Blogging and You

Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert", sent this in his DNRC e-mail
newsletter. It is funny and pretty much sums up the whole notion of
web-logging (I hate the term "blog").

People who are trying to decide whether to create a blog or not go through a thought process much like this:


1.    The world sure needs more of ME.

2.    Maybe I’ll shout more often so that people nearby can experience the joy of knowing my thoughts.

3.    No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.

4.    I know – I’ll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.

5.    If only there was a description for this process that doesn’t involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.

6.    What? It’s called a blog? I’m there!

The blogger’s philosophy goes something like this:

Everything that I think about is more fascinating than the crap in your head.

The beauty of blogging, as compared
to writing a book, is that no editor will be interfering with my random
spelling and grammar, my complete disregard for the facts, and my
wandering sentences that seem to go on and on and never end so that you
feel like you need to take a breath and clear your head before you can
even consider making it to the end of the sentence that probably didn’t
need to be written anyhoo.

Funny, eh? Just think...the whole notion behind Xanga is an egotistical
desire for other people to hear your thoughts. I must confess, for I
think this is true.