A Better Bunker for 2009 – A Blogger’s Resolutions
They say you should never make more than five New Years Resolutions – anything more, and you simply lose track and get discouraged. God knows there’s plenty I could do to be a better blogger, and it was hard to hold it down to five. But here they are.
For 2009, I solemnly resolve:
1) Not to visit URQ sites any more. This was the year Scenty went off the Deep End, Right Girl went off her meds, and Ghost of a Flea went off the rails. In the old days there were Conservative blogs like Andrew’s that used to promote dialogue and encourage thoughtful, if heated, discussion. Nowadays, it’s just screaming. No more. It’s not good for my brain OR my blood pressure.
2) Never again to blog at the office. Yes, it’s MY office and MY company. But I recognize the signs of an addiction. From now on, blogging after hours only.
3) Never to blog on a issue I don’t know enough about to have an opinion worth reading. The world is full of folks who are wiser and much better informed than I am, on pretty much any topic. There are some things I know about, and I will continue to blog about them. But no more half-baked, uninformed opinions backed by five minutes of hasty research on Google and Wiki.
4) Not to be so arrogant. I’m a much nicer, quieter, humbler guy in real life than I seem to be online. That tone of snotty superiority isn’t really who I am – it’s just part of the balbulican persona. But it really seems to annoy some people. So I’m going to adopt a more measured, positive, constructive voice for the sake of discussion.
5) Never again to publish an April Fool’s joke until April Fool’s Day, instead of New Years’ Eve.
Have a safe and happy one, friends, and all the best to all of you for the New Year.
You REALLY had me worried there, right up until number 5.
Best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year for you and stageleft.
You know Balb, I’ve resolved to avoid the URQ both in blog and radio form. It’s been a few days now and I feel better than ever. Seriously. I just can’t handle the stupidity and dishonesty anymore and neither can my blood pressure. Plus, we are never, ever, ever going to reason with them or change their minds so why bother?
So you’re saying that I should rescind Paragraph Five as it applies to Paragraph One?
I almost fell for it!
Happy New Year, Bunker denizens!
the world will end in 09. Don’t worry just accept.
So you’re saying that I should rescind Paragraph Five as it applies to Paragraph One?
Yes. Yes. And Maybe.
Should also consider some of these.
Wow, a gentler, kinder, sensitive, sarcastic-free Balbul, yup, you suckered me in.(no surprise there, I have a gullible trusting streak in me)
I should have realized one can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
“Have a safe and happy one, friends, and all the best to all of you for the New Year.”
And to you too old friend. You are being a little hard on yourself in the resolutions but I guess that is the point of striving for more comfortable ground. Your influence in the Canadian blogosthingy is immeasurable and valuable beyond what you seem to realize. You are a soldier of logic; a thankless and never ending burden. Good on you.
Happy New Year! I resolve not to be so gullible…
Whooee! Good one, Balbu. I’m pretty much off all URQ sites and have been for awhile. I don’t listen to them dumbass radio idjits like you and SL always get yer shorts in a knot about, neither. That helps keep the ol’ blood pressure outta the danger zone. Besides, I get more than enough URQy stuff from the MSM and Pryminister Harpoon.
Best wishes for a happy new year from ol’ JB to all the Stage Coach drivers and riders.
I’m most certainly not gonna quit visiting the URQ, and I’ll be listening to good ‘ole Lowell Green, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh come Monday morning – their single minded, dogmatic, hypocrisy, continues to amuse me to no end.
Hope y’all don’t take it too hard when I link them.
PS: New Years was months ago … where have you all been anyway