Ummm ... You Didn't Make Me Say It
This is my 200th entry here at No More Hornets and so I thought it might be a good time to answer a question posed today by my friend Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist.
Hemant asks: Why Do You Blog?
Here's the answer I left him:
The reason I blog is so that those of us who don’t blog for any reason have a voice in the Atheosphere.
I think that may be a version of Russell's paradox, but I'm not a philosopher so I can't be sure.
(H/T to PhillyChief, whose blog has my favorite title. And thanks for the surprise graphic.)
Hey, Exterminator, I enjoyed reading this.
12 comments:
That's certainly a noble reason, but I have no idea what Bill Russel has to do with your answer or what he ever had to say about paradoxes.
I of course bow to your great taste in recognizing quality blog titles. :)
Congrats on the 200th post!
I'm sure I understand your answer to the question 'Why do you blog?' but then I am quite drunk so it may not make quite so much sense in the morning.;)
I'll have a drink to 200 more!
Dittos (megadittos) on the congrats. You seem to go for quality over quantity. At least, the quality's been good since I started reading.
Who made up the rule that bloggers have to have reasons for blogging? Did I miss another memo?
Anyway, congrats on #200. Keep 'em coming, even if you don't have a reason to do so.
I blog as a primal scream into cyberspace. I know that's hardly original, but it sums it up so nicely that I can't resist it. I don't feel like I have anything original to say, or that I'm likely to change any minds in a direct sense. I think Ex does it in part because he is a writer and it's an easy way to hone ones craft. I don't have an illusion that this will lead to anything in my case. I like to share interesting things I've seen or learned, to people who already have a tendency to think like I do. Not that you asked me....
Philly:
Actually, Philly, the Russell I was referring to was Jane. Talk about a pair o' docks.
Psycho:
My posts always seem to make more sense to people who are looped.
(((Billy))):
You seem to go for quality over quantity.
Actually, I go for neither quality nor quantity. I go for quiddity.
chappy:
Did I miss another memo?
There was no memo. There was just a huge article in The War Cry.
Evo:
I blog as a primal scream into cyberspace.
And here we all thought that it was just the sound of whining.
You're narrowing me down Ex. You've got me at "unduly optimistic crybaby", but I think there are still a couple of things missing. Keep working on the fuller picture.
200? That at least calls for a rare graphic, doncha think?
Me, I blog 'cause it's there. The atheosphere, that is.
SI:
It's good to have a friend who's a topnotch artist, eh?
It must be true! "Ask and you shall receive"
Flickr is great. Who would have imagined someone would have actually photographed dead hornets?
You have a bludger and a flying broomstick? Wow.
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