I'd Like to Thank the Academy
So, just realized that there are actually awards for doing this kind of thing:
The best of British blogging
Who knew?
Well, obviously a bunch more people than myself.
It strikes me as funny. Blogging - to me - is essentially a form of diary writing. Having it recognized in such an official way makes it a bit more important.
I'm still quite a virgin to the whole underground world of the blog so perhaps others have a different take on what a blog actually is and how you define it.
Some blogs I go to tend to have so much information that I am immediately overwhelmed and click the 'back' button faster than you can say "blog".
I like when blogs have links within their posts. But a link every other word makes my head spin. Did somebody really love so many things within a span of writing for 20 minutes that they had to send me off into the neverland of the Internet 15 different times?
It's hard enough to follow the websites that I like at the moment...I don't need someone throwing in a bunch more into the mix.
If I could add any criteria to the awards it would be this:
I'm interested in what YOU have to say. Not what else you think I should read. Keep me on YOUR pages because that's where I really want to be. I can use Google for everything else.
I don't mean to sound harsh, whiney or complaining. It's simply an observation.
I will say the award winners got my attention. And gave me some inspiration.
A Bit of Closure
Just a note on the funeral I went to today for my friend Thea. It was quite perfect. So many nice things were said about her. I had a good cry, saw some old friends and said one last goodbye to the lady who loved purple.
I will miss her very much but as the funeral director said (and I'm paraphrasing)
"She will always be alive in the love and memories you have for her"
They played a great blue grass song at the end with the chorus - "She Just Wants to Dance". I have a nice image burned into my brain of Thea dancing her heart out. That would be her little piece of heaven I'm sure.
So, just realized that there are actually awards for doing this kind of thing:
The best of British blogging
Who knew?
Well, obviously a bunch more people than myself.
It strikes me as funny. Blogging - to me - is essentially a form of diary writing. Having it recognized in such an official way makes it a bit more important.
I'm still quite a virgin to the whole underground world of the blog so perhaps others have a different take on what a blog actually is and how you define it.
Some blogs I go to tend to have so much information that I am immediately overwhelmed and click the 'back' button faster than you can say "blog".
I like when blogs have links within their posts. But a link every other word makes my head spin. Did somebody really love so many things within a span of writing for 20 minutes that they had to send me off into the neverland of the Internet 15 different times?
It's hard enough to follow the websites that I like at the moment...I don't need someone throwing in a bunch more into the mix.
If I could add any criteria to the awards it would be this:
I'm interested in what YOU have to say. Not what else you think I should read. Keep me on YOUR pages because that's where I really want to be. I can use Google for everything else.
I don't mean to sound harsh, whiney or complaining. It's simply an observation.
I will say the award winners got my attention. And gave me some inspiration.
A Bit of Closure
Just a note on the funeral I went to today for my friend Thea. It was quite perfect. So many nice things were said about her. I had a good cry, saw some old friends and said one last goodbye to the lady who loved purple.
I will miss her very much but as the funeral director said (and I'm paraphrasing)
"She will always be alive in the love and memories you have for her"
They played a great blue grass song at the end with the chorus - "She Just Wants to Dance". I have a nice image burned into my brain of Thea dancing her heart out. That would be her little piece of heaven I'm sure.
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