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Posted by Kevin K. on 03/11/09 at 12:44 PM • Permalink

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That’s some mighty fine blog work you’ve done there.

I try.

Just not feeling very motivated and the rest of the crew is MIA for various (and very good) reasons.

[Insert attempted smartass quip that falls flat on its arse here]

[Insert Kevin giving yetanotherfreakingbrit Comment of the Day here]

Let’s just bracket everything for the rest of the day.  I have found my motivation!

[insert insincere apology here] but [insert off topic link here].

I just posted a picture of a poodle (?) with lipstick on!  Take it upstairs!

[Insert snarky comparison to Duncan Black here]

What makes me laugh about all you liberal fucktards is that you [insert homoerotic sex act] each other with a greased-up [insert inappropriate industrial device] every time [insert name of informed, rational Conservative blogger] dares to point out that [insert derogatory, faintly racist rearrangement of liberal President’s last name] is doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING as [insert name of indicted, jailed, impotent, or suspected-pedophile Republican OR genocidal totalitarian demagogue].

You simple asshats have imbibed so much [insert name of sweet, powder-mix kid’s beverage OR made-up trade-name for the President’s ejaculate fluid] that you can’t even perceive your own pathetic [insert academic term for logical inconsistency, mental weakness or willful perversion of the facts].

[Insert phrase “All you Aamerica-hating vermin can go gargle on my upright, patriotic cock.”]

[Insert misspelled, defiant Latin tagline or stirring Patton quote.]

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The Write Stuff

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http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/the-wr ite-stuff/

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Writing isn’t a skill you can teach, it’s an art.  Blogging is a weird mix of information, entertainment, argument and stream of consciousness writing in pixelated print.  I’m not claiming that I’m a great writer, but I’ve seen a lot of bad writers who were technically proficient at spelling and grammar.  Right now The Confluence has several commenters who write well enough to be front-pagers.  They may not believe it but they have more than enough talent to be bloggers.
Speaking for myself, I spent more time and effort on my very first blog post (at Corrente) than I have with any post since.  I really worried and stressed over whether it was “good enough” or not.  I can’t tell you how many posts I have done since, but I no longer worry about what people will think, I just write.
Some of the posts I worked hardest on were less well received than some I just “threw together.”  I drew unexpected fire from posts I thought wouldn’t be controversial, and was I was disappointed that some posts I thought would cause a reaction got little attention.  The only thing I never want to be is boring and predictable.
I don’t try to be just like anyone else.  I try to mix generous amounts of serious and snark, with a dash of tongue-in-cheek and a little tinfoiI to seal in the freshness.  I try different things from time to time, not always with success.  Sometimes what I write is all snark, sometimes it’s an angry rant, sometimes I’m not sure myself what it is.  My mood and my muse exercise editorial control.
I sometimes leave unanswered questions in my posts in order to stimulate discussions, while other bloggers (like Glenn Greenwald) prefer posts that are narrowly focused but comprehensive and exhaustive with little room for discussion.  I bounce around from topic to topic, but bloggers like Bob Somerby prefer to devote their full attention to one topic.  (No, I’m not claiming that I’m in the same league as Glenn and Bob, I was just using them as examples of blogging styles.)

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Even when he’s soliciting new writers for The Confluence, myiq2xu cannot resist great green gobs of self-aggrandizement.

Comment by Brad Mays on 03/11/09 at 02:37 PM

Even when he’s soliciting new writers for The Confluence, myiq2xu cannot resist great green gobs of self-aggrandizement.

Bravo.

Yeah, that’s not going to work for them.  Sure, increasing post frequency can kick up more traffic, but the PUMA “herds” are thinning pretty substantially and no amount of additional writers is going to change that.  They’re clinging to the false notion that disgusted Obots will “see the(ir) light” and come running to them bellowing “why didn’t I listen to you?!” It ain’t gonna happen, but I’m perfectly fine with them talking themselves into thinking that it will.

BTW, I stumbled upon a stellar sexist jaunt in another blog’s comment section by super feminist myiq that I’m sitting on for just the right moment. He really is one of the biggest hypocrital dirtbags the blogosphere has ever seen.

People stress out over what they post? Jeez, I just let the likker do the work! Surprising, I know.

Kerry, great comment over at Stupid PUMAs today. That was first-rate takedown of dakinikat. I could hear the body blows through my monitor.

Hey, why aren’t you blogging about Bristol and Levi breaking up?

Hey, why aren’t you blogging about Bristol and Levi breaking up?

Who are Bristol and Levi? Sound like characters in an early Elton John song.

You’re kidding, right? They’re Todd and Sarah’s respective sex partners.

myiq2xu, on March 11th, 2009 at 12:59 pm Said:

Here’s how I get a lot of my posts - I surf the blogosphere until I see something that makes me laugh, pisses me off or just makes me go WTF?

Copy - paste - link and write a paragraph or two expressing my reaction. Find a graphic or a video that fits the subject, think of a catchy title and voila!

Wow. Who’d a thunk it?

[insert comment to the effect that YAFB looks forward to many, many more Effluence posts that he can safely completely ignore, comforted by the knowledge that the writer treats the captive dumbfuck-but-superior audience with the same contempt that YAFB does]

BTW, I stumbled upon a stellar sexist jaunt in another blog’s comment section by super feminist myiq that I’m sitting on for just the right moment. He really is one of the biggest hypocrital dirtbags the blogosphere has ever seen.

[sets alarm to check in to Rumproast every 10 minutes until promised gem materializes; consequently categorizes self as “sucker,” but is generally not unhappy with lot]

sets alarm to check in to Rumproast every 10 minutes until promised gem materializes

It’s really good. He’s going to have a hard time distancing himself from these comments. I’m just waiting for the right moment.  Knowing him, shouldn’t take long.

[sets alarm to every 5 minutes]

Like this from BalloonJuice?

myiq2xu March 14th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
...
What is Hillary’s core
constituency? Women.
Older, yet “liberated” women.
At 47 years old, I am a
“boy toy.”
Since they are post-menopausal, that means they don’t swell, they
don’t tell, and they’re grateful as
hell.

Copy - paste - link and write a paragraph or two expressing my reaction. Find a graphic or a video that fits the subject, think of a catchy title and voila!

Shit, myiq figured out my method.  Have to go with something else now.

justlen, nope, that’s already been widely circulated. What I found is much worse.

tease

To Whom It May Concern -

I just did my last blogtalk show about Audacity. I mentioned Rumproast, and talked about how much I like coming in here. I had a few things to say about bostonboomer (refered to her as a combination Aunt Bea & Lady Bracknell) and myiq2xu. Last time I’ll be talking about the film in that format. I carried on for almost 90 minutes.

For what it’s worth.

Brad,

Is that in a format that we can hear now?  Would love to hear that, facebook friend!

gimmieabreak -

Here you go.

It takes a while, but I think I manage to get the whole story told. What I say in the interview about PUMA calling me and telling me not to participate in this place is true, of course. Talking about how I think the posters here are funnier and better writers than on the PUMA sites was liberating for me. Fun, too.

See you on facebook.

Comment by Brad Mays on 03/12/09 at 01:06 AM

Brad, great interview.  Thanks for saying nice things about us and stuff.  Great incite into what went down with the making of the documentary and lack of support for it from the you-know-whos.

BTW, quick related observation ... Bostonboomer has, hands down, the worst voice in the history of mankind. Listening to her on BlogTalkRadio is truly one of the most painful activities you could ever engage in. If mud could talk, it would plead with her to shut the fuck up.

a combination Aunt Bea & Lady Bracknell

Hee! So who in PUMA Land plays the role of Miss Prism?

Great incite

Kevin K. - You’re scaring me. Please tell me that was a typo, and not a prediction of further PUMA retaliation.

By the way, many of you Rumproast philosophers predicted, with enviable accuracy, what the PUMA reaction to my film would be.

Kerry Reid -

I leave further casting decisions to you. I’m going to go now and hide in my wife’s handbag.

You’re scaring me. Please tell me that was a typo, and not a prediction of further PUMA retaliation.

Heh.  Wow, that was a pretty horrible (but, as you noted, wholly appropriate) typo.

Regarding our predictions about PUMAs, I think it’s fair to say we’re batting close to 1.000 over here at Stalker Central.

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