Blog- a monster of being that can grow on its own, follows you everywhere, and can be either the friendly family dog or a snarling mongrel that snaps at everyone and foams at the mouth when provoked.
The evolution of this strange animal is the idea that sometimes there is a glimpse of truth that no one realized was there. The white elephant in the room suddenly happens to appear on the dining room table and there is nothing you can do about it.
The weather can affect the affectations of the blog. When its dreary outside, no one can be happy, not even the blog. When its sunny outside the blog will be good, but even the blog has his fickle moods.
Sometimes the blog will bite you. That one good story suddenly takes on a life all its own, far from your own ambitions and expectations. The ideas that you created become something you never thought they would be. And those ideas can crush you, wound you, and make you do things and say things that you are sure to regret.
But the blog can also be your friend. There is the unexpected warmth you feel when you boot up the computer and see the comments left by friends and adoring fans. The blog can make you see the wonder that is life, and the ideas that you create can help to enhance it.
“The subject of the blog matters, whether there should be a voice in that blog or not.”
The paper was designed for truth, facts, and hard information. The radio was created to send out the voice, to entertain and to weave the music of the masses into daily life. The television was created to show what all the rest couldn’t tell with words alone.
But what about the blog? What is this beast’s purpose? For now, we can only speculate quietly to ourselves as we hopefully pat this animal on the head.
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