Monday, October 13, 2003
Well, wasn't that easy. When I first read about the growing popularity of "blogging," initially I was hostile. For one thing, there was the unfortunate abbreviation, "blog," which called to mind Jerry Seinfeld's line about the Worcester Aud: "Is there so much going on here in Worcester you folks don't have time to say the word `auditorium'?"
The other misgiving stemmed from the presumptuous conceit that total strangers would care what I have to say. Every day I send dozens of e-mails and links to co-workers and friends, all filled with cogent, perceptive, acerbic and downright HI-larious insights. It would, I decided, be unfair to deny these bon mots to a wider audience. In fact, I owed it to them. And so, my good friends, tonight begins a new chapter in the history of, er, "blogging."
Krusty appears on-screen, dressed up for the occasion, against a dark
background, only lit by a dim spotlight.
Krusty: Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience a
television event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared
heritage.
[picture of astronaut on the moon, against American flag]
1969: Man walks on the moon.
[picture of astronaut about to swing on the moon]
1971: Man walks on the moon... again.
[pictures stop]
Then, for a long time, nothing happened. Until tonight.
The other misgiving stemmed from the presumptuous conceit that total strangers would care what I have to say. Every day I send dozens of e-mails and links to co-workers and friends, all filled with cogent, perceptive, acerbic and downright HI-larious insights. It would, I decided, be unfair to deny these bon mots to a wider audience. In fact, I owed it to them. And so, my good friends, tonight begins a new chapter in the history of, er, "blogging."
Krusty appears on-screen, dressed up for the occasion, against a dark
background, only lit by a dim spotlight.
Krusty: Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience a
television event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared
heritage.
[picture of astronaut on the moon, against American flag]
1969: Man walks on the moon.
[picture of astronaut about to swing on the moon]
1971: Man walks on the moon... again.
[pictures stop]
Then, for a long time, nothing happened. Until tonight.
