Wednesday, November 10, 2010

How Cool is That Map?

One of the coolest things about having a blog is knowing that people from virtually anywhere in the world can read what you write. Over the years I've read hundreds, perhaps thousands of blog's and blog posts from around the world. Many by just clicking the random "next" at the top o the Blogger page. People post for a myriad of reasons. It doesn't really matter how or why. For some it's for therapeutic reasons. For others its for work. It just matters that we do. In college I wrote quite a bit. I started college fearing the term paper and almost any composition. By the end I wanted it all to be written. I was not an English major, but I learned a ton from taking classes that were in essence foreign to me. I took an East Asian Language and Literature class and a Art History class that to this day I can remember everything we did. All my other classes are gone in a blur. Those two classes were different. They challenged me to open up my horizons and to look beyond what was around me and comfortable. I probably did not fully appreciate it at the time, but I certainly do now. In any case I picked up writing an fortunately for me I have a sister who is a writer and with almost every paper I wrote I used this new at the time thing called the internet to email her the papers where she wold comment and correct obvious errors and help me develop a writing style. This style of writing led to one of my professors sending my work to a local newspaper where she attempted to get me a job as a writer covering music and the arts. Two things I knew little about at the time beyond what I was picking up in that Art History class. Fortunately for me I did not pursue that job as I get bored dong the same things all the time. I need variety in my life. It why my interests are varied and over the history of this blog I think you can get a good snapshot of that. One thing is for certain however. I like to go fast.
If you stop by this page leave me a note. I know you're coming. I see it on the map. Go ahead and click on it. I'd really like to see visitors from Russia and Alaska. Greenland and Iceland. Madagascar and Nicaragua. Anywhere and everywhere. Its what makes a blog page so great. Thanks!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Davy: As I've written, the cessation of business fromBR Blogrolling has temporarily erased my Blogroll and that's why I've been absent. We are working on a resolution. But I quite agree. Blogging is still the most amazing medium and this is a great site! :)