Why We Blog Edition
Blogging Myth Deflated
Looking2Live
Baby boomers are in the minority among DC bloggers, and the same is probably true nationally. That may change in time but this writer, Barbara, is already one of the trailblazers of her generation. In this post, excerpted, she writes about the reaction of her family and friends to her blog, and shares this observation about the younger generation as well:
I am so intrigued with the fact that this younger generation basically lays it all out there. There is a basic honesty and willingness to tell all that seems to be totally absent in my generation – at least among those I have tried to lure in. So it looks to me like I am just going to have to find a younger audience among those who are already as addicted to this pastime as I am. Nothing like preaching to the already converted.
All The Lights That Lead Us There Are Blinding
Velvet In Dupont
If you read the post above, you’ll likely appreciate this one as well. Blogging can open some new doors, as this writer discovers. Few have said it better. An excerpt:
Advancing the Plot
A potentially good date, possibly ruined by a perv in a bookstore – Dennis! (The post is called Knitting, just read through) An excerpt:
Velvet In Dupont
If you read the post above, you’ll likely appreciate this one as well. Blogging can open some new doors, as this writer discovers. Few have said it better. An excerpt:
Unexpected things have come as a result of the blog. I became interested in other blogs. I started talking to other bloggers via email. Other bloggers started reading my blog. I started attending HappyBookstore PervHours. Then I met other bloggers in person. Finally, I expanded my network, realized that other women endure the same dating trials and tribulations that I do, and ultimately, made some very good friends. I never realized that this seemingly insignificant decision would result in all these new friendships, none of which I take for granted.
Advancing the Plot
A potentially good date, possibly ruined by a perv in a bookstore – Dennis! (The post is called Knitting, just read through) An excerpt:
After having a couple of really good phone conversations, the face-to-face fell flat. It could have been the crowded Starbucks, or the fact that I am the first white woman he has pursued romantically, or that I was still flustered from my encounter with the pervert at Books a Million who was trying to look up my skirt.
Also Noted:
The Monster Christmas Tree The tree practically leered at us from the corner as though narrowing in for the kill. The American Dream for Country Mice
posted by kob @ 12:41 AM
5 Comments:
I'm so happy you featured the two blogs about blogging. Apparently this phenomena has reached a kind of critical mass. Just in the past month or so people have been not only blogging but writing about blogging in all kinds of ways - it's an evolutionary moment in the blogosphere - blogging has attained consciousness. Is this a really strange idea? I think it's true.
THANK YOU! This really made my day. I'm already looking forward to the next social event and daring other babyboomers to show up and keep me company! Meanwhile I have a lot to write about...
Speaking of this making my day...I woke up to a 50 alarm fire in the neighborhood. As I lay in bed trying to will them to keep driving further away, I heard them say over the loudspeaker that they had arrived...and the address was my building. So needless to say, there were firemen crawling all over my building at an ungodly hour. But then I got to see this! And it made me forget the drama with which my day began! Thanks KOB & Team!!
Thanks for the notes everyone.
I am laughing outloud at the reference to my encounter at Books a Million! It was a flustering event, to be sure. Our second date went so much better. It involved boats decorated with Christmas lights, Santa, and Thai food.
And you all thought knitting was for old ladies.
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