Roger that?

When I'm teaching in front of a classroom, occasionally the chatter and whispering and shuffling papers and thumping desks and tapping toes begin to drown out my voice.  I made a deal with the students that instead of trying to speak louder and louder and LOUDER, I would give the signal (three loud claps) and they would drop everything.  Then they have to glue their eyes to me and point to their ears with both pointer fingers to silently say "Yes!  I am listening to you!"  I wait until everybody is doing that, have a few seconds of utter frozen silence, and then I go on with my lesson.  It works wonders, and come to think of it I think it's time I implemented it at home as well.

Anyhow, this whole blogging thing feels a little like standing in front of a classroom in which nobody is paying attention.  Are people clicking on my link, reading the first sentence, and then distractedly wandering away to check the weather and update facebook status?  I mean, I don't really care if you aren't entertained by my ramblings--I don't pretend to be Kristen Howerton or some such blogging celebrity.  But can we make a deal so that this isn't just one more area of my life where I feel like I'm repeating "shut the door!" ad nauseam and nobody hears a word I say?   How about that for every 10 or so posts you read, you just give me a smiley face or thumbs up or "roger that," for the sole purpose of preserving my sanity.

:) Thanks.