CALL ME SNAKE

I recently spoke with a well-known journalist–a book author and editor of an influential weekly magazine–who had this to say about bloggers: “The overall sense I get of bloggers … is that they’re a bunch of whiny, self-involved people.” I’d like to make a few points in response: First, I do not whine. I complain–sometimes excessively, sometimes obsessively, sometimes incessantly–but I never whine. As for the other part of his assessment, I can’t see why a fellow can’t speak his mind every now and then without being called “self-involved.” But maybe this guy is right. In that case, I have a small confession to make: I’m not a blogger. This is just something I do on the side. For fun. Like a hobby. It’s not who I am. So any way you slice it, I’m in the clear. As for the rest of you self-involved whiners, well, that’s another story altogether now, isn’t it?