But, that one time I wrote a protected post? I wrote it because I wanted to monitor who was reading that post. For the girl who is a known blogger to her family and friends, I sometimes forget who reads my blog and who doesn’t (most of my real life family/friends don’t ever comment on my blog and I don’t know they’re reading until weeks later when they make reference to my blog). I was hoping some IRL people I know wouldn’t ask for the password. Most didn’t. And when my dad did ask for it, at least I could be prepared for any comments coming from him.

Otherwise, I do agree with you, down with the overuse of passwords. And pictures of babies make everything better anyway … glad you could end on a positive note. =)

Your baby is adorable!!! Look at that face.

Personally, I’m a fan of password protected posts. There are some things that I would love to share with my readers, but I’d rather not be out there where just anyone can stumble across it at any time. I’d be happy to share with lurkers that ask even, I just really don’t want my boss to stumble across my blog one day and read my work rants:-)

I consider myself a decent writer, but I try to keep it casual on my blog. I think there is a time and a place for perfect grammar and punctuation — certain posts, even — but I don’t go crazy. As for password protected posts, are they common? I don’t think I have one feed in my reader where people password protect their posts. I would definitely feel left out if they did!

I don’t consider myself a writer either. My blog isn’t super popular which leads me to believe that it’s a good thing that I don’t have any book aspirations!