June 7, 2004

Blogs

I don't know how many people reading this read any blogs besides mine, but if you were thinking about trying it, I would say don't. The following (in no particular order) is a list of all the blogs in the world that are worth the time spent reading them.
  1. My blog
  2. Chris King's blog
In case you have not seen too many other blogs, and you are under the mistaken impression that all of them are as wonderful as the two above, here are some links to some representative samples of other blogs here at the U that really blow. I don't have any particular problem with the specific blogs below; I am not saying they suck more than average, just that they suck as much as most every other blog, which is to say a lot.

Pick one

Every other blog in the world is apparently written with the intention of being used as a torture mechanism to bore people to death. Here are a few guidelines I've come up with for those who are blogging who want your blog to be as devastating as possible, while reducing the total number of boredom related casualties.

  1. Never talk about what you had to eat. That is boring.
  2. Don't have any entries that are poems. Your poetry is uncreative and contrived.
  3. Don't talk about things that actually happen to you. If your life was really exciting, people would make websites about you, you wouldn't need to have your own website where you talk about all the boring things you do. Try this: If something mildly interesting ever occurs to you, then think of the most wildly hilarious fictional elements you could add to your account. Now, add a small, talking animal sidekick with attitude to spare.
  4. Blogs that repeatedly post stupid pictures from the internet that everybody has already seen 10 times are useless.
  5. Don't use your blog as a cry for help. Thats what razors are for.
Posted by mill1991 at June 7, 2004 9:30 AM
Comments

Ha! As the author of one of the sites that "blow" I was just hoping for some clarification on some of your rules. You state blogs shouldn't "talk about things that actually happen to you" and yet on June 3 you talk about two things that have happened to you. Furthermore you seem to break rule 1 on May 26 when you talk about what you had to eat. Are their exceptions to your rules?

Seriously though, I think another way to make a blog less boring is to have a strong opinion about something and then stick to it. You obviously have a strong opinion about the suckiness of my blog. That certainly made your post interesting to me.

No worries though. I think my blog is less than stellar sometimes too. Fortunately for me, though, I don't care what you think, but I'm glad you were able to express your opinion.

Posted by: Shane at June 7, 2004 11:45 AM

This blog is moronic. What the hell is the point of this site anyway? You claim to just post things that are interesting and/or funny. Fail to see any here. Just another site to clog up the google searches. Gee thanks. You'd be better off babbling at the student union. I have to go before I am unable to wipe whatever film is left on me after visiting this site.

Posted by: Randy at June 7, 2004 12:12 PM

Well, clearly I've already been visited by two of the three referenced blogs. The first guy actually made some points, so let me respond. Putting actual links up to specific blogs was a mistake. What I'm trying to say here is that blogs, by their nature, are probably only interesting to a few people who know the blogger, and want to know a lot more. That doesn't make them useless, but whatever a person is looking for on the "Internet", a stranger's blog is probably the least useful resource. Each blog is probably useful to the individual writing it, a form of self-psychiatry. Hell, as far as I know, you two are the first ones to visit this site. Second, you'll notice I refer to the 5 points as guidelines, not rules. The administrative post I made (June 3), was ridiculously boring, as you point out. Thats why they must be few and far between. As for May 26, the post wasn't about food, that was setting the context. What I'm referring to are blog entries with a few lines like, "I had Chex Mix for breakfast today. Too much milk." You've seen these, right? Makes me want to vomit. Maybe I should have made that clearer. Thanks for your help. Finally, this site is not meant to be taken seriously by anyone. I'll change the links to mollify the two above softies.
See you in hell!
Tim

Posted by: Tim at June 7, 2004 12:46 PM

Actually, you don't have to take my link away. I'm a big boy, I can handle it. I think you have some valid points and actually the beginnings of a very good post on blogging in general. And yes, I realized you were setting the context with your post about Papa Johns. I was just being difficult...

Also, you are getting a fair number of hits. Over 300 since you began posting.

Posted by: Shane at June 7, 2004 12:54 PM

Honestly, most of those are probably me checking the layout and stuff and getting it settled. I'm estimating about 5-10 hits from non-me entities.

Tim

Posted by: Tim at June 7, 2004 1:17 PM

I am happy to be the owner of a weblog considered to be one of the greatest in the world

Posted by: Chris at June 7, 2004 6:18 PM

i have been told that i made your list of links before they were taken down. i am glad you noticed my site. as with your "asslicker supreme" blog, mine is not to be taken seriously either, just a way to dink around with my time and if my friends want to read it cool, if not whatever. later gator.

Posted by: .david. at June 7, 2004 9:27 PM