In this day and age many pundits criticize the public for not sacrificing certain aspects of their lives for the preservation of life as we understand it. Pundits also criticize the government for not asking people to help constrict the world's voracious appetite for all things that keep us comfy and cozy. Oil, water, food, medicine, natural resources, energy and all of the natural driving forces of these times for some of which we have a finite supply. Since I am now joining the "punditry" by writing here and pretending I know something about something, I'd like to shout out my concerns and criticisms and ask for sacrifice.
We need to do an insert edit over the word Blog. This aggression will not stand, and we need to come together to bring proper nomenclature to the Blog. Let's hear it writers!
Ever since this word became a part of my vocabulary, I have hated the sound of it. It's gross, short-sighted, guttural, limiting, and just plain boring. There has to be another word or phrase that will encompass the idea of the "op-ed column version 2.0" without sounding like a bodily function or a bad case of the blues. It is quite possibly the worst amalgamation of English phonetic segments that has ever been created for something that truly represents the voice of the people, that is all the voices of all individual people and the comments that follow. Blogs are this century's version of the Roman forum, the place to be heard, ridiculed, discussed upon and justified. if you think about it, it's pretty damn cool. The problem is, I can't think of a word that sums up that idea. I have not been involved in the "blogosphere" (another terrible word) long enough to know what this word should be. So I guess I will have to do more research in my campaign to erase Blog from Webster's dictionary. In doing so, I ask you to what title should we officially change it to? Or perhaps you like the word Blahhg, why? What are you favorite blahhgs? My favorite of the moment is FSJ. Too hilarious. What other blogs do you read?
I hope you find my cause just and worthy. I won't call you during the dinner hour, I won't even ask you for money, but if you believe please respond and comment.
Stay strong.
Jeremy
PS: This guy is all about the Replace the BlogWord movement:
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i agree, the word "blog" is everything you say it is...
...a wasted syllabic grunt that describes possibly the most relevant use of the internet. be it as a forum for change and learning or personal use within a personal community.
there should be a better word, more fitting its potential. i guess more writers should take-up writing blogs, then maybe a better, faster syntax will appear.
until then, "get up, stand up" and know you're not alone in your cause.
and when i figure out how to "blogroll" you're URL onto my cowblog (oh no, another questionable, guttural term) it'll be posted.
onward & upward.