stupid blog

Many feel blogging is a pointless exercise. The strongest argument for this is writing for the sake of writing accomplishes nothing unless for a book/news article. Divulging your personal life does nothing for the casual surfer, and yet it isn't set to private. Stupid, right? I suppose on the other hand, writing is excellent for developing the mind. You'll see how surprising you sound when you're actually given time to put thought into your words, and as your process develops you start to speak well also.

Keep your tyrades about supermarkets and customer service by instead using online reviews like google maps, bing maps or citysearch

If you're writing about a problem, common or uncommon, chances are google will scoop up people with the same issue and bring them to your blog to find the answer. Blogging for a purpose seems like an unpopular idea. But there are common problems written on thousands of virus-infected sites in order to draw traffic... DriverDetective for example. The answers that work draw traffic.

If you're cool, then people esp. teenagers seek role models ( regardless of the term they use for it) because they seek exceptions to the rule that adulthood means becoming a stiff, even though its true. Adults bring their jobs home, there's no way to get around it... society needs to admit that. Teens and 20 somethings are told to "do what makes them happy" but it means also, don't do things for the sake of leading an interesting life they try to emulate. So in short, its becoming a stiff that means being happy in a way only you can enjoy. It's just not our first choice. So all adults are consistently uninteresting or displeasing in some manner that your average teen would sharply criticize. And it's incredible the response that laid-back, seemingly happy adults get from kids.

I know some mySpacers who are so envied that their profiles have been completely mimicked. I call this "Virtual Attention" aka attention whore (-ing). Social Net'ting is a circus. If you become addicted to facebook, you're bound to forget the pleasures of face-to-face interaction. Why shepherd confused youth with your goth page, while spending time talking about people who are doing?

which brings me to the most intense form of action: Proactivism and its criticisms
Many intelligent people feel pro-activism is dangerous for them - because it almost always means confronting an uncooperative political figure whose resources transcend the law. Government employees have near despotic power when dealing with individuals, and more often than not, the channels for action are plugged artificially by corrupt obstructionists and apathetic workers, in league with the politician. Take mayor Byron Brown for instance. His son did a hit and run when he was 16, the college caught it on tape and Brown made a statement that the tapes belonged to the college. He does shameful things without a warrant, and yet he says its too much to start the process of getting one this time. The next step is proactivism... Going to the mayor himself with questions and a camera, and finding the woman whose car was smashed and starting the court process. If anyone else hit the car, I'd be ok to sue, but the mayor's son? How do I get the feeling my luck would be much different in the latter case?