I don't know beans

By notapoet - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Opinion

Friday, December 12, 2003

To Compete or Not to Compete

That is the question I often ask myself about blogging. I'm sure many others do the same. Readers, rankings, and real cash -- the folding kind, not the jingling stuff -- is why many of us came here in the first place. I'm no exception. The possibility of making back the membership fee and maybe even... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 6:28 AM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, December 7, 2003

The Blogging Addiction

What exactly is this strange form of writing -- no communication -- that can so easily begin to dominate our lives? What is this strange compulsion to express opinions and thoughts, to make lists, about anything and everything under the sun? Is it some form of modern addiction? Damned if I know what... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 2:15 AM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, December 2, 2003

The List Makers are Taking Over!

And all I can say is "What's wrong with that?" "Saaayyy whaaaattttt?" You heard me. After giving it some serious thought, I see nothing wrong with the sudden popularity of list-making. When you thing about it, it really isn't all that new. Several bloggers have been thriving with various lists for... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 6:52 AM | add or view comments (9) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Saturday, November 29, 2003

Substance vs. Popularity Do We Need a New Ranking System?

First of all, let me say thank you to all of those who gave so much attention to my last post. I'm not used to making the 100 "Most Popular Today" very often, much less for most of two days with the same post, outside of my BN Surveys in the Blogging category. I've tried to respond to all comments.... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 11:07 PM | add or view comments (16) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, November 27, 2003

I'm Amused

by all the gyrations going on as our top bloggers jockey for position on the BN. Its times like this that make me grateful I'm not one of the big guns. I'm having too much fun standing back and watching to even want to try to get involved in the mad scrambling going on. I was made aware by some of... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 12:05 PM | add or view comments (21) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Monday, November 24, 2003

"The Good Old Days"

I don't think I'll ever be able to forget the time I got shouted down by an entire Baptist Sunday School class. "How can you be so naive?" the sweet lady teaching the lesson that Sunday said. Shouted was more like it. She was clearly exasperated with me and my silly opinion. "Don't you read your... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 9:41 PM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, November 16, 2003

"I wish he'd broken his neck and died,"

said my Ex, the Super Christian, when she heard that my former partner had fallen off the roof of his house and suffered a broken arm. "You don't mean that Hon," I chided her. "Yes I do. It would serve him right. He put us through hell," she countered. She was right about that. My former partner... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 12:55 AM | add or view comments (11) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, November 14, 2003

Sticks and Stones

Opinions and beliefs often get so intermingled that we aren't sure which is which. Although we need to be able to get them straight in our own minds so that we don't start spouting utter nonsense, I have to say it isn't entirely bad, this intermingling. Opininions based on beliefs and personal... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 8:25 AM | add or view comments (13) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, November 9, 2003

Value System

The following reflection on my personal value system was written for a required Christian Intellectual Traditions and World Affairs class last summer. It pretty much explains who and what I am for anyone who is interested. Reflections On My Value System It has often been said that we are what we... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 5:37 PM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Saturday, November 8, 2003

This blog is a shameless attempt to solicit clicks.

I admit it. I started this blog as a crass attempt to prove a point. I began forming a theory that any fairly competent writer (and I consider myself to be at least that) can rank high in a given category through the simple expedient of posting frequently. Since Opinion is the most competitive... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 12:48 PM | add or view comments (0) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Practice What You Preach

Yesterday I made some suggestions and threw out some ideas about writing managing lots of blogs in several different categories. Today I'm trying a few of those things. I'll let you figure out how its going and whether or it they work. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 9:11 AM | add or view comments (0) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

The older I get, the less I seem to know. But...

I used to be a know-it-all, so I figured why not I fake it. Anyway, knowledge doesn't seem to count for as much as a loud voice and persistence. I've still got both of those. Everyone with an IQ over 60 has lots of opinions. Many people are too embarrassed to voice most of them because they don't... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by notapoet at 6:50 AM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

April 2024
SMTWTFS
31123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
2829301234
567891011
Dec | Newest | May
About this Blog

I've got an opinion on just about everything and I'm old enough to bluff pretty good when I don't.

Recent Entries
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)