Monday, January 26, 2009

The Perils of Socialising with a Blogger ..

Isn't this comic strip so very descriptive of what it's like being with a blogger ?

One question I've been asked is why blog ? Is it that I have too much time with nothing to do ?

I'm not sure that I can answer that with any kind of certainty other than that I'm an accidental blogger. I've simply started writing again after keeping a journal in the years before I married Michelle.

It's like writing in a diary, except that it's very public; and I'm not limited to words but can throw in all manner of photographs, videos and what-have-you.

An online journal which I can read in a few years time and say "Darn, was I stupid then !"

An avenue to vent or to explain how I feel about certain things.

A place to show photographs that I would like to share.

A way to keep relatives updated on our family.

Maybe something that Catriona can read and see how she was then and realise that maybe her parents understand her a little more than she thinks.

Things and events and emotions which can be described in words which don't always translate particularly well if it's just a video or a photograph. You know the expression 'a photo is worth a thousand words' ? What happens if you have a thousand and ten words to say ?

That's why I blog.

NB. probably loads of other reasons too, but I can't think of any right now.

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