{"id":102,"date":"2004-09-24T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-24T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=102"},"modified":"2021-02-13T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T08:02:29","slug":"a-reason-to-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2004\/09\/24\/a-reason-to-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reason to blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think i have followed a predictable path in blogging, starting out when rediff hyped blogging in early 2003, precisely because of that reason, hype. i felt it was a good forum, still do, though some apprehensions still remain, primarily to do with the commercialisation of the medium.the next step was playing around with template, going all green after going visiting..hehe..i think the only one remaining (in my list) from that era is swb. cant help say that i still feel green when i see some of his content..:).. what, i guess, followed was a deliberate attemptto make the content interesting to readers, to put it more bluntly,anything to increase traffic!!…hehe<\/span>
it actually seems a long time ago, though we are talking only of times a year and a half back…. when i read the earlier posts objectively(as much as possible), i can actually see the person evolving with the blog (there are some who would question the particular word used..hehe)….over a period of time, the blog has meant different things to me – ego boosts, acceptance, freedom.. to name a few. <\/span>
now readers are important to me in a whole new way – like friends in school\/college..to be taken for granted when around, and to be missed terribly when not around… now, posts are moments captured in time.<\/span>
for many people, images do the trick, but for me, the regular ‘picture and thousand words’ doesnt make sense in this particular context. some time later, i can read this post and understand exactly what i felt at 10.30 am on 24 sep 2004….<\/span>
at different points in time, we have different reasons for doing things, and for me, now, this is the reason to blog….<\/span>
now….weekends should start on a happy note, and thats enough reason for some<\/span>
S<\/strong>olid H<\/strong>umour, I<\/strong> T<\/strong>hought<\/span>
Here are the top eight comments made by NBC sports commentators during the Summer Olympics: <\/span>
1. Weightlifting commentator: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”<\/span>
<\/span>2. Dressage commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.” <\/span>
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” <\/span>
4. Boxing Analyst: “Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.” <\/span>
5. Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.” <\/span>
6. At the rowing medal ceremony: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.” <\/span>
7. Soccer commentator: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.” <\/span>
8. Tennis commentator: “One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them… <\/span>
<\/span>
<\/span>till next time, keep reasoning<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think i have followed a predictable path in blogging, starting out when rediff hyped blogging in early 2003, precisely because of that reason, hype. i felt it was a good forum, still do, though some apprehensions still remain, primarily to do with the commercialisation of the medium.the next step was playing around with template, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[1230],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-blogging"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15620,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/15620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}