Some little snack cakes of goofiness in regard to Blogs I feel compelled to share, as in the vernacular of George Costanza: "Like an old man in a deli sending back soup..." **

1) Who removed "We" from "blogs" anyway? Is this some sort of political statement?

2) It seems that by my rough and very unscientific approximation about 80% of all blogs start with "Ok, so here I go." It's a blog, not a ski lift :0)

3) New blog entries drop faster off the front page than posts in threads, thereby proving my theory that blogs are heavier than posts. No amount of persistance will keep your blog on the front page. I think this is good social training for the terminally immodest.

4) Chicken and the Egg - Do you try to find a picture to best fit the accompanying blog, or do you try to write about social oddities and injustices in the world by somehow relating it to Episode IV outtakes? Problematic.

5) Titles are important. Be clever, and always relate them to Star Wars and never, ever allude to a competing science fiction film franchise.

6) The old public speaking adage holds true: When in doubt, try to imagine your reader in their underwear. Within reason of course.

7) There are some of us that waste 5 minutes of your reading time on pointless verbal boondoggles. There are others that slap a picture and a title on a single sentence. Therefore, reading value all depends on your schedule. From a certain point of view.

8) Just once I'd like to see a blog that feels sorry for Palpy. I mean look at the guy - his face done got melted off.

9) All lists that you read on the Internet, be it emailed or blogged or posted, should always contain at least, and if possible, no more than the standard 10 points as approved by the David Letterman school of comedy.

10) Or not.

DM out



**(how's that for a mixed metaphor?)