[Dean's World] Ron Coleman: Spit in the ocean

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Posted by Ron Coleman:
Spit in the ocean
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1165851655.shtml


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                           [1]splendid isolation
                Originally uploaded on Flickr [2]Rainman662.

   In the last week my blogging focuses largely on the Carter / Baker
   double shot of "blame Israel first" foreign policy. I thought I made
   some decent points, largely ricocheting off things written by other
   people. I got some good discussions going. I care about the issue. I
   had fun.

   Did I accomplish anything?

   Is this anything but a very cheap ego trip? I like to write, and you
   like to read. Some of you like write what I read. I don't think any of
   you work in the White House, with all due respect. Am I doing much
   more than those odd people who stand on boxes in Hyde Park, listening
   to themselves , along with a few dozen of their closest friends,
   posterity eminently unmoved by their words?

   I probably spend an hour a day on Dean's World blogging. Some days,
   more. I can't imagine what the big cheese spends on it. For that
   matter I can't imagine how someone like Glenn Reynolds teaches law and
   is held responsible for blogging almost hourly most of the day by his
   gazillions of readers, though admittedly his posts can be rather
   short. But I also have to keep [3]Likelihood of Confusion fresh, which
   can be a struggle when there's not topical news for me to report. I
   have had days where I've spent the whole day blogging between the two
   blogs and have to work into the night just to meet my responsibilities
   to my clients, and bill a few hours worth of time so my family can
   eat. I enjoy the blogging more, but I am used to the idea that,
   notwithstanding all the talk from people who have been successful
   doing what they love, most of us can't, don't, won't.

   I can't imagine giving it up, but on a blue Monday morning where
   existential angst is nipping at my heels, I wonder if it's best not
   too look to hard just what exactly "it" is.

References

   1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/54208664@N00/87027164/
   2. http://www.flickr.com/people/54208664@N00/
   3. htttp://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/