Capt. Sam's Blog Date: Week One

Well, it’s been one week in the Land of Blog…

[I have to tell you, I have a serious problem with the word “Blog”. I think of Jim Carey in that movie: do NOT go in that website, I just left a huge blog!
(Pardon the bathroom humor…)]

Things I’ve noticed randomly going through blogs this past week:
The desire for human connection (and I’m not talking about those kind of sites). The outpouring of grief and sorrow from so many people; does this mean we do not have safe outlets to do this within our own lives? I don’t think I do… A sense of vulnerability of being “out there”, often unprepared, alone and accessible in the Land of Blog. A sense of joy with writing, playing with words, syntax, diction – I just love the linguistics (wouldn’t want to Freud that word wrong) involved with sending a message without being too verbose (a little to the left). The value of: intonation, gestures, visual input, and prior background knowledge of the person you are trying to communicate with. How so little can say so much about a person...
The number of children/teenagers/adults who use this as a daily means of communication and have been doing so for a long time. How many people have never heard about blogging! How you can just randomly come across such interesting and intriguing people like yourselves. (Sam smiles…)