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		<title>Not A Damn Thing To Blog About</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crabtree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Raving Lunatic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creativity just ain't happenin' today, but I felt the urge to write, even if it is a bit foggy.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://extremewritingnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vertigo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-310" title="vertigo" src="http://extremewritingnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vertigo.jpg" alt="vertigo" width="288" height="216" /></a>I&#8217;m a million miles away from my <strong>blog</strong> at the moment and can&#8217;t seem to get a ticket on the next caravan back. I have started a half a dozen different topics and trashed each one. On the other hand, I feel all wound up, heart is pounding, and anxious. I need to write.</p>
<p>Nothing seems to be inspiring me today. There have been a million posts about 9/11 and I don&#8217;t think mine would be any different than half of those. Sure, I could write about how the world, not just America, changed on that day, but that&#8217;s like beating a dead horse. I could say what I feel about the dark era we were thrust into that day, but hell with that, we have enough finger pointers on both sides of THAT fence.</p>
<p>I almost wrote about how I nearly flushed this blog down the drain while trying something radically new to me. Watching the blog not reload after trying to to re-install the back up was frustrating to say the least. In the end, it all came back up and was really nothing to get excited about.</p>
<p>The dogs probably could have gotten some blog time if I felt motivated enough to give them the time. I mean, the little Amstaff, all thirty pounds of her, is baiting the ninety lb. Lab mix into a game of tag. Chloe, the Amstaff, runs up and jumps to nip at Pooh&#8217;s jaw, only to land in a ready to run position. Then Pooh lunges as Chloe steps just out of reach. All this on a hardwood floor, so there is a lot of action, but no progress.</p>
<p>I know if I went into Squidoo I could find a lens or two to write about, or maybe I could blog on about Factor Y, but nah.</p>
<p>There is one topic that touched me today, an ongoing one, and that is one that my dear friend JaguarJulie has been blogging about at her <a title="etiquette" href="http://topicability.blogspot.com/2009/09/thou-shalt-not-flame-harass-denigrate.html" target="_blank">Topicality</a> blog. Julie has be covering the topic of etiquette. In particular, online etiquette, and I think she is dead on when she states that we should behave the same way do online that we do off.</p>
<p>The problem I see is that some of us already do, always have, and always will. But, that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t politely point out the fault in that behavior. We ALL have to share the same space, cyber or otherwise, so why don&#8217;t some of you grow up or get out.</p>
<p>So, I guess I need to find my creative genius to find something of value to <strong>blog</strong> about.</p>
<p><strong style="font-size:10px;">This image for this post is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution <a title="Creative Commons 2.0" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank">2.0 License</a> via <a title="Mister Man" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/90614808@N00" target="_blank">Master Man</a></strong></p>
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<p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2009, <a href='http://extremewritingnow.com'>Alex Crabtree</a>. All rights reserved. </p>


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