I’ve only recently entered the realm of the blogging. It occurs to me, however, that there is an inherent danger in this sport, if you will, that is probably the reason why most blogs are maintained by professionals: you have to stay on top of it.
What I mean is that a blog, to borrow a line from Woody Allen, is like a shark that has to constantly swim in order to survive. Not that I want a dead shark on my hands, but being an amateur blogger requires a diligence to the blog. You have to write and keep on writing stuff, coming up with ideas, thought, idioms, themes, what have you, in order to warrant an audience of any kind. It’s actually a bit of work.
My idea here, then, is to make a pledge of sorts. And that involves being diligent, staying on top of the blog. Amen. So be it. So I promise to periodically update content on this site, to be witty, urbane, and intelligent. While you are probably not going to get a whole lot of political commentary – likely because, at their core, I think the vast majority of politicians are a bunch of crooks anyway – you may get some. (For example, the self-aggrandizing hubris that motivates the would-be politician to run for office is unfathomable to me.) And as politicians make the promises during campaigns, so to shall I.
Whether or not I can sustain my own, we’ll see…
Care to comment?