Why am I blogging? I am Twitter illiterate (#winning???) and for the most part, I don't care about what you ate for lunch, so that's not an option. Facebook seems to be for other things, and my profile is locked down like Fort Knox until the next time Facebook changes their privacy policy, so that wouldn't work. This seems like a nice, quiet place to put my thoughts down in writing for anybody to peruse at their convenience.
Why would anybody like to know my thoughts? Well, perhaps they wouldn't. To me it's not a matter of how many people read or follow my blog. I'm certainly not doing it to get famous... I think I've made myself an anonymous idiot, or at least I tried. I'm happy pretending that occasionally somebody will stumble across this and be entertained at the least and educated at best. When somebody reads it, it adds a little bit of meaning for me, but that's not its purpose.
Why are you writing this? I will, from time to time, come across something that I find extremely interesting, frustrating, or brilliant. Last night I sat awake thinking about one thing or another, so perhaps getting them off my mind will help me sleep.
What will you write about? I've got a small backlog to begin with that includes a few of the more memorable interesting things I've come across and some fairly heavy frustrating topics like religion, government and politics. Some of this will be just plain complaining about things that totally suck, other stuff will include tips on everyday living or offered solutions to the things I'm complaining about. Ultimately I have no idea where this will go or how often I will write.
Are you an idiot? Perhaps. I certainly don't claim to know everything and I guarantee I won't be right about everything that makes it into this blog. In fact, I strongly believe (as Socrates did) that admitting that you don't know what you're talking about is the first step to not being an idiot. That's right, by calling myself an idiot, I am not an idiot. Enjoy clawing your way out of that paradox.
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