I was just scanning through The Gazette's web pages and noticed something. Most of the comments on the Home Page on the right side column were all mine! I was shocked. Well, not really. Let me explain something. Last August I went into "semi-retirement". I work only 6 months out of the year now. When next August 30th rolls around in 2009, I will retire completely. At this time, all I do mostly is polish my BMW or the two Honda motorcycles I have, listen to music from the 1950's through the 1990's on my outside stereo speakers, log around in the pool, tip a few scotch and sodas or a few beers now and then, eat BBQ and tacos, listen to my wife yakking about wanting this or that, listening to my 15-year old son wanting this or that, and looking at my bank account and wishing I had "this or that" in it! One of the bloggers just, well, kind'a "criticized" me for being "King of the Blog". Sorry. I did not mean to be with so much verbosity! As I lived in Fillmore for a year previously, I grew to really love the place, and having said that, it is nice to "reach out and touch it" somehow. When you retire, it is nice to contact your friends and see what is happening in other places and with those whom are instrumental in making those places so great. What I would love to see is that as in most other webs I visit, there are just a certain number of bloggers making their comments. There are a population of observers visiting the site as well, but appear like they are at a record hop, standing on the sidelines in the auditorium appearing like the statues on Easter Island, observing, static and without life, everyone enjoying the dance. I would love to see these observers getting in on the blogging. We need more comments from others. even the teachers at the local schools can instigate the students to become part of the responses, or initiate their own subjects. Why not? Seems a "silent majority" should be heard from schools in the Fillmore area, just as well as us adults have the right to use this blog, as long as the rules of the Gazette blog policies are followed. Even the Senior Citizens should join in, with their wealth of wisdom and experience; they should also get involved. How about it?