Blogging 101

I found an article about how to write a good blog. Here are the top things it said to be aware of:

1. Stay on topic: Ok, but what if there is no topic?

2. Be informative: So people aren't interested in my extra-large lunch meat? (Reference from a previous MySpace blog post. I bought a lunchable at the $.99 store and needless to say there was a slight miscalculation as it related to the cracker to meat to cheese proportions.)

3. Old news is not news: Hmm. . . Future news. Now there's an untapped market.

4. Adhere to a schedule: I rebel when cornered.

5. Clarity and simplicity: Score! Well at least on the simplicity part. How clear I am is up for debate.

6. Keyword-rich: I will not blog about Paris Hilton's gas in Iraq.

7. Quanitity matters: It's the American way. I should Biggie-Size my posts I guess.

8. Frequency: To calculate the frequency of an event, the number of occurrences of the event within a fixed time interval are counted, and then divided by the length of the time interval.

9. Spell checking and proof reading: What is this a mid-term? Anyways, my blogs are much too boring to read the first time, let alone over and over again.

10. RSS: The automatic feeding machine.

So even though my blogging career never really began, i think it's over. But now the question begs to be asked. . . why do I even bother? Why do I obsess over the details of my life and take the time to jot it down for all to see? An exhibitionist? Well maybe. I actually read a google blog today that used the word antiquated. No one would ever say that in real life. Blogs are daydreams for adults.