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Monday, August 13, 2012

BLOGGING

Well, it's time to do another blog.  This blogging is an interesting thing, and I mean "interesting" in the same way I do when I compliment some kind of food I find unpleasant, (and I mean unpleasant in the same way your doctor does when she says something is going to be unpleasant but it is really, . . . you know what I mean).

I've always imagined that bloggers are the type of people that corner you next to the refreshment table at a party and go on and on about some insignificant point in their lives as if that point were actually worth talking about.  As long as the salsa is decent and the chips hold out I can pretend to give a damn, but I certainly wouldn't make the effort to go to their blog site, (or is it "cite"?) to read about the same thing.

It's not that I don't think my life is interesting, I do, I just don't expect other people to have the same opinion because I certainly don't think most other people's (or is it "peoples'") lives are very interesting.  (Though, honestly, they may in fact be unpleasant.)

So, what do I blog about?  If anyone was reading this he or she could give me some suggestions.  I could blog about the Lakers, because I am a big Laker fan.  But, first, there are literally a zillion Laker blogs.  (No, seriously, go count them and you will find exactly one zillion Laker blogs).  And, second, everyone who is not a Laker fan hates the Lakers and would therefore stop reading this blog.  (No, seriously, go count everyone who is not a Laker fan.)

I could blog about politics, because I love to talk about politics.  But Berk, my older and taller brother, and the other half of "The Brothers Washburn" doesn't want me to.  Not yet anyway.  He's afraid I will offend someone, and to be truthful, I would be disappointed if I didn't.  (And so, by the way, Obama is not a socialist.  He is very liberal, but that does not make him a socialist.  Buy a freakin' dictionary.)

And there you have it.  I have spent the last several paragraphs writing about having nothing to write about.  If that doesn't give me some writer's cred nothing will.  If anyone is reading this, give me an idea of something to write about.  If I can't say something interesting, maybe I can say something unpleasant.  Or, at least, maybe I can offend someone.



12 comments:

  1. Believe or not, Andy, we are all reading this, and I just died laughing. You are one very funny person, and I love reading your stuff. Keep'em coming!

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    1. Thanks for the encouragement, I guess old dogs can learn new tricks.

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  2. Seinfeld. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

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    1. I guess you could say I'm the Kramer of the family. Thanks for reading our blog.

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  3. I've never read anything that said nothing, but was so entertaining. Only true talent can pull that off.

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    1. Elsie, thank you for your compliment. If there is something I know a lot about, it's nothing.

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  4. Hilarious! I think it would be great to read a story about you and Berk as kids or give some "good" law advice. The world would be so grateful!

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    1. Thank you Scott, I would be happy to give you some marginal legal advice. Did you have a particular topic in mind? For the next blog I think I will do one on dynamite.

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  5. Awesome job! Highly entertaining! I have the same feelings about blogging. I kind if hate it. As for ideas, You can tell us more about the origins of your books. You should write about who Berk is and Berk can write about who you are. Or you can tell. Childhood stories about each other. Or you could write about why you decided to write a book.

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  6. This was great! I'd love to hear where the Idea for your book came from.

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  7. Thank you for your interest! For now, we can only say, it started around a campfire. A Mojave desert campfire.

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