Hello all.
Just a quick note (time, it seems these days, is nothing more than a patchwork of quick notes) to say hello to everyone who’s dropped by this little piece of cyber real estate since its launch in March. Some trivia about the blog:
– Seventy-one posts (now seventy-two)
– Anywhere between 6 and 12 thousand visitors (depending upon how you read those stats and allowing for the opinions of anonymous IT fascists)
– Nineteen original photos
– an excess of verbosity
– a reasonably low amount (considering some of the topics) of whining and solipsism.
More importantly (which I don’t group with trivia) are the comments I’ve received. I don’t have a tally, but that’s not really the point. It’s always good to get feedback, whether it be good or bad (and it’s typically been supportive). Your suggestions are always welcome.
There are a lot of people who consider blogging to be nothing more than a wank-fest extraordinaire; a self-regarding, self-aggrandizing, self-obsessed voyeur’s wet-dream-come-true. And for those who hold this opinion there are certainly a lot of blogs that satisfy this judgment – I won’t lie. But the existence of proof does not deny the existence of alternatives. I am happy to provide what I feel is a constructive alternative. Alternatives, generally speaking, are not cures. They do not prove viewpoints wrong. If anything, alternatives instill the ultimate provable reality: humanity is always more complex than how we consider it in our day to day lives. Like the world around us, humanity is nearly infinitely complex; it doesn’t deny explanation – it actually embraces explanation – but the summary truths of mankind and the world are always elusive. Without answers we must work on voicing the right questions to unlock the glimmering meanings of our existence.
On that note, have a great holiday. Get some sleep. Don’t let the newspapers scare you. Save your strength for the fights that truly matter.
mcc
and happy holidays to you to. Came to your blog via hitting the random blog button. There are definitely a lot of interesting people using the blog for a number of different reasons and you never know what or who you might find. In this case I have been have been lucky enough to find your interesting input into the blog world, am looking forward to reading more – I may not comment often but I do believe that when one begins to read a blog and puts it in “favourites” that it is only common curtesy to allow the writer to know that one is reading.
Again, enjoy your holiday season
Thanks, sigga – have a nice holiday as well.
Very good words of advice! All the best in the New Year!
Nice pages here. Great information. Will visit again and recommend.