Why do people blog and is it interesting?
You can head over to NPR and check out Scott Simon's bit on blogging, why people blog, and whether it makes for interesting reading. His conclusion was that most blogs are garbage and examining your uninteresting problems is "bad for literature".
I was on my way to the local Ford dealership this morning, taking my car in again for IAC valve problems, when I heard Scott's piece. It hit home after the amount of self-serving bitching I've been doing on my blog.
However, I have to side with Rayne at Radio Free Blogistan, when he respectfully disagrees with Scott. If you go hunting around the blogosphere looking for crap, you will find no shortage of it, but if you spend just a moment looking for the bloggers who drop the gems on us, you should have no problem finding worthwhile material.
I couldn't possibly give linkage here to all of the bloggers out there who entertain me, inform me, and inspire me, but all of you have my thanks. Thank you for writing about what interests you or just bitching about your life, even if it is "bad for literature".
Of course, you couldn't expect someone with a blog to say something much different.