Well I’ve been told by a couple of people that I need to update my blog. And maybe they are right. It is a lot of fun to read others . . . some I anticipate eagerly to see what the latest issues are, and I don’t stop to think about there being any interest in mine. And what is so sickening is that I had practically this entire post done, and something in TypePad wiped it all out . . . that is now the third time that has happened to me.
I worked out tonight. Still doing 3 miles in less than 35 minutes. That’s not too shabby, but it is not great I know. Every time I get sick or away from it, that time gets higher and the distance gets lower. There is just no way to store up your fitness. I try to religiously (no pun intended) go to the gymn to work out 3 times a week. I’ve done it three times this week, and am I proud? Well you can just pat me on the back any old time you please.
I’ve been reading the granddaddy of all the blogs. (The New York Times calls him the protoblogger). Dave is the guy who got the entire web logging genre started. He also invented RSS (. . . not sure what it is or does, but I gather it must be really simple . . . ) He’s interesting to read. His blog format is so naked and simple . . . such a contrast from these people who have so many splashes of color and fancy formatting, and bells and whistles. He loves to rant about his Jewishness, but will also say he is not religious . . . he is liberal out toward the radical end of the spectrum and thinks he is somewhat mainstream, and he is intense with firm opinions. I read him to learn about what I do not have a clue about, namely, this entire weblogging medium. I am still such a neophyte with it all. I can see that reading these blogs you find out about stuff way, way more quickly before it ever gets onto any of the popular mass media. My problem is that I am so clueless about what I am reading from the geeky ones that I have to ask one of our sons to translate it all for me. One case in point is the phenomenon of FriendFeed. I really do not get that at all. Nor do I get Twitter. But then it also took me over a year to begin to grasp about blogging.
I recognize blogging probably has a lot of power and potential that I am not effectively tapping into . . . but then, so does prayer. So maybe I’m guilty on two fronts there. Not to say that I don’t keep plugging away at both (and hopefully the prayer part way more than the blogging part).
