They say that with blogging you get to blog about whatever you want. And to a large extent, we do. But, once you have found a certain “niche” (as it were) in the blogosphere, your readers (as well as other bloggers) expect you to blog about certain things.
This week, for example, I had a whole list of topics I wanted to address. I wasn’t really in the mood to write about gay marriage, though that list did include a topic I have long wanted to address — that the best argument for state recognition of same-sex marriage is a socially conservative one. Indeed, Judge Walker made some arguments along those lines in the early portion of his opinion.
But, I knew Tuesday night, when I read the the court was about to release the opinion that I’d be devoting my day to gay marriage.
A while ago, when just before bed, I learned some information showing Log Cabin doing something I strongly supported, I knew I’d have to stay up a little later to blog on the topic. We had been critical of the organization and I wanted to given them credit where due. Staying up late to work on the post, I coined the term, ‘blogligation” to deal with such matters, topics we’re “obliged” to cover based on posts we have penned in the past.
A quick Google search shows you did not in fact ‘coin’ the term ‘blogligation’. Just on the first page of results I found the word used as early as March 10, 2006. http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/1516-1.html
If you can’t even be intellectually honest about portmanteau words, well, what can we expect from you?
It’s also been listed on Urban Dictionary since January 31, 2008.
Jared, intellectually dishonest? I didn’t even think to google the term, as I had thought (until now) I had originated it. I had been using it on my own and in correspondence at least since 2005, may have referenced it in a post, but, never got around to writing this post.
Gosh, do appreciate how quickly you jump to conclusions.
But, I won’t claim credit for the term and approved your comment to indicate that someone else used the term before I did.
Jared, here is how Meg describes it at that link: “Blogligation The sense that you have a real obligation to ‘your readers’ (especially as your subscriber list and hit rate grows) to come up with new, interesting, witty and informative blogs on a regular basis. ”
A slightly different definition than I gave the word.
If I weren’t so certain you could care less about anything Dan writes, I might regard your little display of bitchiness as being something more substantial than just a typical leftist’s inability to tolerate anything resembling dissent.
Thanks for stopping by, Jared! 🙂
Actually, my medical mind was reading it as Blog ligations. I was wondering where the ligature came into play or if it was anything like a tubal ligation.
At any rate, kudos to Jared for being the biggest dickhead on GP today. And it’s only 0900.
Is “dickhead” a medical term, TGC???
Just kidding…well stated, sir! 🙂
Eric, as long as it’s not documented. As they told us on the first day of school, “If you didn’t write it, you didn’t do it”.