Bloglogic
Okay, I can't remember who did this first-- If it was Jorge Luis Borges who said that all literary ideas could be traced to four unique themes, or an ancient Greek who said that all literary themes could be reduced to seven original ideas, or a lot of other people who said all fiction when disrobed would be revealed naked as one of a small occult cosmological number of mannequins-- probably the latter.
Anyway, I'm going to try to apply this type of analytical reduction to blogs.
Of course, this analysis excludes me and all of my wildly genuine friends whose blogs simply reveal our experiences and thoughts in the hope that others will enjoy them, while pricking ourselves to write in an entertaining manner. And even if it didn't, people for thousands of years have been truly entertained by the same four/seven/other number of fictional themes without ever tiring of viewing familiar, beloved emperors in inspired, dazzling new runway collections. Familiarity may breed joy, not contempt. Nobody--much--ever criticized Beethoven for creating transcendental drama out of three chords.
BLOGUE (IN 8 THEMES)
1. Rant of the Day Against Whatever
2. My Political Viewpoint Is The Only Correct One, Earthlings
3. Back Me Up In My Hatred Of My Sucky Job, My Shit Boss, And My Subhuman Co-Workers
4. Support My Commercial/Artistic/Web-Dominating Presence
5. My Humorous Life, And Welcome To It
6. My Struggle Against One Particular Heinous Disease/ Injustice/ Personal Tragedy
7. The Great Collection Of Links To Others' Ideas
8. Not Being A Professional Journalist Who Needs To Verify Sources Gives Me Lots of Latitude
8 (Again). Lord High Transmitter Of Memes/ Web Legends/ Quizzes/ Personality Tests/ Aged Jokes/ Cliched Flash Animations
8 (Yet Again). I'm Playing Laura Ingalls Wilder In The 21st Century, And Here Is My Plainly Written, If Emotionally Unenlightened Although Highly-Charged, Diary Of Daily Events Concerning Me
I prefer to reduce to 8, because the number 8 laid on its side is infinity.
Have I missed any...? :-)
Anyway, I'm going to try to apply this type of analytical reduction to blogs.
Of course, this analysis excludes me and all of my wildly genuine friends whose blogs simply reveal our experiences and thoughts in the hope that others will enjoy them, while pricking ourselves to write in an entertaining manner. And even if it didn't, people for thousands of years have been truly entertained by the same four/seven/other number of fictional themes without ever tiring of viewing familiar, beloved emperors in inspired, dazzling new runway collections. Familiarity may breed joy, not contempt. Nobody--much--ever criticized Beethoven for creating transcendental drama out of three chords.
BLOGUE (IN 8 THEMES)
1. Rant of the Day Against Whatever
2. My Political Viewpoint Is The Only Correct One, Earthlings
3. Back Me Up In My Hatred Of My Sucky Job, My Shit Boss, And My Subhuman Co-Workers
4. Support My Commercial/Artistic/Web-Dominating Presence
5. My Humorous Life, And Welcome To It
6. My Struggle Against One Particular Heinous Disease/ Injustice/ Personal Tragedy
7. The Great Collection Of Links To Others' Ideas
8. Not Being A Professional Journalist Who Needs To Verify Sources Gives Me Lots of Latitude
8 (Again). Lord High Transmitter Of Memes/ Web Legends/ Quizzes/ Personality Tests/ Aged Jokes/ Cliched Flash Animations
8 (Yet Again). I'm Playing Laura Ingalls Wilder In The 21st Century, And Here Is My Plainly Written, If Emotionally Unenlightened Although Highly-Charged, Diary Of Daily Events Concerning Me
I prefer to reduce to 8, because the number 8 laid on its side is infinity.
Have I missed any...? :-)
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