More on the Respectability of Blogging

A part of that NYTimes.com Magazine article about blogging was going to be a profile of Roy Edroso at alicublog, but for some reason it was cut out. Roy kindly supplies the missing text:

"So," I said, edging toward the door, "you would say that blogs have no real political impact?"

"I dunno," he said moodily, rising and rubbing his face with both hands. "What do I know? If I had any real talent, I’d be performing spectrographic analysis on George Bush’s dental records, or spending my disposable income on LexisNexis instead of on porn and Doritos. No wonder they never invite me to their parties! No wonder the resumes I send to The Washington Monthly always wind up on The Smoking Gun!" His body shaking, his features contorted, he cried, "Christ, what a fraud I am!" and tore the keyboard from its port and hurled it to the floor.

While I fished bits of plastic from my hair and clothes, Edroso stared down at the smashed unit. "Shit," he muttered, and, opening his closet, pulled a fresh keyboard from a shelf apparently stocked with several of them.

"It’s after midnight," he said, plugging in the keyboard. "Gotta see what that asshole Lileks is doing."

Comments

[nick paul]

that is the best little story.. (no sarcasm, sincerity on 'max')

wish i could access Blogspot sites from work, would go and give Roy a big pat on the back.