Thursday, July 28, 2011

Will Somebody Please Read This S**T


Hi
It is your friendly neighborhood blogger . I am writing this blog as a plea. Please read me and comment. It would be valuable to me to know what you think. I will not be offended by your opinions and it will make me a better blogger.
With this blog, I sometimes feel like a tree falling in the woods except with a blog the statement should go , if no one comments on your blog post, does your blog really exist. I had a friend last week who had her blog reprinted and it was great to see because it is validation that someone is reading you. This was particular for her because someone once told her that no one reads her stupid blog anyway. First of all her blog or anyone else' blog is not stupid but having it reprinted gives great validation.
I work very hard on my blog and I would like some validation as well. Read my blog. It is intelligent , informative and innovative. Also in many cases you can read it in just a matter of minutes. In the future, I will try to keep the posts going frequently and the subjects varied. Whether it is on the road or at home, I will blog and hopefully, you will read. There is no subject that is too controversial or taboo. My blog is my lens and I write about the world I see and the people I meet and the places that I go. So my blog may cover it all regularly and rationally . I am a writer, communication is what I do. In the words of Danny Devito in " Throw Mama From the Train" A writer, writes, always. As this statement goes so will my blog.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Be Careful What you Say It could end up in Someone's Blog


Blogging has become the past time of many from those that blog for their business to those who blog for pleasure and sport .
I am a blogger, I get nothing for writing this blog except the shear pleasure of getting my feelings on paper and maybe having someone read those feelings and be inspired by them.
My blogs are based on my experiences through the course of a day, week or year. Sometimes I am in the shower and I have an idea for a blog. Sometimes, I am like DH Lawrence's Rocking Horse Winner and I come up with the idea on my exercise bike. Sometimes I am in my favorite restaurant Sambol in Eagan when the idea hits me.
I am careful how I structure my blog and whose name I mention. The people I give praise to I do not mind a public mention. Those I have disdain for they become a private matter only discussed with the most intimate of friends.
I am also careful of my public behavior as not to be mentioned in some else' blog. The people I know who have blogs I make sure that my behavior towards them is guarded and well thought. Since I do not know who does and who does not have a blog, I make sure to be careful with everyone that I meet. I do not want to be the rude restaurant patron who constantly asks for water and is a light tipper.
I also do not want to be the annoying friend who calls and emails way too much. I don't mean anything by it I am just looking to connect or have something on my mind nothing more. I do not want to be the lazy teacher no student likes so tell me this before you blog about me I would appreciate it.
I think as we approach life we should probably look at it as if everyone we meet has a blog and watch what we say and do to them for fear that they may write about us. My advice to all blogger's , before you write something negative about someone in your blog. Talk to them first. Talk it out and come to a consensus . If that does not work you have my permission to blog the hell out of them.

Friday, July 1, 2011

The how and the why of my blogging


I am often asked, how do you think of things to go in your blog. What thing you have to understand about be is that I am alone a great deal of the time and the solitary life gives me a great deal of time to think. Sometimes I think too much and worry about things that I have no control over. But since I am alone even when I am with other people I am always looking at the things that happen and wonder how they could have turned out differently . Sometimes bloggers give out way too much information and create an image that is not wanted. I on the other hand try to be all things to all people and try to write blogs that please some of the people some of the time. Sometimes it is a news story that I have seen or read or sometimes it is about people who have inspired me in my life . Sometimes it is just a thought that is going through my head and needs a place to rest. Since most the time the only person who reads this blog is me so I probably could say nasty things about people I don't like (with holding names of course) but that would defeat the purpose of my blog which is to inform, entertain, incite , entice and educate not to enrage although sometimes it probably does but not intentionally . I write because I love words, they have been better to me than most people I know and never turn on you. I use them wisely. They are good to me and I am good to them. When I blog, I want the world to know I am out here and I have something to say. You may not always like it but please read it and give me some comments every once in a while.