Today
we enter the fifth day of my Internet protest. In case you already
forgot what, exactly, my Internet protest was, let me refresh your
memory. I have decided, since I bitterly resent the Internet, that I
should no longer waste my time on it. Instead, every time I feel an
impulse to surf the Internet on a hopeless quest for enlightenment and
entertainment, I will instead write for the Internet. Well, not The
Internet, rather The Amateur Internet, the non monetized Internet I am
going to invent any day now, as soon as a get a few spare minutes.
So
far I have done pretty well, only checking the Internet briefly for the
weather reports, rumors and news concerning the Barcelona Futbol Club,
tips and tricks for playing Red Dead Redemption 2, updates on the World
Chess Championship (four draws as I write), USPS tracking of the
t-shirts I ordered online before the protest (The Gates of Moria, The
White Stipes as cute little characters, Charlie Brown's Christmas, Four
Seasons of Totoro, and a second Addams Family shirt), frequent checks of
my blog to see if there is a new comment to respond to (hardly ever),
recipes for toast, Amazon reviews of J fic novels I am considering
reading, youtube videos making fun of Republicans, more gossip about
Barcelona fc, highlight videos of Messi, Air bnb apartments in Florence,
the latest Ruben Bolling cartoon on Boing Boing, an optimistic check
for any new Captain Disillusion videos, maps telling me there are no
shortcuts for me on my morning walk, and whatever I need to look up on
the Internet for the people I help while working at the library.
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If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.
I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!
One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.