Spill the wine and write that blog!

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What follows is what I love about blogging! There's always a nugget of creativity and sheer fun around every corner -

Published in its entirety for your enjoyment courtesy of Peeling Wallpaper !

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Millions and millions

There was an article in this past Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine about blogging. The Post brought two popular bloggers from opposite sides of the political spectrum to Washington and had them square off on a tour bus to see if they would bite each other’s heads off. I was reading along and rather enjoying the story when this statistic popped up: there are now ten million blogs worldwide. Ten million! A decade ago there were zero blogs. The number kind of clobbered me, coming out of the blue as it did. Kind of made me feel insignificant. As if Carl Sagan's reminder that there are billions and billions of stars wasn't bad enough, now there are millions and millions of blogs. I continued reading the story, but quickly lost my focus and began to daydream about the ten million blogs. I don't know why, but this song by Eric Burdon and War suddenly came to mind. These lyrics soon followed. Sing along if you know the tune.

Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog
Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog

I was out with my laptop one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay my head down to rest
in a big field of tall grass and free wifi
I lay there in the sun and felt it caressing my face

And I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was surfing the world wide web
And that I was the star of the web
This really blew my mind, the fact that me,
an overfed, liberal-leaning gnome
should be the star of Al Gore's internet

But there I was, I was taken to a home page, the home page of the blogger kings
I stood high upon the blogger rankings, naked to the web
In front of every kind of blogger, there was
sports blogs, movie blogs, music blogs, humor blogs...

Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear something crazy
She said:

Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog
Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog

I thought to myself what could that mean
Am I going crazy or is this just a dream
Now, wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field with tall grass and free wifi
so it's all in my head
and then.. I heard her say one more time:

Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog
Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog

I could feel hot circuit boards from my laptop burning on my lap
As she disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine, in the other, a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said:

Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog
Spill the wine and write that blog, Spill the wine and write that blog

(apologies, of course, to the artists)

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We here at Peeling Wallpaper know that you have ten million blogs to choose from when you surf the web. But those other blogs don't appreciate you the way that we do. No, they don't. They really don't. That's why we continually strive to spill the wine and write that blog as often as we can. Thanks for dropping by. (July 19, 2005)