THANKS FOR NOTHING (aka Sorry About the Milk) — by Steve Nadis
I suppose there is plenty of “something” to be writing about. I could, for instance, talk about Dick Cheney who claims that challenging the rationale used to get us into the Iraq conflict is “reprehensible”–more reprehensible, in his opinion, than dragging our country into a war that has killed untold thousands of people, including our own youth, in an effort that has, thus far, made the world a far more dangerous place.
But sometimes I prefer to write about nothing. The formula worked well for “Seinfeld.” So why can’t it work for “Call Me Snake”? My feeling is that the pressing news, the “cutting edge” stuff, has a short shelf life. After a couple of weeks, if not a couple of days, it’s hard to go back to it. Blogs about nothing, on the other hand, never get “dated,” because they were never timely to begin with. Perhaps I should remind you of an old saying that comes to mind: Nothing lasts forever. Which is why–all other things being equal–I choose nothing.
Unfortunately, it’s been done…
http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull/
Hi Catherine — Thanks for telling me about the self-professed "dullest blog in the world." Dull, in my opinion, is not the same as nothing. And even if it were, the way I see it there is plenty of nothing to go around.
I forgot to mention Catherine — LOST has been better the last two weeks, just as you promised it would be.
Yeah Snake, come on, let’s get back to some important subjects! Like…I don’t know…chocolate milk?
Hello Snake! A personal family problem has kept me away from extra-curricular hobbies like reading my favorite blogs and updating my own. A blog somehow becomes a burden when people start adding their comments -particularly regarding serious issues- and criticizing a blog owner’s view. I congratulate you on being able to write up on a variety of issues/thoughts and keeping your replies to visitors’ comments cool-headed and modest. My blog consists wholly of NOTHINGS. My blog is my sillidom and probably just taking up space on the blogoshpere. If someone doesn’t like my blog he can comment on it and move along, there are gazillions of other blogs which have a bazillion of various themes/topics to choose from. Sometimes, however, it’s good to share our nothings, because they may be in fact the same nothings another person on the planet has thought about.
Well, I have to say something about my blog twin Flubberwinkle up there. Her blog is NOT sillidom to me - it is witty and fun. Now Snake….yours is FUN. You just about always write something I feel the compulsion to comment on in some manner. That must mean you make me think? Right?
zardoz says:
hey i am halfway around the planet
too, so at times i cannot contribute
or even understand some of the
t.v. programs or even athletes like ortiz
that you mention, not being in the same hemisphere
and being able to see these things daily
either on t.v. or in the boston globe ,
but some of your nothings like
MOONSHINE reminded me of another snarling ,puring
hairball named ARIES whos been in the family over
10 years and lately i havent given him enough of my time
or your milk articles , they hit a nerve
because big milk companies in my part of the planet
dont throw anything away , when they take the milk off
the shelves (its dried and made into otherstuff)
(maybe its sent to you guys and they put the powderymilk
into those weird cookies you wrote about.)
i looked into this after i read it on your blog
thinking JEESH i am not the only one worrying or thinking about this. And obviously i am not.
your nothings are something .
remember einsteins best equation E:m/c3 yeah you got it.
THANK YOU —————-zardoz,
Thanks for all the excellent comments. (Many readers consider that the best part.) Doc your idea on chocolate milk is outstanding. I had something like that in mind when I alluded to a future post on "milk additives." FW, I appreciate your vote of confidence & hope all is well on the family front. And if you’re having fun & thinking, Windfall, I consider that the highest tribute. Thanks for your note too, Zardoz. I had no idea you were halfway across the globe. I guess milk is something elemental that cuts across time zones and thereby makes the world a smaller, cozier place.
Hello, neighbor. The Pointmeister resides in Everett. I have been seeing your name in the comments of several blogs that I have been reading on a regular basis, but not until today have I taken the opportunity to click on the link. All I have to say is that it was a mistake not to have done so earlier. What little I have read so far, I found entertaining. In the immortal words of Ahnold, "I’ll be bawk."
Hello Mike (aka Pointmeister) — Thanks for your note & I do hope you follow Ahnold’s advice & drop in for a return visit.