I’ve been here for years. One of my favorite rap songs of all time is Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J. I like it for a lot of reasons, the beat, the sports metaphor ness of it, but most of all for the first line in the song. “Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years!”
That couldn’t be more true of this comeback I’m attempting.
You see, I used to lament people that left WordPress for a lot of reasons. They got busy, or they gave up hope, or they didn’t have enough people coming to their blog. I tried to revive a few blog careers, because their blogs were just so darn interesting. I often wondered what would be my demise.
Many of you may have thought that I disappeared off the face of the planet, but I have not. I’ve actually been kidnapped…by WordPress. It is a really long story, but suffice it to say, I lost access to my account, because of many weird circumstances. First, on July 1, I think someone at my old company must have shut down my old email address, because the email and password just stopped working. In frustration, I pounded my fists and crushed things. Let’s just say that gnashing of teeth and pounding of fists happened. I raged for about a month trying to get my account back, but in the end, I had no evidence that I owned this account. No email access means death. And death means eternal bitterness. They said I could try to show them a bill that showed I payed for WordPress, but for some reason it wasn’t showing up on our bills.
Don’t think that it held me down permanently though. This bitter guy rises from the ashes all the time. I had been ruminating on an idea for quite a while. In fact, the idea came from one of my earliest posts 6 years ago. It was about a starting to do videos, owning my own entertainment network and really just liking the initials of my name. Thus, Bitter Entertainment Network(B.E.N.) was born. So after a month of gnashing my teeth, I purchased BitterEntertainmentNetwork.com. A few of you followed, but many just didn’t know what happened to me. So there is the short story, finally told.
I’ve learned a few things about blogging on the other blog. First, getting a following takes an eternity, and this guy isn’t very patient. I have a few people following that one, about a hundred, but building a blogging empire took a lot of time and work and bitter perseverance. I didn’t like the feeling on starting at the bottom again. So now that I have access again, I’m going to post to both. I have also started to do affiliate links too, so I will hopefully do those here too. Just hang in there with me and things will be back to my old bitter self again.
Questions? I’ve got answers. Comments, I will be answering all your comments soon. Even the ones from 6 months ago. So buckle up.
Go follow BitterEntertainmentNetwork.com soon, so I can start building that thing up again. Capice?
ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH
Bitter Lost Blogger Ben
Hey! i just noticed that you gained back the keys to your domain!! Good for you!
Now I can put my cloak back on, and fade into the crowd. It was fun to be 1 out of 5, then out of 20 and even out of 100 followers. It felt special, but it was also a lot of bitter pressure! 1/10,000 feels much less demanding as a minion!
I hope you’ll reach the million followers, then I can play this song from Miss Congeniality, and dance in my living room!
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I’m pretty close to reaching a million followers, but I will remember you when I get to the top. I’ll send you one half of the Golden WordPress symbol when I decide to cut it in half.
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I’ll prepare a special place on my fireplace mantle 😉 You’re the best… well. The bitterest, for sure!!
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I’m sure it will not confuse people at all when you put it on your mantle.
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I know people will be envious…. And we all know “envy”=”bitterness” LOL
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I’m sure you will have people asking you how you got it and how they can obtain such a rare piece.
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No doubts about that! And I’ll be glad to brag about it being one of a kind, and how they’ll NEVER get one! Gna-gna-gna!
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Yep, because there will be only one. And that is the rarest thing of all.
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🙂
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Welcome Back, BB!!! 😀
2019 ’twill be the bitterest bitter year yet! HA! 😛
HUGS!!! 🙂
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I sure hope so. I’m tired of 2018, so 2019 better start making me bitter better.
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Glad I tracked you back down.
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Yeah, I blame WordPress for all the bitterness.
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I’m so happy you are back, because honestly, I was becoming very bitter about your disappearance, young man!
❤
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Yeah, I never really disappeared, just took a different form. You couldn’t get rid of me that easily.
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I wondered where you were! How bitter of you to leave me like that 😉
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I know, I’m pretty good at abandoning people. You should ask both my families. They are pretty bitter about me too.
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done!
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Thanks for moving over! I will be doing both.
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Fitting that you getting shut down by the WP police made you bitter.
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And not ironic at all.
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Welcome back! I love that LL Cool J song!
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Yeah, I do too and for some reason I totally go the wrong name. I was called mama said knock you out, not don’t call it a comeback. I’m kind of slow that way.
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You know, it never works when I pound the desk and gnash my teeth, not even when I also bitterly wail like a teething infant and bitterly swear like a Hell’s Angel. Still, one must try to do what one can to fix the sit, yo? Glad you made it back from the eternal bitterness. Cheers
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Yes, it was an eternity of bitterness. Just the kind of thing I needed to come back with the force of a thousand bitters.
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Perfect explanation, Ben! Will follow your new site tout suite!
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I appreciate it. I bet you can’t wait to double up on the blogs.
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Good to see you back!
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Back and bitterer than ever.
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Hey Bro! Honestly, I thought the bitterness broke you and you were outa here! Much to my chagrin, as I did enjoy sharing bitter moments with you. Now there is double the pleasure of bitter engagement. Glad you got your blog back. Now, lets get to bitternating with glorious abandonment.
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There will be reckless bitterment from now on. I just hope everyone is ready for it.
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Let it fly. Bourbon and bitters go well together.
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It will be a devil of a time.
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Devilish things can be the most fun. I think that’s why religion always demonizes devilish fun. I’m sure we’d all end up at the beach with a case of cold beer and grillin’ stuff in the middle of the week otherwise.
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My sentiments exactly.
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I think this means we’ve obtained Nirvana but, I need to check Wikiwicked first.
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Yeah, the only thing I know about Nirvana is that it is the name of a band.
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Congrats! Now you can be twice as bitter, only now with your original following.
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I always have an excuse to be twice as bitter, but hopefully I can get all my following in one place, so I can make everyone bitter with the least amount of effort.
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missed ya, buddy!
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That’s what they all say. Don’t worry, you don’t have to pretend.
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busted!
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Might as well start out 2019 as bitter as possible.
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YAY! Bitter Ben’s back! Regarding “comeback,” I flash on “Sunset Boulevard” when William Holden says, “I didn’t know you were planning a comeback,” and Gloria Swanson says, “I hate that word! It’s RETURN to the millions of fan that have never forgiven me for leaving!”
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That sounds great for her, but totally untrue for me. It was like people didn’t even really notice I was gone until I said I was back.
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I noticed you were gone but thought you were just concentrating on the videos you were posting on your Facebook page.
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I was on my Bitter Entertainment Network.com and doing videos about all the blog posts I wrote. I would like to do more video, but I will always blog as a way to create content for video.
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Would you be bitter if I told you I didn’t realize you were gone for six months?
Yes?
So sorry. I’ve been around, but not good at keeping track of all my blogging buddies. My bad.
It’s a good thing I finally got to the six hundred and some blog-related emails from the last two weeks and saw your post.
Anyhow, I’m sorry for your WordPress pain, but welcome back. I’ll try to pay better attention to you from now on.
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I figured you wouldn’t remember me and that most people wouldn’t. Thanks goodness for that one guy that was a loyal follower.
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Welcome baaaaaaack!
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Yeah, it feels good, but you should also follow my other blog too. Completely different and yet almost the same.
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Yes. I was wondering what happened to you.
I don’t know what’s going on with wordpress. I suddenly lost 50 readers in one day and have no idea why.
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Yeah, I think it was a combination of me losing my email address and WordPress being less than accomidating.
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Welcome back, Bitter Ben. It feels as if you’ve never left. Bitter.
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Ha, you are funny. You know I never left, but most other people haven’t.
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Stay bitter, my friend 🙂
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Always have been, always will be.
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Well, welcome back, whatever the reason. I’m not much for watching videos, so I’ll tough it out here (quite bitterly, I would mention), but good luck with BEN.com.
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Yeah, videos are hard to figure out, I understand. They are a way too compressed way to say words. I prefer the reading thing too.
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