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When I first set up a blog (Asbestos Den), it was about whatever I wanted to talk about. Since I was interested in politics and comics, both topics came up often. Whenever either myself or other bloggers came up with comic book metaphors for things in the news, I often titled the resulting post with, "The Merry Marvel Blogging Society," or an alteration upon that.
Later on I felt the need to try to stress what makes my blog unique from all others, and thus was created ComicsPundit. I focused mainly on politics & comics (separately and when they overlap), but sometimes I drifted off from the core topics.
But now I'm following the philosophy of posting the more personal or completely off topic items to Asbestos Den.
I'm questioning the wisdom of that.
Much of what makes attracts me to a radio show, podcast, or blog, would things that make the individuals behind them presonalities and not just a "voice of authority." It humanizes them, and makes me interested in the person as much as the topic they are talking about. That's why I follow Tony Kornheiser in all his endeavors. This is why Instapundit is more fun than just news aggregation. So why should I take that away from my blogs?
More importantly, for friends to follow my blogging, they have to go to two sources. That just seems a bit pretentious in hindsight.
So I'm considering merging everything into ComicsPundit.
So if my two loyal readers, or anyone else reading, has an opinion on the matter, please comment. Thanks.
Now having said all that, I am considering starting yet another blog. But it would be with the hopes of making it a single topic group blog, which would make the separate branding much more appropriate. If it gets off the ground, It'll be about dropping Cable and Satellite TV in favor of watching TV online, which is what I've done in myself recently as a cost cutting move. But still, I watch as much TV as ever, just watching it through my computer. If anyone is interested in participating, please contact me (the email link is in the left sidebar).
Thanks.
I frequent blogs because I'm interested in the author, not necessarily the topic. I have a friend who posts all the time about Nascar. I have not interest in Nascar. I'm interested in her. So I visit her site everyday to see if, perhaps, I can get something other than Nascar.
I visit here for the amalgam of what makes Shawn Shawn; and that happens to be libertarianism, technology, and comic books. I think it should all be on one blog. In fact, I thought you killed the asbestos den. Now I see it's still alive. I'm going to have to go over there, now, and see what I've missed!
Admittably, not much was being posted over there.
I think it was my either my cat's, or my grandmother's obituary made me feel like I was posting something too personal for CP, but I wanted to post it, so I used the old Asbestos Den blog.
Kinda silly, as it's not like Asbestos Den is a private access blog or anything.
I tend to compartmentalize parts of my life, yet I enjoy it when I find those compartments overlapping. It's the very premise of the ComicsPundit "brand". Welcome to the contradictions of my mind.
Much of this is because I've been reassessing a lot of things in my life. I've had many ambitions that I pursue to the point of being overcommitted, and out of my depth. So I'm adjusting things here and there so that my amibitions more match my energy and abilities.
Depression has caused me to abandon a lot of those ambitions recently, so re-acquiring those ambitions in a smarter way seems to be a way of regaining the positive aspects of goal setting while still being realistic.
(Hmm.. I think I may have drifted off topic a bit, and into "blogging as therapy" heh.)
In this case, taking the idea of isolating Comics & Politics for the sake of a "Theme Blog" is getting in the way of letting me be me on the web. Which is what inspired this post.
Thanks for your input, Bill.