Comments on: 5 Reasons Why I Blog

By: ilker

ilker — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:06:36 +0000

Did you know? I recently got a brand new shiny dot com domain name! =)

Would you be so kind to change the links from ilkeryoldas.blogspot.com to http://www.thethinkingblog.com ?

By: Sterling "Chip" Camden

Sterling "Chip" Camden — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:17:03 +0000

Looks like you ported your blog, and changed the link on your tag of me (thanks for the compliment, BTW) to link to my response to your tag, in a Terminatoresque time-twist.

Another such twist is the way the first nine commenters anticipated your post by more than 37 years.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Susan, thank you so much for dropping by and letting me know about your post. I found your blog very uplifting and heartfelt (and especially liked reason #5).

Perhaps you know this already, but I just want to say, Never let Fear win – you are so much greater than your fears (1 Cor. 10:13).

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Interesting - I'm glad I found your blog and this post.

I gave some answers at my place and suspect that the reasons will grow.

Thanks for the thinking opportunity.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, Matthew! Yes, I could add that one to my list too (although sometimes it’s an ‘agony and ecstacy’ sort of thing, if you know what I mean).

Of course, no one EVER pays me to write, but let’s not go there…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

I agree with these reasons. Blogging is fun. An additional reason for me is that, as a professional writer, I normally have to write what *other people* want me to write. With my blog, I can write what I like, when I like. As to why I love writing see: http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=254.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Kate Anne - thanks for the kind words! As for length, I usually use a full MS Word page as my guideline. I say "guideline" and not "rule" because most of the time I have a tendency to shoot past it like a runaway train! (Sheesh! Just look at the length of this comment!)

But I'm trying to keep it down. In part, blogging is good practice for being clear and complete without waxing too eloquent, if you know what I mean.

I just read Made to Stick by the Heath brothers and they gave me some good ideas on how to say more with less. You'd think someone who hosted the six-word contest would be better at it, but noooooo...

Also, I've seen Gina's before. Interesting how the meme got around, isn't it? The other day I was exploring the inbound links in technorati and ran across someone in Holland who wrote some.

By: Kate Anne

Kate Anne — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Hey, Bob -- you do write soooo well. I tend to avoid longer posts, but yours flow. For whatever reasons you blog, keep doing it.

And by the way, Gina posted some six-worders that you might enjoy -- I did:

The Six-Worders

See, your influence lives on....

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Oops! Profuse apologies Ilker for missing the obvious! (corrected now) Hey, this tagging thing is fun!

Pete, what a great compliment! I’ve always thought I’d have done well as an Aussie. In spite of the spelling thing. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

By: Pete Aldin

Pete Aldin — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Robert, you’re always a great read…. Er, that’s a compliment.

And thankyou for being an American with an Australian sense of humor… Er, that’s a compliment too, spoken with respect. You can tell I respect you because I wrote humour with the American spelling above.

By: ilker

ilker — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Wow.. a post better than mine! Hmmm, I could have used satisfaction as well. Keep on blogging, you have good reasons! Btw, my surname is Yoldas