Blog Respectability...and Blog Frivolity
In the opinions of more than a few bloggers, Time magazine got it right with Lev Grossman's June 13 article "Meet Joe Blog." Grossman does a respectable job describing what blogs are, why they're suddenly so hot...and why everyone else should care. The Time article checks in at No. 8 among top links for June 15.
But enough seriousness for a while. In the frivolity department, there's plenty of near-mindless "stuff" in the blogosphere to keep everyone's minds off politics, prison abuse, terrorism and the Supreme Court for a while. Such as this No. 4-ranked ditty among BlogPulse's key phrases: frozen french fries now count as fresh vegetables. So does that mean fries dipped in ketchup -- another Department of Agriculture "veggie" -- count as a two-fer?
From reality-TV land, "Survivor" creator Mark Burnet is planning to use a show called "Rock Star" to find a new lead singer for a band. (The music world awaits with equal parts bated breath and low expectation).
Have you ever wondered who will show up at your funeral? The Random Obituary Generator of Doom at least lets bloggers toys with the idea. The generator is a tool for creating one's own obituary -- creatively, of course. Just in case it's, you know, one of those days. The fake obits are showing up as memes in numerous blogs.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at June 16, 2004 04:11 PM
