A Substantial Blog Entry

What is it that makes a substantial entry? A 'proper' blog; a piece of writing that isn't considered cheating or a short-cut?
Substantial- 'of ample of considerable amount','of real worth, value, or effect'.*

Rule #1 in my opinion is no copying and pasting. An entry that is composed of ''c & ved'' material only is not an entry at all. This practice is only acceptable if you, a) write more than the copied writing, b) are writing about poem or similar and feature it in you entry,
c) are using quotes or definitions, and d) cite your resources.

You shouldn't use a large font size to make it look like you've written more.

Another thing I believe should apply is that an entry should be, at the very least, 250 words long. 150 of those words have to written by the blogger.
The point of this whole blog thing is to be improving our English skills, and typing up a few hasty sentences will reap no rewards in the long run. Lists, are fine, as long there is a reasonable explanation, introduction, or conclusion. For example, if you were writing a list of what you liked, something such as this,
I like flowers, because they are so pretty, and remind of me of rainbows and infinite joy.
I like the colour yellow because it reminds me of of daffodils, sunflowers, and summer, etc. would be considered reasonable opposed to,
I like: flowers, yellow, kittens, etc.
Of course, they would be longer, and it was just an example.
But if flowers remind you of infinite joy, that's cool, too.

Rambling. The act of 'digressing from the main subject' and 'lacking in order or constancy'.*
Rambling, it's great, but to be a proper blog entry, it must adhere to a few general rules. It must make some sense. Disjointed, random stories and things are fun to read and write, but it has to have some point, some reason for being written, other than making your number of entries going up one. The point of a ramble could be to discuss thoughts or ideas of yours, things you are unsure of, unanswered questions, or just an update of your life in general. But it must flow to a certain degree, and be basically understandable.

Grammar and spelling must be correct. Come on people, we are in the 10th year of our school lives and should be able to use an apostrophe by now! We have punctuation and spelling checks readily available to us, so use them, people!
Proof read your work before you publish it and use paragraphs.

So, does this entry count as substantial? It is 417 words long, it has a point, even though it is slightly ramble-esque. It makes sense (to me at least), follows basic grammar rules, and the copied definitions have been cited.
See? That wasn't too bad, was it?

Post Script: an entry can be as boring as you like.

*Thank you Dictionary.com