I used to do it a lot, quite often they were there “just to brighten the page up” but mostly they were pointless. I’ve recently started using mobile broadband and get frustrated when people stick huge images on web site so maybe I just carried that thinking across and am being more considerate.
Or it could be because I am still learning WordPress and the Typepad platform I used before was easier (for me) to insert images 
I’m been keeping online diaries for years, long before it became known as Blogging and I was an early adopter in paying TypePad for a professional blog platform (2004). Up to now I have written just for me, but I’m starting to get comments and so I’m becoming a bit more serious about it. I’ve just come across a post from a Canadian Blogger called Eric about How NOT to be a successful blogger. It made me chuckle and is one of the best posts I’ve seen this year - definitely worth a read.
See if you can count how many mistakes I have made. I got to 9 and gave up. Oh, well, I’m learning and will get better hopefully
