I asked bloggers around the Web whom I admire to answer the following question: Why do you blog?
Michael David Smith blogs prolifically for both AOL Fanhouse and Pro Football Talk.com
I blog because it's my job, and it's the best job I've ever had. In past jobs, my bosses have thought I was lazy, but it was really just that I didn't care. I do care about blogging, and although I've been called many things in my time as a blogger, "lazy" is not one of them.
In "Wonder Boys," the main character, Grady Tripp, is asked why he was writing his novel, which has reached 2,611 pages. He answers, "I couldn't stop." I often feel the same way about blogging, but while Grady Tripp had come to feel burdened by his novel, I feel invigorated by blogging. I've been blogging at FanHouse for nearly two years, and there has never once been a day when I didn't wake up wanting to blog.
I can remember the very first time I encountered a blog (it was called a "web log"), and the sense of awe I felt about how wonderfully simple it was: A person could just write what he wanted to write, link where he wanted to link, and instantly publish it for the world to see. I knew this was something I wanted to read, and something I wanted to try for myself. That was almost 10 years ago, and I'm still in awe that I get to spend most of my waking hours blogging and reading blogs. There's nothing I'd rather do.
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In "Wonder Boys," the main character, Grady Tripp, is asked why he was writing his novel, which has reached 2,611 pages. He answers, "I couldn't stop."
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I hope our own Wonder Boy doesn't have this problem.
Martel - Moopsbane
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I hope our own Wonder Boy doesn't have this problem.
Martel - Captain of Kangaroos
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Pete looks up from page 2,510: "wha?. . ."
Tom, hopping along
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. . . or is that word 2,510?
Tom, hopping along
Richardson , TX
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Marshall, your uncanny run continues . . .another blog is up!
Tom, hockey puck Richard | 07/23/08, 03:17 PM
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It's a gift...
Marshall K. - Top…
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. . . or is that word 2,510?
Tom, hockey puck Richard
It's Pete remember, he who posts LTLs at 3:30pm. It's probably character 2510.
Aimless Wonderer
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Ah yes, welcome to the Ten Spot, where we make fun of our normal host when he's not around!
Anthony Verna
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. . . our normal host . . .
Anthony Verna
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I do not think those words mean what you think they mean . . .
Martel - Moopsbane
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I remember my first blog. After lurking for several months I worked up the nerve to sign up and start posting. I didn't realize that everyone had already moved on to a new post, so my first post was lost in space, so to speak. I regrouped and tried again the next day, to better results.
Marshall K. - Top…
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unless you mean Abby Normal.
Martel - Moopsbane
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Ah yes, welcome to the Ten Spot, where we make fun of our normal host when he's not around!
Anthony Verna | 07/23/08, 03:22 PM
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Uh, don't we make fun of our 'normal' host when he is around?
Kari - DaPrez
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Marshall = very consistent!
big west
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I asked bloggers around the Web whom I admire to answer the following question: Why do you blog?
RD
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Note that there have been no answers from Pete.
MungoDM
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Uh, don't we make fun of our 'normal' host when he is around?
Kari - President of Pagination
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But even when he's not around, he's still around . . .
Tom, hopping along
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Why do you blog?
RD
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Bloggo, ergo sum.
Martel - Moopsbane
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But even when he's not around, he's still around . . .
Tom, hockey puck Richard | 07/23/08, 03:29 PM
Pete sees all. He is our "big brother".
big west
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Pete looks up from page 2,510: "wha?. . ."
Tom, hockey puck Richard | 07/23/08, 03:19 PM
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"At the Wall Street firm of Jarndyce and Jarndyce..."
Marshall K. - Top…
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Going back to the 5 at 12, I just read the Chang article. If that was supposed to be in some way humorous, it's lost on me. It sounded like a whining, crying baby wanting the lollypop or cookie just taken from it by a sibling or parent.
anybody in here on facebook?
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anybody in here on facebook?
Clef - Knight of the Realm | 07/23/08, 03:35 PM
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Thinking about the Fantasy Football SI game on there, Clef?
MungoDM
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. . . our normal host . . .
Anthony Verna
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I do not think those words mean what you think they mean . . .
Martel - Captain of Kangaroos
lol out loud
Ten Duke
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anybody in here on facebook?
Clef - Knight of the Realm
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Yes
Tom, hopping along
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