tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post3918413561781460620..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: You are not of the Body -- Afterwardsdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51718825940220840992007-09-01T23:46:00.000-05:002007-09-01T23:46:00.000-05:00A belated point sent into the ether:The big orange...A belated point sent into the ether:<BR/><BR/>The big orange is so NOT about it's namesake. It's the community. And I found this site because of the individual blogrolls that exist. <BR/><BR/>It was after Gilliard's death. I was reading someone's diary and driftglass was on the their blogroll. I came. I read. I howled at the great round moon in solidarity. And now you are on *my* blogroll at the Big Orange.<BR/><BR/>It flows. It spreads. The frequent unsung obscurity of the best may be no comfort, but when fame comes and corrupts, perhaps you'll regret the loss of these simple, halcyon days.<BR/><BR/>Or something like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91816309836974509462007-09-01T14:41:00.000-05:002007-09-01T14:41:00.000-05:00I'm sorry to be late to the comment party on this ...I'm sorry to be late to the comment party on this one. I've been thinking about it and trying to figure out whether to write here or start a post at my place. <BR/><BR/>I've been blogging for almost three years. During that time I joined The Aristocrats, which yes, is a "group" blog, but it's more parallel play in the gifted classroom than interaction on the playground. I drop in and leave a note there when I have time and inspiration. Sandy, Mark, and Paul use that blog as their primary blogging place, and without them it would not exist.<BR/><BR/>I recently discovered that I had hung out at the record/comic store of Crooks and Liars long enough that they had to make me staff. Whether this means I've "arrived" or simply been absorbed into the Borg of the big blogosphere remains to be seen. I sense I'm not posting as many pairs of panties as I did before. <BR/><BR/>I don't read Eschaton or Digby or Americablog and while I used to think it was because I was a small blog snob I have visited these more recently and it's not that anymore. I'm like Duncan and everyone else in that I only have so much time to dig into the blogosphere. I prefer small galleries to huge MFA blockbusters. Everything is art, but your feet get tired after a while. <BR/><BR/>Just rambling but I'm sure glad you're with us, Drifty honey. You've given a lot of food for thought here. xoFran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29185741910773424272007-08-29T22:10:00.000-05:002007-08-29T22:10:00.000-05:00Mr. Driftglass; if you see a 65 year old man, with...Mr. Driftglass; if you see a 65 year old man, with a slight homeless appearance sitting on your doorstep, don't react TOO quickly. In fact, just walk out with a St. Pauli Girl in one hand, and a Dos Equis dark in the other, and he will identify himself. <BR/><BR/> And then, we will talk, until the wee small hours. :o)<BR/><BR/>Insane, 'int it? That a hard-core traditional 'grasshead is knocked out by THAT miz and those two Mr's. They were so far ahead of their time musically, I'm surprised no one was trying to burn them at the stake. <BR/><BR/>Thanks. You are probably THE one person who would find them and use them in, appropriately enough, a damn good riff...yourself. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-44911668081831882522007-08-29T16:38:00.000-05:002007-08-29T16:38:00.000-05:00Driftglass,I look forward to your blogging to the ...Driftglass,<BR/><BR/>I look forward to your blogging to the extent that I smile even as I click the bookmark on my page. Sometimes I laugh, or pump my fist, or talk back to the screen. But I always come away better informed and more clear-eyed than when I arrived. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-59107160160067830452007-08-29T16:28:00.000-05:002007-08-29T16:28:00.000-05:00When the dissatisfaction hits the next time, the s...When the dissatisfaction hits the next time, the size of dominant blogs will not insulate them from its effects.Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46423483417108138242007-08-29T12:15:00.000-05:002007-08-29T12:15:00.000-05:00Drifty, if you ever want to take up residence at B...Drifty, if you ever want to take up residence at B@B, the door's always open. Just say the word. You and Gilly were always the best. Now it's just you. But no pressure or nothin'....Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865082576641051315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-28563693262588596672007-08-29T11:52:00.000-05:002007-08-29T11:52:00.000-05:00All is not lost in the protoplasm of the internets...All is not lost in the protoplasm of the internets.<BR/>So true it is that most of the traffic is a back and forth of the big blogs.<BR/>Yet every day it seems I stumble onto <BR/>a small sole proprieter blog that catches my attention.<BR/>Yes I read and participate daily at FireDogLake and will continue to do so as I have cultivated some friendships there over the years. That and they tolerate me, barely.<BR/>That is how I found Swopa.<BR/>I read but do not participate at the Great Orange Satan.<BR/>There is just too much and I have seen some ugly bannings for what I deemed to be minor offenses.<BR/>I can't remember when I first stumbled in here but it has been a while and most likely from a link at a big blog.<BR/>Once here however, I have always come back for the writing. I get lost in it and it is truly art to me.<BR/>I blog, I ain't worth a shit and I know it. But I don't give a fuck about traffic and who does or doesn't like it.<BR/>We have already lost too many shining lights, we need to take care of those who inspire us.<BR/>Driftglass is such a treasure in that regard.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-70245948959130522732007-08-29T01:50:00.000-05:002007-08-29T01:50:00.000-05:00As a solo blogger myself, I surely hope we are not...As a solo blogger myself, I surely hope we are not at the end of our era. Though my blog is hardly more than a year old, and perhaps I have not plumbed the depths of artistic exhaustion nearly yet.<BR/><BR/>I miss BillMon, too, and would miss Driftglass if you decided to call it a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19573855788688215372007-08-29T00:33:00.000-05:002007-08-29T00:33:00.000-05:00I agree with what Sharoney said several blogs ago....I agree with what Sharoney said several blogs ago. I don't think this is about clique-ishness as it is about multiple hits of content throughout the day.<BR/><BR/>My job (and my own internet ADD) has me online all day, so I regularly surf around between things. I skim. Bless me father for I have sinned, but I have a hard time reading 10,000 word essays.<BR/><BR/>The stiff winds of Driftglass can wake one up, however.<BR/><BR/>- macAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91180195111886184952007-08-28T23:26:00.000-05:002007-08-28T23:26:00.000-05:00What cieran said.Nice summation, drifty.(Can I cal...What cieran said.<BR/><BR/>Nice summation, drifty.<BR/><BR/>(Can I call you drifty?)<BR/><BR/>You didn't talk about the rise of local blogging and its place in this whole paradigm; but I suppose that is an essay for another day and time.<BR/><BR/>(Hey! I made a rhyme! Yay, me!)Sharoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082718773253051850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13570981146339696512007-08-28T23:21:00.000-05:002007-08-28T23:21:00.000-05:00Drifty, you had me on board right up to this:And b...Drifty, you had me on board right up to this:<BR/><BR/><I>And because of that, the Olympians will always displace the Titans, the reign of the Elves will always taper off and give rise to the Age of Men, and already you can see the curtain going up on the final act for the Solo Blogger like me.</I><BR/><BR/>I most respectfully disagree...<BR/><BR/>If the measure of a work of art (and your blogging is definitely a work of art) is found in the impact it produces, then great solo bloggers like you will always have a disproportionately important role to play, no matter what the assembled wisdom of the YearlyKos panels might indicate to the contrary.<BR/><BR/>Chris Anderson called it "the long tail" (and then he wrote a good book about it), Nassim Taleb called it "the fat tail of a non-Gaussian distribution" (and then he wrote an even better book about it), but whatever one calls this phenomenon, it still produces the same effect: in an increasingly well-connected world, it is possible for small market players (i.e., niche suppliers) to exert a disproportionately large effect on the greater society.<BR/><BR/>Provided, of course, that those suppliers that occupy the niche actually provide a product of sufficiently high quality, but that is what you do, early and often (as they used to say in Chicago).<BR/><BR/>And anyone who asserts that the solo blogger cannot succeed needs to give some thought to your muse, a gentleman named Thomas Paine.cieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312762083686865805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90915552040688639612007-08-28T22:44:00.000-05:002007-08-28T22:44:00.000-05:00Meh. You've said this a few times, I suppose its ...Meh. You've said this a few times, I suppose its true in the sense that all mortal men must die, and since all solo bloggers are mortal, therefore all solo blogs must die. But I don't buy the idea that the group blog is workable in the long run. The more people who write at Digby's place or Unqualified Offerings, the less I want to go there. I've already given up on firedoglake. Communities are cool and all, but until I find one where the content is as consistantly brilliant as it is here I'll keep looking.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749596034713283231noreply@blogger.com