FunctionalAmbivalent

Part of This Process Is Considering the Target Audience

From the website Sexy People, my regulars:

NewMexiKen

Jessica

Fish

Frank

Lee

Scott

Pursuit

Wally

Syd (with prom date)

Squidley

Words To Live By, In Considering This Whole Blogging Thing

Flannery O'Connor:

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

Or, I Could Focus on Men's Grooming Products

Having had such magnificent success with my vibrating razor, I could delve into scrotal maintenance. I'm sure that would draw a big crowd.

The Thing Is, You've Got To Consider Sustainability

I could do a blog entirely about people with funny names.

OK, That Wouldn't Have Worked, Long-Term

I was thinking about doing a blog that would be nothing but speculation over who's going to be Obama's Vice Presidential nominee. I guess I could still do McCain's, but who cares?

As Newt Gingrich Has Demonstrated, Not All Ideas Are Good Ideas

Here's something: I could convert Functional/Ambivalent into a blog made up entirely of the profiles of other bloggers who I'm guaranteed not to like. For example:

I am a stay-at-home mom of 3 boys, an amateur genealogist, a scrapbooker, an avid reader, a political junkie, a huge Springsteen fan, and a compulsive proofreader. I am opinionated and brutally honest. I don't sugar-coat anything or dance around issues. For this reason, some people don't like me.

I do not believe that the world needs more opinionated and brutally honest scrapbookers.

To make it even better, she posted her prom picture.

Sometimes I Think I Could Do a Viciously Satirical Blog Consisting of Nothing But Comments From Squidley

For example:

Many Americans feel, for reasons that have nothing to do with racism™, that a black man is an inappropriate choice for POTUS.

Reasons that have nothing to do with racism. That kills, people. And the little trademark thing? Gold, I tell you. Solid gold.

Maybe I Should Make the Whole Blog About Canada

A college in Vancouver is developing a degree in surfing.

On the Other Hand...

Since what's pissing me off about blogging these days is the inverse relationship between political seriousness and vehemence, I could stop trying to be reasonable and just go with the nasty trivia.

A Glimpse Into the Thought Process

What if I did only one post a year, but it was really, really good? Kind of like a blog version of Holiday Inn.