Monday, July 24: The interview was for an article (about blogging) and a tentative podcast for the Baltimore Sun. The article will be published in late August. I’ll keep you posted. One reason I think the interview went very well is because the story won’t be political. And the journalist isn’t the typical left-leaning type with a typical leftist slant already in mind.
Last year I was interviewed by a reporter from the Baltimore Sun for a story on actor Morgan Freeman’s remarks about Black History Month. Freeman said the whole thing is ridiculous and unnecessary. I agreed. My quotes weren’t included in the story. In fact, the only quotes included were from people who support BHM and disagreed with Freeman.
Update (7/20): The Pew Internet and American Life Project has released a new report on blogging. Among the findings: most blogs are personal and over half the bloggers surveyed were under 30. The researchers felt it necessary to point out that bloggers are more ethnically diverse than ordinary Internet users.
The sample size is small. I’m confident that somebody, somewhere is working on a massive blogging survey.
I’m doing an interview this afternoon with a national newspaper for an article and/or podcast. The topic? What else? 
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Look at those big blue balls! (And “brown” ones, too!) I didn’t know Uranus and Neptune were that much larger than Earth, did you? But there is no life on those planets.
Far out, man! (Really far out.) Look how small Earth is compared to the Sun. No wonder so many people worship that sucker.
Well don’t I feel the insignificant little speck of dust! Not really. We Christians believe there’s method and purpose to the breathtaking astronomical “madness.”
The God we worship, our Creator, knows the number of strands of hair on our heads. And his Son, the divine One who became a man and was nailed to a cross 2,000 years ago, will return to deliver his Father’s wrath. For the Christian, what a terrible and glorious day that will be. From time to time I say aloud, “Come, Lord Jesus.”
Check out A Greater Freedom, a new web site for and about Christians serving in the military. (Via Sara Horn)
Do you want to help actual victims of rape? Consider donating to the Grace Bay House project. Sydney Tyler Thomas, a rape survivor, plans to buy a house on the Eastern Shore in Maryland and turn it into a place where rape victims can attend four-day recovery and restoration workshops.
I like all 16 of Bob Parson’s (founder of GoDaddy) rules for survival. But these are my favorites:
4. With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be — Sometimes I take an “embrace the fear” stance. Instead of running from it, I walk toward it, imagining the worst case scenario. So far, actual events have never confirmed my fears. The anticipation of a thing is usually worse than the thing itself;
6. Take things a day at a time — This is the best way to beat an addiction. Trying to plan and manage recovery weeks or even days ahead of time is unthinkable. “I don’t have to drink today. I’ll worry about tomorrow tomorrow”;
12. Never let anybody push you around— Story of my blogosphere life! Eat my virtual dust, haters;
13. Never expect life to be fair — Take a memo, whiners. Life is not fair, nor was it ever meant to be fair;
16. There’s always a reason to smile. Find it— Let’s see…the agapÄ“ of Christ, a wonderful family, each member blessed with a great sense of humor, a wild-ride career, endless opportunities and possibilities stretching out before me… 
(The above rules for survival are Copyright © 2004-2006 by Bob Parsons. All rights reserved.)
*Which are your favorite rules?
In other news, my Crash Course on Blogging partner Ken Yarmosh sums up my ennui with the political blogosphere of late:
Do bloggers really think their numbers are going to go down (or up) if they don’t cover these stories? Do they think they are reporters? There’s only a few blogs that truly offer “scoops†and news…the rest just become noise in my opinion.
And in other news, isn’t it interesting that so many in Big (Old) Media are now writing about these same stories? Now, I realize they are catering to an entirely different audience but they essentially are repackaging busted up blogosphere memes and running them as technology headlines.
One of his commenters, a new blogger, adds:
I’ve sometimes felt compelled (but have generally resisted) to post on something just because it was “big newsâ€, but after having read it twenty times already myself, I figure all my readers know it anyway, so what’s the point? The real challenge lies in expanding on a story or generating ideas rather than regurgitating headline news – of course that probably means fewer posts and (maybe) less frequent return visits, but in the end readers will come back if they know that what you post is always something worth reading…
Take it from me, resisting the blogospheric mob mentality and doing something different is good for sanity and soul. Oh yeah, I was heavily into blog swarming once, and if the occasion warrants it, I’ll catch the wave again. But all things in moderation…
And I’m so sick of bloggers blogging nastily about other bloggers. A lot of that has been going on across the “left” and “right” blogosphere lately, and it’s stupid. It’s mostly male bloggers, grown men having what I consider a pi**ing contest. But hey, that’s what freedom of expression is all about. I suppose.
I’m going to Love Cafe and have myself a chocolate cupcake with lemon frosting. Later. Right now I have deadline fever. I’ll re-emerge in a day or two. Be good.
Ciao. Adios. Sayonara. Auf Wiedersehen. Au revoir. Goodbye.
(Thanks for the shout-out, Kiril.)
Later…I don’t like Townhall.com’s new look, and it seems I’m not the only one with criticism.
