With a catchy lead the blogger has the reader trapped. The visitor may try to flee but the writer has authored a web of words that snare the hapless victim and allows the blogger to inject the venom of their inane subjectivity. The reader cannot flee as they are paralyzed by the lethal combination of bristled prose and gaudy video. Before long the reader is emptied of substance, a shell. With slackened jaw and vacant eyes this forlorn guest is disposed of as the blogger waits for their next hit.
Not every blog is devoid of substance and draining to read, however, I would have to say most of my forays into blogdom have been nightmarish journeys.
One such trip to stupiddope.com, a name that seems to exude it’s hosts aspirations, reads like an advertisement for music artist's latest side projects. Thanks stupiddope, I now know what useless things to waste my time and money on account of your gracious coverage.
Yet, somehow, the blog of published author Cherie Priest, cheriepriest.com, is inexplicably worse. Actually, I can explain it. It reads like mind-numbing drivel. Now, I’ve never read any of Priest’s books but if she writes them in the same manner she may actually be attempting to wage a war on the written word itself.
Worth noting is both of these blogs “showcase” status on wordpress.org.
Then there is the trap. The aforementioned blog that at first amuses you and then slowly grabs hold of your face and delicately extracts your brain through your eye sockets. Bloginity.com is a pinnacle of the blog world’s sordid amusement parks. It’s a trash heap of garbage news, aka – entertainment news. Despite this rubbish, the site is also chock-full of bright imagery and snappy dialogue with embedded video streams to boot. A glittery Vegas of the web.
Can I find a hand-hold on this crumbling cliff of sanity?
Yes, blogs on serous news sites appear to be structured and composed in a manner that not only obeys logic but grips the reader and pulls them into a story with substance. Take the LA Times blog L.A. Unleashed or Wired’s Danger Room.
No, they’re not all amazing stories, but they are actual stories that were found and written up by a capable journalist with more than just a half-ounce of integrity. In the end it’s more than adequate, it’s laudable and a breath of fresh air.
You see, the blog is more than just another site on the web. On an interface that abounds with quick quips and clips the blog is the online sanctuary for the true writer. The last thing our generation needs is the rest of the tawdry mess of the internet invading this haven of language and culture. Then again, on the internet nothing is sacred.
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