? I didn’t even know! I’m heartbroken, I am sure. Or I will be as soon as I remember who he is and transfer all my banking info to his estate.
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Jealous. I only get atrociously worded, grammar challenged spam messages telling me things like “The belt utilizes gel pads postioned over the center abdominals and
the outdoors obliques.”
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I don’t generally write about gel pads. Or Depends either. I guess it depends…
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Remember us little people when you get your TV show.
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I’m so unlikely to get a show — TV Land is a happier place because of it.
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Hahahaha….you’d be perfect for TV, unlike me who has a face for radio. 😆
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You only think I have a face for TV because you have never seen it. The camera brings the psychotic out in me. (And Oh, how I wish I was kidding …)
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Mmmm…..now I want to see “it.”
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Not a chance. I’m not allowed. today I really want a full frontal of my middle finger raised to the assholes.
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Scammer Spammers have evolved my bullsh*t meter by leaps and bounds. There once was a day when I was quite gullible and naive, and believed entirely too much. These days, I’m quite crusty and incorrigibly wary, and don’t believe in hardly anything. Except, of course, sharing the humor when we find it. Thanks for the smile. 🙂
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Oooh, I need a bullsh*t meter. I wonder if there are any good deals to be had on those on the internets …
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I received an email from the FBI informing me of my millions of unclaimed dollars from an unexpected inheritance as I am the sole heir to the throne of Ishkabibble. AWESOME!
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Wow! Maybe I’ll cash in on that and write a blog post about it — it’ll be worth, oh, the paper it’s written on. Of course, paper is no longer involved, is it …
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I’ll buy that. 🙂
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Gullible, aren’t you!
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I bought a some super real estate on eBay. Ocean front property in Nevada. And, I have the deed to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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At least they have very good taste 🙂
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Bella, I do believe you are sucking up to me to get a cut. I will not be fooled!
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This comment thread is the best :)! LOTS of spam coming to bloggers lately, isn’t there?!
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Doesn’t it just make you want to sing, Luce?
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I have a stomach ache from laughing. Hilarious!
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No puking, please.
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Rich beyond your wildest dreams!
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It’s the only way I will get rich, I figure. My job certainly won’t help me with that one!
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Congrats on what is sure to be fame and fortune. You’ve earned it!
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Thanks Cutter. I hope you’re impressed that I’m still talking to you!
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Yeah, it’s good to see you haven’t forgotten the “little people.”
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That wouldn’t be nice. Besides they send me money.
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Hey, they only offered me $20. Are you offering them a little something extra on the side? 😉
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I throw in some fake medical advice. As a real doctor, you only get the $20 copay 😉
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Ah. Makes sense.
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I am so jealous!
Hey Blog Administrator: I will write for $0.25 a word. (I plan to write some very wordy blogs…)
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I’m not sure I’ll be able to have you comment any more; your comments are above my pay grade!
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Elyse! I need your secrets! I want to make money blogging, too!
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For $50.00, your social security number and bank account information, I’ll be glad to send you this package. Oh, and your name might help, too.
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Wow, I can’t resist. I’ll send it right over!
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As seen on TV ….
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You’ll be able to afford to upgrade your spam filter!
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Ha!
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Gee, you think I need one, Guap?
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Yes! But first you pay that person 150 bucks to be allowed the privilege to post.
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There’s always a catch, isn’t there.
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Lets go shopping, now! Spend first and earn later. Maybe we can be part of the .01%
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I’m down with that!
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Please make your first topic “What a bi-line is.”
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That’s when you’re paid big money for it, right?
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You’ll make $30, but how much do you need to pay these fine folks for the honor of allowing you to blog? I’m sure once you give them the details of you bank account so that they can direct deposit your earnings, you’ll see the money roll in (or roll out.)
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That’s what happened when I gave my account details to those folks from Nigeria who had extra money that they needed to put somewhere …
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Can’t wait to see what subject you write about, Elyse? Penis enhancement? Sex toys?
Tell your hubby that I have actual ads on my site, they’ve been on there almost one year and I’ve made exactly 13 bucks and 50 cents. So I am well on my way to retiring from blogging.
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I once actually got a call from someone who claimed to have a male enhancement product that he wanted to market. He was determined that I was going to invest in his product and help him get it to market. He wouldn’t go away and kept calling me back. I finally told him I was gay because I couldn’t think of any other way to get rid of him.
Guys who spend all their time thinking of male enhancement products do not know what to say to gay women. Keep that under your hat should you ever need it.
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Hate to say it, but I’m with “Undertaker”! This reminds me of the time I got an unsolicited call on my cell phone, offering me a “$50,000 Grant from the US Government”!! H’mmmmmm.
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What????? It’s not legit? I am not going to make money through blogging? Damn, I’m going to have to earn it the hard way, buying lottery tickets.
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No, no, I didn’t say you won’t make money blogging!! Its just that you won’t through THAT guy.
On the other hand, if you send me $500 dollars as a start up cost…….
🙂
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Just another step along the journey so I can say, “Oh yes … Elyse … I remember when ____, but she probably doesn’t remember me now.”
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Frank, I can’t say it any better than this:
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LOL … plus, another song John doesn’t like.
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Yup, he came down as I was playing this version and said, “what is that?” “Whitney Houston singing to a goat.” “Oh.”
Sometimes it’s just better to not ask, don’t you agree?
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Absolutely … maybe he will like this one.
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That’s hilarious. I once had a dog who would sing “Home Home On The Range.” Sadly, there is no video.
I think that my husband could name you in a divorce case against me without you and I ever meeting. He’ll cite cruel and unusual punishment! (But we know he’s a pansy!)
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The only way he would win the case is if we didn’t show up … otherwise, the judge would toss the case into the shredder.
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Well then, I’ll just “have to keep him.” And that’s OK with me!
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😀
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As a veteran goat herder, I can attest to the fact that goats often sound like humans with Tourette’s.
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Now don’t be getting all Kim Kardashian on us, remember where you came from Elyse. Congrats!!
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I can only be Kim Kardashian if the rumors of her weight gain are true!
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Hahahahahahaha!
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Can’t wait to see just what sort of link they’ll provide…
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Penis enhancements, I’m pretty sure. But then I am a fake medical professional so it seems fair.
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I hope it is legitimate, but I would surely look into it before providing any personal information. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I may be a cynical, old man (53 and a half) but the wording of that note makes me want to say…”Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
Good luck and I hope I am wrong.
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Wait — you’re old? 53.5???? Nooooooooooooo. I’m no longer 54.5 but 56.25 — but I’m not admitting I’m old yet (except to my 21 year old son).
But yeah, this email was a scam, I’m quite sure. I just hadn’t had anything to write about recently and was feeling THAT pressure!
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Gotcha….
Having three, college attending daughters will wear you out….and the arthritic consequences of running approx 40-45 miles per week for several years makes me feel old some days…..other than that….I’m just a kid in a grown ups body.
Remember….one of my blogging mentors CulturalOffering.com, suggested that the reason we blog is to amuse ourselves….if anyone else enjoys it, great….but it is a daily look out our window.
Glad you did not fall for the scam…..RJV
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Wow…that’s interesting….wishing u all d best……
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Somehow, Rajesh, I don’t think I’m going to earn a bundle — especially because this is likely spam and I’m not really going there.
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Yippee. Now we are going to be rich, and famous and rich. Hang on, I haven’t been invited. Boo Hoo. Still, I look forward to reading how you spend the big bucks
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Somehow I’m betting you’re going to get a similar email — the boo hoo will come to anyone who actually goes along with it!
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Elyse,
Who’ll be laughing when you’ll be able to put gas to get you to the convenience store?
Le Clown
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It won’t be my husband because he’ll still get the bill…
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Elyse,
That’s the price to pay to be driving a Ford F-650.
Le Clown
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He’s a muscle car kind of guy.
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