I routinely violate many of the venerable principles of blogging (find a niche; engage your audience; use simple language; be “useful” and “relevant.”) In fact, just about the only blogging tenements I embrace are militant proofreading and regular posting –and lately my grasp on the latter has been tenuous due to finally having a day job that requires me to spend much of the day, alas, working.
One of the more basic blogging tips is one post=one idea. That is, don’t start out discussing iPads and finish by reviewing the local sushi joint. Sensible, right? Elementary? Duh?
Well, tonight I sat down to make my offering to the blogging gods and all that came out was just dribs and drabs of obtuse observation and irksome introspection. Maybe some day I’ll been able to craft these distinct bulletoids into legitimate blog posts, but for tonight…
- Perturbation on being stuck in single-lane stop-and-go traffic behind a Hummer H2 with a “Nobama” bumper sticker.
- How did Greece ever get into the Euro, anyway? I mean, the US isn’t all hot to combine currencies with Mexico purely on the basis of being geographic neighbors.
- Who wants to hear about my new, slightly sadistic acupuncturist?
- At last night’s orchestra rehearsal, I glanced at the conductor and saw him pointing at me, yelling “Bitch! Bitch!” It took me a second to realize he was actually gesticulating at the trombones behind me: “Pitch! Pitch!”
- Garden update: The spinach is growing. The cabbage and kale is growing too, but not as fast as the spinach.
- Shut up, Facebook.
- I’ve been hearing a lot about the movie “Iron Man 2.” My poor, confused brain thought that Hollywood was finally releasing a sequel to “Iron Giant,” that wonderfully touching cartoon about a giant iron robot with a heart of gold. What, was Robert Downey Jr., like, the voice of the robot? Life is infinitely perplexing.
- “Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.” This could only be an Italian proverb.
