April 20, 2006
Enough With the Blogging Already (First Anniversary)
So, sometimes when I'm suffering from a wee bit of the writer's block, I start digging through my blog "drafts." That little folder is chock full of tasty morsels about which I was oh-so-excited to write. With little venomous notes and carefully crafted barbs. Snarky comments. Links to refute positions.It's exciting stuff. I think. Half the time I don't remember what I was even trying to say. Which, I realize, is not strange, given that, in the heat of the post, it's not even clear what I'm trying to say. Like right now, for instance.
What I'm trying to say, I think, is that while I had great plans to write those carefully penned posts that were going to rocket me to the tip-top of the blogosphere, with such caustic commentary that I would be lauded as an "insightful genius" and the only one who "truly understands," in reality, time marches on. And, in reality, I'm often simply regurgitating ideas. Regurgitating in terms of ingesting and then returning those ideas in a more jumbled and ill-smelling fashion. Not, I am chagrin to admit, like a mother bird nourishing its young.
Where was I?
Oh yes. The drafts folder. So most of these 200 or so drafts will never see the light of day.
Oh nice. I heard that sigh of relief. Rude, you are.
In any case, sometimes, rather than hear me babble, it's nice to take a trip down memory lane about what might have been. Or to take a look at articles published in the past to see if they're still hitting a chord.
Take, for instance, this little ditty for Darwin, Enough With the Blogging Already, that I added to my drafts pile about a year ago. Clearly, it struck a nerve. Or maybe I was awash with naivete. Or ennui. Who knows?
In any case, this article is from one year ago. A decade or so in terms of blog-years. Still relevant or clearly dated? You decide.
Oh, and I shouldn't fail to mention, that the man who penned Enough With the Blogging Already, Graeme Thickins? well, his blog is right here.
Enough With the Blogging Already (First Anniversary)
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