Comments on: Olden Days http://www.theblythespirit.com/2009/07/07/olden-days/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dani http://www.theblythespirit.com/2009/07/07/olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Dani Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:08:54 +0000 http://www.theblythespirit.com/?p=615#comment-1045 As usual Blythe, you managed to capture my thoughts much more eloquently than I could have communicated. In fact, I think when we were talking about this the other day, I may have slurred over a lemon drop, "This whole change... well... y'know... it just bugs... and I just ... well, y'know ... whatever. It seems ... different, meh." As usual Blythe, you managed to capture my thoughts much more eloquently than I could have communicated. In fact, I think when we were talking about this the other day, I may have slurred over a lemon drop, “This whole change… well… y’know… it just bugs… and I just … well, y’know … whatever. It seems … different, meh.”

]]> By: B. http://www.theblythespirit.com/2009/07/07/olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 B. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:43:47 +0000 http://www.theblythespirit.com/?p=615#comment-1043 I think the minute you start blogging for profit you forfeit something essential. I understand the lure of "hey, if I can do something I love, like writing, and eke out a living too..." but I've seen very few blogs pull it off successfully. Bland is often the word I end up using to describe them. I guess I am nostalgic. I preferred the days when people laid it all out there. It was brave and admirable and entertaining as hell. No one worried that Grandma might be reading, or that the neighborhood dentist would google his name and come across a less than flattering anecdote two weeks before their next cleaning. Damn us all for becoming so PC. Or maybe WC (webically correct)? Al Gore... inventor of the 'www' & third in line for sainthood behind Oprah & Angelina... needs to address this posthaste. By the way, comments are working for me again, yay! I think the minute you start blogging for profit you forfeit something essential. I understand the lure of “hey, if I can do something I love, like writing, and eke out a living too…” but I’ve seen very few blogs pull it off successfully. Bland is often the word I end up using to describe them.

I guess I am nostalgic. I preferred the days when people laid it all out there. It was brave and admirable and entertaining as hell. No one worried that Grandma might be reading, or that the neighborhood dentist would google his name and come across a less than flattering anecdote two weeks before their next cleaning.

Damn us all for becoming so PC. Or maybe WC (webically correct)? Al Gore… inventor of the ‘www’ & third in line for sainthood behind Oprah & Angelina… needs to address this posthaste.

By the way, comments are working for me again, yay!

]]> By: jonniker http://www.theblythespirit.com/2009/07/07/olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 jonniker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:18:21 +0000 http://www.theblythespirit.com/?p=615#comment-1042 Yes. Me too. And while I don't blame them, it has made me re-think how I blog, and realize that I don't want to become that. Again, I don't blame them, but it's not for me. I've had a few paid opportunities come up recently, much to my surprise, and I've made some horribly unprofessional decisions by first agreeing to them, then backing out of at the last minute. But the reason I did so was because I realized it didn't fit me at all. Yes. Me too. And while I don’t blame them, it has made me re-think how I blog, and realize that I don’t want to become that. Again, I don’t blame them, but it’s not for me. I’ve had a few paid opportunities come up recently, much to my surprise, and I’ve made some horribly unprofessional decisions by first agreeing to them, then backing out of at the last minute. But the reason I did so was because I realized it didn’t fit me at all.

]]> By: Erin http://www.theblythespirit.com/2009/07/07/olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Erin Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:45:40 +0000 http://www.theblythespirit.com/?p=615#comment-1041 I have felt that nostalgia recently, with a few bloggers in particular in mind (some, in fact, that you introduced me too, it's a bit like you're my hook-up for my blog addiction...). My thoughts are that this phase is a transitional one and that in the coming months and years the balance between personal and professional blogger will begin to get sorted out and leave us with a new way of reading and enjoying those blogs. Perhaps I'm being optimistic, but I think (hope) the really good writers will find a way to achieve that balance. I have felt that nostalgia recently, with a few bloggers in particular in mind (some, in fact, that you introduced me too, it’s a bit like you’re my hook-up for my blog addiction…). My thoughts are that this phase is a transitional one and that in the coming months and years the balance between personal and professional blogger will begin to get sorted out and leave us with a new way of reading and enjoying those blogs. Perhaps I’m being optimistic, but I think (hope) the really good writers will find a way to achieve that balance.

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