I took a little blogging vacation. Sometimes I like to take a step back and be silent for a bit. But I'm back now.
I've managed to slow down for a few days. I guess in my world it's like slowing down, but by normal standards it's still quite insane. I ended up back over in St. Barths for a week or so, and now I'm back in the U.S. I'm running back and forth between Vegas and LA right now. Seems like I always have somewhere to be, but never in the same city. Right now there's a big poker tournament going on in Vegas at the Bellagio. Today is the ladies event, but I'm notorious for busting out of those quite early, so this time I'll spare myself the pain. The Venetian has a nice nightly tournament so I may go over there later. It's a deep stack tournament. I guess if you're not into poker that doesn't mean much, but for the rest of us it just means that it's a nice structure and you start with more chips.
I'm taking some online classes right now, so that's just one more thing to add to my full schedule. I read an article this morning about blogging in Business Week. Very interesting. It's such a nice tool, and I like the conversations we can have with complete strangers who have similar interests. I don't put a lot of valuable information in my blog, but I try to record my thoughts now and then, for what it's worth. I do get quite a few emails from people telling me what they think. And I get some emails that make me wonder how people have so much free time on their hands. But I do enjoy the feedback. Guess it kind of motivates me to keep my blog going. Knowing that some people actually read it.
I guess for people who want to take it to the next level it can be a lucrative hobby. I have a friend who writes a very popular blog and he gets a lot of feedback. Some positive, and some not so nice. He really puts himself out there with opinions on politics, current affairs, and personal issues. I think people really like that. Personally I have a hard time voicing my opinion so openly knowing that the information is permanently out there for complete strangers to read, but maybe that's the appeal of the whole thing. Knowing that we can communicate with people who would otherwise never enter our lives. Like one big coffee shop, and everyone is hovering over their laptops. And once in a while you peek at your neighbors screen and go where he goes to see what he's seeing. It opens our minds to things we normally would have no interest in. I don't see anything bad about that.
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