BLOGGING IS THE NEW JOGGING
It's the 1960's. Sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll. The start of the health movement. There is a young man on a path in the woods near the University of Oregon in Eugene. The young man, about to take a serious run, thinks "Hmm. Running is a good way to exercise and is a great cardio workout, but it is exhausting and hard on the body. Just walking is too passive. Maybe if I combine fast walking and slow running and just jog around a bit, I will sweat somewhat and get a decent workout." Drumroll. And so was the beginning of jogging. And jogging took off, no pun intended -- from the far West coast of Oregon to the far East coast of New York City's Central Park reservoir (this is where Madonna jogs if you care) people are jogging all over the place. Books are being written about jogging. Thousands of people are doing this alone or in groups. There are little tiny buds in their ears that are attached to long wires attached to Ipods and cassette players. They are listening to who knows what. And whatever the music is, it is getting them moving.
Jump ahead about twenty years to 1999. A man or woman of indeterminate age is sitting at the computer and thinks, "What I think and do is so interesting it must be shared with the world so I will type a few paragraphs, put it out in cyberspace and see what comes back to me." I have no idea of the logistics of this technical move.
Blogging is the new jogging. So many people do it and it has a wide audience. It is ego gratifying to blog because one gets to write about oneself. Without interruption! Without criticism! Without judgment! What exactly is blogging? What I do and think is of interest to me; so of course it is of interest to you because I am such a fascinating person. And if you are not interested, well, at least I get to write it down and send it out. So what I write becomes a blog. Blogging doesn't require a track, $200 sneakers, a cute shorts outfit or a bottle of water. And yet blogging can open you up to the whole world. And the whole world can come back to you. Whether you want it to or not. Although it won't exercise your body, it will exercise your mind. Maybe.
I've got stories on this webpage as well. Stuff about me, about you -- and you know who you are! -- and pure fiction. Enjoy.
It's the 1960's. Sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll. The start of the health movement. There is a young man on a path in the woods near the University of Oregon in Eugene. The young man, about to take a serious run, thinks "Hmm. Running is a good way to exercise and is a great cardio workout, but it is exhausting and hard on the body. Just walking is too passive. Maybe if I combine fast walking and slow running and just jog around a bit, I will sweat somewhat and get a decent workout." Drumroll. And so was the beginning of jogging. And jogging took off, no pun intended -- from the far West coast of Oregon to the far East coast of New York City's Central Park reservoir (this is where Madonna jogs if you care) people are jogging all over the place. Books are being written about jogging. Thousands of people are doing this alone or in groups. There are little tiny buds in their ears that are attached to long wires attached to Ipods and cassette players. They are listening to who knows what. And whatever the music is, it is getting them moving.
Jump ahead about twenty years to 1999. A man or woman of indeterminate age is sitting at the computer and thinks, "What I think and do is so interesting it must be shared with the world so I will type a few paragraphs, put it out in cyberspace and see what comes back to me." I have no idea of the logistics of this technical move.
Blogging is the new jogging. So many people do it and it has a wide audience. It is ego gratifying to blog because one gets to write about oneself. Without interruption! Without criticism! Without judgment! What exactly is blogging? What I do and think is of interest to me; so of course it is of interest to you because I am such a fascinating person. And if you are not interested, well, at least I get to write it down and send it out. So what I write becomes a blog. Blogging doesn't require a track, $200 sneakers, a cute shorts outfit or a bottle of water. And yet blogging can open you up to the whole world. And the whole world can come back to you. Whether you want it to or not. Although it won't exercise your body, it will exercise your mind. Maybe.
I've got stories on this webpage as well. Stuff about me, about you -- and you know who you are! -- and pure fiction. Enjoy.