The following link is one reason I never wanted to do one of these. I think it's kind of the way I always thought of a blog. A usually uncreative, personal diary that is usually not very interesting to very many people.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009409
James A.
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A collection of thoughts to help my children better understand where, why, and how I believe what I believe. And, an occasional stray thought that wanders through my brain.
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
Winston Churchill
About Me
- James A.
- Olathe, Kansas, United States
- I am a 54-year-old male, husband, father of 5, grandfather to 3, but soon to be 5, brother to 7 brothers and 7 sisters, and the second child and first son of my parents. I am fairly conservative, and fairly opinionated.
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5 comments:
That guy uses too many big words for me :o)
Generally, I agree with the thoughts of that author, however I think people write blogs for a number of reasons. For instance, it is becoming a new thing these days for CEOs and COOs to write blogs to their employee/associates. The thought is that the executive can now share his/her thoughts about the business, recent successes, compliments they received about the service of an employee, etc. in a wide, easily accessible venue. The blogging of CEOs/COOs is meant to create a stronger connection with employees and the typically "intimidating" high level company executives - or to reinforce company values, core philosophies, etc.
In this case, I think we all wanted you to write a blog to learn more about your beliefs, your opinions, and your thoughts. Understanding how/what you think helps me to understand why you raised me (us) the way you did and it helps me (us) to understand why we believe some of the things we believe.
I completely agree that the random blogs that are just posted for any old audiences are kind of stupid...but I see this blog as a way for you to leave your legacy almost. Everyone that knows you truly enjoys talking with you...and this is just one way to experience that a little more often.
That previous comment was from me...I just forgot to fill out my name on the form.
Here's my take on that article. I believe that although technology does increase the speed and set up the resultant "right now" attitude, technology also makes it available to everyone, not just a chosen few. Obviously, this has two sides to it. One is that people who aren't any good at it will pick it up, and thus produce most of the crap that the author refers to. But it also allows people who are good at it to share their thoughts. And that is where you come in. Just because it is a blog doesn't mean it has to "rushed" to publish. It doesn't require a posting everyday or every minute. It can be a very well written post. You can do all of those things. You can give us something good to read instead of most of what is out there. It's like cable TV. We get all these channels, but how many do we actually watch. And how nice is it when a new channel comes up that actually is a really good channel. And I think D is right also in that does leave your mark. And I think you have a mark to leave. And one other thing about the article, he really slants his whole commentary toward journalistic or political blogs. Again, like D said, you can have a blog for a variety of different reasons.
Does the fuzzy brain actually read the comments? Inquiring minds want to know.
Also I have another topic for the brain. I read this in the paper this morning. It was a report on the Pope's year-end speech to the cardinals. "A secularized society that bases its decisions too much on reason and logic and leaves no room for faith "is not capable of entering into a true dialogue with religions."" I found this to be an interesting quote, but it's not my blog so I'm curious to hear the brain's thoughts on the matter.
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