call me a blogger and i’ll punch you in the face

well hello, blogging world. fancy meeting you here. (note that i didn’t say blogosphere; it’s such a stupid term)

yeah that’s right. i’ve jumped on the bandwagon.

wait wait wait no. i have had several iterations of a blog over the years (and still have a more personal “touchy-feely” one elsewhere in internetland) so i don’t suppose that’s correct.

regardless.

i’ve started a new blog.  part of it is to alleviate the boredom that goes hand in hand with my new found life in the black hole burbs. aside from that, i wish to have an outlet to exercise my writing skillz, elaborate on the snarky and at times witty commentary that runs through my head on a daily basis, and post random but entertaining shit that you may well enjoy.

i was thinking the other day about whether or not blogging is slowly being replaced by “social networking” and “micro-blogging”  tools (big ups, wikipedia) like facebook or twitter…more and more these days we want our information spoon fed to us on demand (e.g. RSS feeds)  in smaller, bite-sized portions (e.g. soundbytes). it would thus seem that blogging would be on its way out, seeing as how it takes a  extra work/attention span to read and keep up on each other’s thoughts and goings-on. i beg to differ. we’ve all got something interesting to say; it’s a matter of whether or not other people care to listen. if you care to listen, great. if not, well….you smell. yeah, that’s the best i could come up with.