"Why I Post Less Often Than Planets Are Born"
Most blogs are run a little differently than this one; if you haven't noticed this already, you probably should check your pulse. I've never really explained why, though, and have recently received feedback regarding my low number of posts- something which, I admit, makes it difficult to check in every day and see if there is some new delight waiting for you.
I set out to write this blog on a weekly basis- the hope was that every weekend I would put the polishing touches on a week worth of work. That's the whole point: A week worth of work, minimum. I wanted to create a blog that was an answer to all the stream-of-consciousness blogs out there; one that was more than just armchair sophism or polemic that was, because of its nihilistic views, seen as 'philosophic'. Those blogs are, unfortunately, very popular.
This journal sees a surge of pageviews every time I post, usually peaking two days afterward. All in all, however, I doubt there are too many returns- you don't check daily something that never changes. To remedy that, I have set this blog up to send RSS feed of a short abstract from any new writing; subscribe to this feed and you'll be notified each time I update the journal, and you never need to check fruitlessly again!
As for the original goal of weekly work: I am returning to this model. I currently have several short essays in the works for publication here, including one to flesh out the ideas I've presented here: That words have meaning, and ideas have consequences. Since this post will segue so well into that topic you can expect to see it by the end of this weekend.
Until then, I thank you for your patience as I continue to search for a rhythm by which to run this forum; and for your continued appreciation for the desire to put real content before quantity.
-Benjamin
