One of my favorite bloggers, mainly because he is never snarky, inane or anything else like me, but writes in such a manner as to hold my interest in whatever topic he addresses, David, of Ripples wrote the most perfect piece explaining the need for and proliferation of bloggin' that I have ever seen. Of course, it was written just before this last Christmas and had missed it. Thanks to Ironbear, one of the co-bloggers at Who tends the Fires, it did not escape my view, and, like David said in his blurb, on a blog, your writin', "once posted, will be available forever, or until your hosting company goes out of business, which will probably occur sooner." Damn, but what that guy always gets right to the point of things. Of course, David cut right to the heart of why I blog:
You could become famous in your own lifetime...
I have discovered that my name is a household word in a remote village in Bengal, where they are all talkin' 'bout what that Tiger did yesterday.
I just want to be famous enough that Renee Zellweger takes me seriously. ;)
Posted by notGeorge at March 1, 2004 03:48 PMThanks for the flattering profile.
I hope my snarky and inane days are behind me, because I spent a lot of time getting myself back on the rails after a bigtime career crash in my early forties.
It's funny how we can't seem to see how badly we are doing in life until we wind up in a ditch with nowhere to go.
You can be famous in your own lifetime. You just have to figure out what you want to be famous for, and why. Fame is an interesting phenomena. It depends on your ability to entertain or titilate other people.
I would rather be happy. Writing a weblog and helping others does that for me.
Posted by: David at March 2, 2004 08:02 AM