Friday December 12th 2008

MINDLESS...HMMMM

About a week ago I received an anonymous e-mail from the website that decided to rip into one of my blog entries and label it "mindless". At first I was insulted, but then I gave it some thought. Miriam Webster's dictionary defines "mindless" as not intellectually challenging or stimulating. The anonymous e-mailer was right! My blog is not all that intellectually challenging. Nor does it do a great deal of stimulating. You see I have never made the claim that this blog would ever provide any of those things.

HEY LOOK OVER THERE!
The reason I write is to share stories, to outline some of the quirky thoughts that rush through my head when I am away from the microphone. My blog is nothing more than the written version of computer solitaire. A "mindless" distraction away from the day to day headlines. Certainly I could write about the looming recession. Or perhaps you would like my written take on the collapse of the auto industry? Those are the things I save for the radio, in order to stimulate response.

TAKE A BREAK
My blog is all about providing a little escape from the grind. A retreat from the doom and gloom around us. We are not all androids that need to be serious 24/7, sometimes it is healthy to have a laugh or share a human emotion with others.No doubt I will continue to have my critics, which makes it all the more worthwhile. I just wish that everyone would lighten up a touch, and not take themselves or this world so seriously. I guess I will have to save the toilet seat story for next week!

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