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Concerning Rules and Metablogging

May 8, 2008 11:24 PM

assume that most bloggers are like me in exactly one respect: they all have unspoken rules for how they run their blog. This blog is a highly personal thing, so I try to maintain some sort of consistency, even though I doubt that anyone realizes that I do or don't do certain things, mostly because they're such strange things. One of these things, for example, is that I generally try to refer to people by the proper honorific and their last name. Sometimes--like when I get tired of writing "Mr." or determine that a certain combination ("Mr. Obama") just doesn't sound right repeated over and over--I don't do it. But I try, especially when discussing lesser-known people.

As strange as it might seem, I also try to keep the whining to a minimum. I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions about how much I would whine if this rule wasn't in place. My point, though, is that I try not to write more than one or two depressing posts in a row, even if I'm sad for more than a few days. Besides, it's usually pretty fun to write a rant or a silly post in the middle of being depressed.

I also try to make sure that every post has a title (there's only been one exception to that rule) and that each post's title is completely unique. That's lead me to kick myself a few times when I got way too excited about a certain quote and used it as a title then later found that the quote was much, much more appropriate for another post.

Anyway, I also have these stupid sort of general guidelines for what sort of post a certain day calls for. I generally try to avoid posting about news items that are over-exposed unless I'm really excited about the thing or I think I--or you--can say something funny or unique about the thing. My latest political post fell into all of those categories. Anyway, just like the depressing topics, I try not to dwell on politics too much.

But here's the thing, and the reason that I started this post to begin with. I, like everyone I know, am hoping that Hillary Clinton pulls her head out of her self-important ass and gets the fuck out of this race. But everyone in the world is talking about that, and I just had that political post. And I don't really have anything new or funny to say. So my self-imposed rules prohibit me from dedicating a post to that topic. So I've dodged the rule by creating a post about the rules I follow for posting and only mentioning that whole thing with Ms. Clinton as an example.

But here's the kicker. As it turns out, someone has already said something pretty funny about the whole thing. So, via Wil Wheaton's blog, I give you Hillary Clinton: The Psycho Ex-Girlfriend of the Democratic Party.



1 Comments


estefa said:

yay!

May 9, 2008 5:41 PM



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