Is There Anybody out There? · 17 January 2026
Hello… Is there anybody out there?
If you heard the echoes of “Hello” as you read the above, then maybe you are also hearing Pink Floyd in your head right now. And that is okay. As long as they do not think my post needs to come down because I used a few words from their song and mentioned their group’s name.
Of course, that would be silly. I would love people to quote me and mention my name. Or my moniker. MediocreMan. That would be fantastic. Point people to my blog and my books. That would be quite amazing.
At any rate.
I do wonder if anybody is out there. Rather if anybody out there on the whole interweb is reading this silly blog. I do. Wonder, that is. It is not that I am insecure or anything. I just wonder because I do not check my stats or my email as much as I used to. I really should do that. Check both of them. Just to see if anybody is out there.
I do know that spammers are out there. They make themselves known in many ways. Mostly through spam. I hate that. Spam spam spam spam. Sounds like a bad Monte Python skit. Or at least a song. (I hope I do not get in trouble for that either. Sheesh.)
I know that it is silly thinking about an audience. After all, I would write whether I had any audience or not. I just cannot stop writing. It is a blessing. Or a curse. Depending on how you look at it. I suppose it is a glass half full sort of thing. I like to write. I think writing is a gift from God. But at the same time, I wonder if it might also be a curse. I feel like I must write all the time. Just like I feel like I must breathe all the time. Of course with breathing, it is definitely more than a feeling. It really is a necessity. (I wonder if I might get in trouble with Boston for those words.)
I wonder if that might be a blog post. Getting in trouble for posting phrases from songs. Then again, maybe a whole blog post with just song lyrics. That might be interesting. It might even be an idea that I would welcome with open arms. Hmm. (Oops. More lyrics.)
At any rate.
I do sometimes wonder if this whole blogging experiment has run its course. I wonder if my few faithful readers (both real and imaginary) would even miss me if I missed a week or two or more. But I suppose it does not really matter. I would still write. Truly. Whether anybody read my posts or not.
And yes. If a tree falls in the woods but nobody is around to hear it, it still makes a sound. And so it is with blogging. If a blogger posts on the internet but nobody reads, is he (or she) still a writer? Yes. I think so. And at this point in my life, I would no longer say that I am an aspiring writer. I am a writer. Maybe not a writer who very many people read, but I am a writer.
I hope that somebody is out there reading. But if not that is okay. Still, I do wonder. Is there anybody out there?
© 2026 Michael T. Miyoshi
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