Barb's Burblings

There was an article in

There was an article in yesterday’s Washington Post about the nature of blogs. Every now and then someone I know will find out that I have a blog, or will ask what a blog is. Then I try to distinguish between a blog and a journal and what is involved. Of course, my site (like so many others) blurs the line. In my mind, a blog (like Dave Barry’s) is pretty much a list of links to articles on other sites. A journal (e.g., Dancing Brave) details what’s going on in someone’s life. Mine is a combination of the two. I just wanted a place to keep my scattered friends and family up-to-date about what I’m doing and thinking and feeling, and I wanted to share other sites/articles/whatever that amused me. It’s mainly for my friends and friends of friends, and if random people stumble in, great. And even if I’m just talking to myself in a vacuum, well, that’s okay, too. I like going back and seeing what random thing I wrote about two years ago.

Articles like that kind of frustrate me—I’m really not involved in the blogging community or whatnot—but at the same time clarify for me what exactly I’m trying to do here. Which is good.