After a year and a bit of blogging, the time has come to take this site to a new level. Before you unsubscribe in anticipation of a downgrade in content and an upgrade in ads, relax. Nothing is likely to happen for a wee while, and when it does, I bet you will like it, or at least, not dislike it to the point of never returning!

Plus c'est la meme chose

When the changes arrive, rest assured, the content will remain unscathed. I am not going to change how I write, (apart from trying to get better at organising my thoughts, and less obscure with my references!) I am definitely not going to get pickier about what I write about, and as sure as night follows day, you won't have to run your eyes a merry dance over the screen, trying to pick a story out of a jungle of adsense ads.

(In fact, adsense will never darken my doors - at least not until or unless Google get a dose of neat design-itis and a more generous pay scale.)

So, intrinsically, a visit to The Pisstakers will still be la même chose, or as we non-Frenchies like to say, the same old shit, different day scenario.

Plus ca change...

Having said that nothing will change, something has to give, to get this web space to a higher plane. Usually that implies a negative move, but with the power of CSS at my disposal, I don't think you will be disappointed with the pending adjustments.

However, after I have modded the site, if you leave, never to return, please tell the people at Kiva, SmartLinks and 1300 blog sites, that they spoilt all our fun. (ie If you leave in droves, I will not succeed in becoming a filthy rich humanitarian blogger. That means Kiva's projects will not receive a shed load of funding, Smartlinks will not be the de facto way I link to books, movies, music and stocks, and I will not be able to add nifty prizes into the MyBlogLog Sunday - "help out fellow bloggers mix" .)

But if you do all decide to hang around, and tell your friends to call by too, everyone can win. Yeehah.

So what's happening?

All I can say at this vegetative stage of my thinking, is that good things come in small packages, 3 is a handy number and give or take a few minor experiments, there is now a vacant space tastefully positioned at the bottom of all 1300+ posts on this site. When I have finalised the format, I will let you guys know how I intend to populate a space or two or 1300.

Farewell til later and news

That concludes a public self-promotional announcement on behalf of the Pisstakers Party.

Don't forget to let RT know the details of the top commenter on your site last week.

Don't forget it is MyBlogLog Sunday 34 tomorrow, and of course, enjoy the run-up to Christmas - it may be the last period of fun before the economy dives into the toilet and we all have to slit our wrists with a serrated credit card.

(Did I mention my 2 online funny HQ stores take credit cards!)