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I think I forgot to put the cat out. But, I’m still curious – Who did <\/em>set fire to her? My personal thermostat is broken. I now spend my days alternating between down jackets and ice packs. If there is a way to simultaneous run the\u00a0furnace and the air conditioner, I am determined to find it. My total 20 minutes of sleep last night involved dreams of dorm rooms, escrows and Russell Shaw. (Don’t get excited, Mr. Shaw. It was the “You are a Failure of Epic Proportions<\/a>” post that slipped into my subconscious. I have since determined that I am destined for\u00a0moderate\u00a0success, since the last thing I wanted to do yesterday was read a 2,000 word blog post on how much I suck.\u00a0I skimmed).<\/p>\n

It is so much fun getting old. Happy birthday to me.<\/p>\n

Years ago, the children in my daughter’s second grade class each had to give a presentation on an exotic animal. The question and answer periods were more fun than\u00a0my third time watching Weekend at Bernie’s. This is where classmates would toss out random questions about the featured\u00a0animal, thus allowing the presenter\u00a0to demonstrate their command of the subject. One girl mentioned that\u00a0the okapi\u00a0was threatened by the jackal. “What’s a jackal?” one child asked. “Oh, (pause<\/em>) a rabbit.” Everyone was quite satisfied.<\/p>\n

You see, if your audience is clueless, you can say just about anything and get away with it. If you only think<\/em> in these terms, if you forget that your readers might know a thing or two, or if you forget along the way that people actually may be reading what you write, then you may only think you can get away with it.<\/p>\n

On the heels of Inman’s Top 25 Most Influential Bloggers<\/a> award, I am reminded that there are many (at least 25) writers who blog with passion and with credibility – with something to say. I am also reminded of how competitive is this business, and how competitive this business of blogging is becoming.<\/p>\n

Blogging takes two forms. The blogger either has information or\u00a0has opinions to share. Philosophical opinions, opinions of “what if”, can be debated, but Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think I forgot to put the cat out. But, I’m still curious – Who did set fire to her? My personal thermostat is broken. I now spend my days alternating between down jackets and ice packs. 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