Feb 082010
A recent Pew survey found that only 14 percent of teens blogged in 2009, compared to 28 percent in 2006. Hmph. I guess kids have better things to do than write cogent, articulate blog posts on topics like “Radiohead Is Self-Evidently Awesome” or “Who Would Win A Picard-Adama Deathmatch?” Truly, the American literary spirit is dying. But all is not lost. The same survey shows that blogging is slightly up among the 30-and-over crowd. Ours may be a dying art, but we will not be deterred from the noble endeavor of posting our completely unsolicited opinions for all the world to see. And maybe, just maybe, we can pass on our collective blogging mastery to enough aspiring wordsmiths to keep the tradition alive for future generations.
my completely unsolicited opinion: picard. because he’s SEXIER.
Some time ago, in a period when I was a regular reader of Time Magazine… in Africa, I read the following statement, put in such eloquent smooth-running words that it almost automatically stayed in my memory:
“Of all the arts
in which the wise excell
Nature’s chief masterpiece
is writing well.”
I’m sorry if I’ve “kept in mind” one or two words wrongly, but I certainly agree with the contents.