Stop me if I’ve told you this one before
Today’s a slow news day so far. Herman Cain promises to say something later about whether he’s going to drop out of the race. Newt Gingrich is still Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is still Mitt Romney. Fancy that.
So I went to my drafts file to come up with an idea for a post to expand on and publish, and found one that interested me. It was about famous the Anne Frank quote “I still believe people are good at heart,” and how the truncated version with which most people are familiar is far more optimistic than the full quote.
I began to research the subject and was halfway through writing the post when I came to a source that was number six on the Google list. Hmmm, I thought; that certainly looks vaguely familiar. Yes indeed, folks, I had already written and published a post on that very subject almost exactly two years ago and had no recollection of doing so.
That’s blogging for you. The output required is so relentless that at this point—although it’s hard for even me to believe—I’ve got 5,224 published posts and over 200 unpublished drafts or ideas for posts. Although it’s disconcerting, I suppose it’s not all that surprising that I might forget quite a few of them.
Interestingly, almost exactly two years ago to the very day, except for one day’s difference. Quite coincidental.
Hey, why don’t I take this opportunity to thank you, Neo, for your ideas, for your writing, for your effort, for your dedication . . .
. . . and thank you-all to commenters as well for your intelligent contributions to these ongoing conversations.
This is one excellent blog!
At least you have loyal readers who have read 90% of them.
Even on vacation, I’ll pull up the website on my android… though I won’t comment from it.
I have an understanding of how much time and thought it takes to keep up your blog’s frequency and quality. I don’t know how anyone could do it as a hobby or sideline.
Although I am in ranting, frothing disagreement with a lot of stuff around here lately, it is still among the best of my regular haunts.
Neo,
Given your background and your liberal-to-no-longer-liberal conversion (I’ve read items in your archive, for example, “Leaving the circle”), . . .
I thought you’d appreciate this old Dennis Prager column, “How Liberals Lost a Liberal”. I figure a few others may enjoy the read as well.
http://www.dennisprager.com/columns.aspx?g=3eaa9f1c-c242-4993-8d1b-203b467ac8df&url=how_liberals_lost_a_liberal
Cheers . . .
“”I see the world gradually turning into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too. I can feel the sufferings of millions, and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.””
Anne Frank
Could have been written by an attentive American today.
Neither as prolific nor as talented a writer as yourself, I occasionally run across things I have written from several years ago and think, “I don’t remember writing that.” Of course I’m quite a bit older and dottier than you. But I’m pleased to be in good company.
Like your many other fans, I appreciate the quality of your blog and the level of conversation it provides. My neighbors, unfortunately, do not provide the same kind of stimulation. The result, I guess, of having lived too many places and outlived too many friends.