"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
17 July 2005Why bother?This is why Matt bothers:
After three plus years of doing this, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not much of a writer. My average traffic makes that fairly clear. It's okay, though. I genuinely enjoy it. It's a great outlet to talk about things that my friends and/or wife really aren't interested in. I post on the days when I'm motivated, and could care less about the blog when I’m not.
If writing quality were the major criterion, Andrea Harris would be outdrawing Ana Marie Cox. But I figure Matt's reasons are as good as anyone's, though I do wish he could drag the Mrs. back to the keyboard on a regular basis. Posted at 8:28 AM to BlogorrheaHeh, thanks. I'm not sure that's much of a compliment though -- a dead frog could write better than Wankette (or rather, than the army of underpaid minions who provide her pseudo-blog with copy). To tell you the truth, though, I don't think my blog(s) contain examples of my best writing. I tend to ramble on, backtrack, insert too many disclaimers, overuse parentheses, and so forth. I think of my site as more of a clearing house for my bad habits. "See that? Don't write like that when working on the Best-Selling Novel." That I'll start working on any day now. Yeah. Posted by: Andrea Harris at 10:22 AM on 17 July 2005*stares* Oookay... (just quoting you from earlier, If writing quality were the major criterion, *Charles* would be outdrawing *Glen Reynolds*. Seriously. Posted by: david at 1:31 PM on 17 July 2005I know I shouldn't post twice, but I'm going out on Frankly, Andrea, I don't think parentheses can be And that's about as complimentary as I've ever been, Over and Out Posted by: claretoothloose at 1:54 PM on 17 July 2005Denton is paying the minions now? Do tell. Posted by: CGHill at 4:27 PM on 17 July 2005 |