The warnings are out there. Even Dave3 is saying that you have to expect the oxygen levels on your aggregator to thin out. As so much of what is written on blogs is the same six stories being passed around like a party platter of dried marble cheese and curling crackers softened by gherkin juice, you can expect the writing to dry up around Christmas. The wonder that is CBC3 (no relation to Dave3 but already a known source of goodness) says "no" and sets the standard in yet another way - great short personal writing about what was lost in 2003: a dream to write, beehive corn syrup in the yellow hive plastic bottle, a student loan, a love.
Lives change in ways that don't make headlines or require the forced use of the "-osphere" suffix. So if you have a place to write, bandwidth to use, use it this Yule - but don't advocate for Dean or hyperventilate about how blogs will change society more than the baby in the manger. Write about yourself. What you do and what you like. What you've lost. If you don't have your own space, write here.
Comments
portland - December 21, 2003 10:35 am
this is my boy. oddly well said. thanks for the books and all the love baby. have a good un......and you cant get the bee hive anymore? i loved the bee hive even though i was a little plastic bear man.
Alan - December 21, 2003 11:59 am
"Oddly well said" - my goal is achieved.
Arthur - December 21, 2003 5:59 pm
my goal is achieved.
Pardon my intrusion, but shouldn't that be 'have been'? Like in: 'my goal has been achieved'?
Inquiring Dutch mind needs to know.
Alan - December 21, 2003 9:32 pm
I was speaking at the moment of achievement.
Donna - December 22, 2003 2:03 am
Alan - yup, that was me. Yes, the producer invited a few colleagues from around the plant to write blurbs. A few non-work types also submitted. It was fun to write and contemplate. And actually, since I wrote my bit, I've thought of a few more.
At King's, we had a Golden Cobden category for "most likely never to leave the A&A in the course of doing stories." But that habit isn't prevalent among j-students as a whole. Right? ;)
Alan - December 22, 2003 11:34 am
There you go! I knew there was some UKC legacy going on over at your site. It is a lovely small world when I can mention the wonder of a good article and then realize a double link (blogs, Kings) to one of the article's subject. Well, this UKC '85 BA salutes thee, oh '02 or '03 BJ. No wonder you have such as well tuned appreciation for all things ale. My bro, by the way, is UKC BJ '84 and an editor at the Star now.<p>BTW, are you in CBC yourself or at a paper? I have some CBC 'Peg UKC connections you may find useful.
Donna - December 26, 2003 11:27 pm
Vive les King's alumni! Well, I (a BJ '03, with a BA '02 from Dal) am currently at the Corp., radio style; have been since September. I know a few UKC alumni in my plant, including some at DNTO and one in the online dep't. But I could still be surprised.
So, your bro's an editor at the Star, eh? And aren't you a BJH or BA, yourself?
Donna - December 27, 2003 2:45 am
Oops, forgot to mention this: if you take a closer look at the pix on that CBC3 feature, you can catch a glimpse of a shiny silver King's ring...
Alan - December 27, 2003 12:37 pm
Yes, me and my pals are all 84 to 87 or so grads.