I PROPOSE A NAME for the intellectual cyberspace we bloggers occupy: the Blogosphere. Simple enough; the root word is logos, from the Greek meaning, variously: In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human reasoning about the cosmos; Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language) Posted at 12:54 AM by William Quick | link | Comments [13]
Originally posted on January 1, 2002.
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Happy Birthday!
Hee, hee! ;-D
When I began my 1st Blog, in the Spring of 2002, I had little idea of how it would affect my life.
A year later I was inspired to begin a “Niche” Blog, one about Recreational Bicycling, and THAT place has grown into something special.
From opinionating, photography, “investigative” reporting, and creating poetry, and short stories, I have been able to express myself in ways, and to an audience, that I never dreamed of.
That ability has changed my life.
My audiences are miniscule but the comments, trackbacks, e-mails, and heads-up I get have made being a part of the Blogosphere the most rewarding experience of my life.
It is important to understand that our worldwide “Community” is not just made up of PoliBlogs, and WarBlogs.
Alongside my fellow BikeBlogs, and I, you will find Blogs on every conceivable subject that can interest a person.
THAT is truly special.
I’m with you, Kyril. Check out my “biking” category, and my Schwinn Paramount (with Nervex lugs) single speed!
And by the way, “cycling dude,” I’ve been reading you for a long time. Oddly enough, I never put you together with “Sneakeasy’s Joint.”
Damn, but THAT is sooo cool!
Thank U, Thank U, for making my day! ;-D
One of the things I’ve done, off, and on, in an effort to spread the word about the BikeBlog Niche has been to check out so called “Mainstream” Blogs for mentions of various words that begin with B & C, if ya get my drift, and Blog about them.
You show me, by your remarks, that there are folks out there, beyond my fellow BikeBloggers, who read me, and means a lot.
Since you have quite the collection in your archives I’ll be adding a link to it, in my blogroll, with my thanks for giving me reason to continue pedaling around the “Mainstream” Blogosphere for mentions of Cycling. ;-D
I wonder how many of our other fellow Bear Flag League members are also Cyclists?
Hee, hee! ;-D
“en arche en o logos…”
Actually, the words predated my naming of them.
Well, I know for sure Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs is.
You “propose”? Maybe in your crazy brain. I used that term last month HERE and I’m pretty sure I didn’t invent that.
But if your crazy person innovation turns out anything like that wonderful term “Anglosphere” it’s going to quickly become a “reason” for other wacky people to write long proposals about cultural superiority, and killing Asians and Blacks and such. Socratese that, innovator.
At first I thought you were One. Amazing. Dumbass, but I see that English is probably your second or, more likely, third language, and so I will cut you some slack. However, I would suggest that you learn to 1. Read English and, 2. Click links before you make an utter fool of yourself in public again.
Thanks.
As for the rest of your post, apparently I spoke too quickly. You are One. Amazing. Dumbass.
“You are One. Amazing. Dumbass.”
As Chief Dan George said in “Little Big Man:”
“There seem to be an endless number of white people. But there is a limited supply of human beings.”
Relax, Bill. This crash test dummy will meet his wall, sooner or later. One comfort we have — that Darwin’s laws do our work for us.
Darwin’s bloody laws? Ha!
Yeah, I’m gonna have to apologize for my error there: It appears that I have misread. You see, I was pointed to this post in particular by Portal of Evil, so I just assumed you were nutjob, because most people linked there are, and didn’t do my research. Boy am I the fool!
It turns out that instead of one post to talk about doing a new word, you made a whole Blog about it, announcing in big your contribution to humanity, with big letters at the top. That’s five years of cruise control payed off because you sir have earned my respect.
And yes it’s true I don’t speak English well like you, which saddens me: I came to North America only in 2006 to learn better English, and I’m not there yet, but I love your beautiful culture!!!
You sir have replaced my hero Portuguese Superlegend Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as my new hero! In commemoration, I too will innovate a new word: BLOAT. That is what happens when you dedicate yourself to self-promotion for five years on the Internet. As a metaphor, when you “bloat” in real life, you grow fat from self-satisfaction or maybe eating and sitting down a lot. But when you bloat on the Internet, you create the most innovative blog in the world!
Your favourite pundit fan,
Kyle
By the way, I lived in India work for a while, to work, and I think you have a funny name for your blog. A pundit there is traditionally in the olden days a religion jurist, but in modern times it’s an insult for an old loudmouthed nutjob who tells widows that they should shave their heads or kill themselves with fire.
It is ironic, because everyone in India hates pundits, but everyone loves Bill Quick and his word!