Blogebrity

So, does this mean I'm finally going to be in a non-tech magazine? Will I have to do something silly again, like rent my forehead instead of my chest? Are they going to make a Bloggywood Squares game show next? Can I be Center Square? Will having inserted an obscure Monty Python reference into the excerpt for this blog entry win me anything?
I turn on the television, I keep seeing “blogs” featured on midday political news roundtables. I listen to the radio, I hear the word “podcasts” mentioned as alternatives for archives. Seems that counter-culture is quickly becoming culture. That begs the question: what IS next? What more can we do with blogs, other than blog about blogging and blog about blogging about blogs? They used to be uber-cool and super-rare, but now everybody has one – and I believe its uniqueness has disappeared because of such ubiquity. That, and they seem to bring out the worst in everybody. Most blog comments are nothing but… and I quote…

“Check your facts before you post.” “Read before you write.” “Don't be so self-obsessed.” “That was stupid.” “The tone of your post was offensive to me.” “So this guy posts every time he's 'off' to somewhere new. Is he boasting about his travel?”

Well, better to see a negative blog comment than none at all, eh? Doesn't matter, I'm likely to receive negative comments for commenting on negative blog comments now. Here, wait a second… just copy and paste the following complaint into your comment, and you'll be well on yr way to a perfect followup:

Chris, I don't knwo what happened to you. You used to be cool now your all obsessed with making a living. I have to go to work every day and do you hear me ever complain about things? No because i don't complain about things ever – unless i'm complaining about you and what you say. I'm totally unsubscribing from your drivel. There's a lot more drivel out there for me to reaed.

Perfect. That way, I'm further dehumanized. Blog dammit.