why do people blog . and more importantly , why do people read blogs. isnt there already an abundance , or rather , an excess of stuff to read. don't people have books to read anymore? celebrity blogs are justifiable. the chance of geting a peek into the minds of famous people might seem irresistible to some. but what about all the rest of stuff floating out there on the web. blogging some say is cathartic. though some like me find it a real pain in the ass. too much of a strain on the already meagre mental and creative resources. so some people just vomit the contents of their heads on a blog pretty much like we used to keep diaries in the days of old.
it's hard to escape it. blogs are everywhere. and when some fad reaches such astounding levels of popularity so as to become a phenomenon , technophobes must once again gather all their energies and direct them , however unsuccessfully, towards attempting to catch up . like the fat boys at the end of the pack huffing and puffing on their rickety legs to catch up. and they've just been told that they gotta run another mile.
life was good before the internet. you could spend all your time reading books or listen to some good classic rock on all india radio and if it really came to that , even watch some tv.well times change. and laggards must struggle to catch up.
going by the mindboggling number of blogs on the internet it's hard not be amazed at this sudden deluge of creativity. never knew there were so many writers around . and so many readers as well.
whatever happened to the age old recreational pastime of reading a good book.if blogs are all that people are interested in reading then we might as well begin composing a requiem for the ' book'.