Patterico's Pontifications

5/4/2005

Watching Paint Dry Inside the Blogs

Filed under: Blogging Matters,Judiciary — Patterico @ 9:30 pm



Apparently my post this morning about the “conventional warfare option” was discussed on the “Inside the Blogs” segment today on CNN’s “Inside Politics.” Commenter Mark Williams was kind enough to let me know, and has provided a link to the video.

It was an interesting experience for me, watching a woman reciting on nationwide television the drivel I dashed off this morning before heading for the shower. And she read it in a British accent, which just made it that much more special.

I have to admit that I find the concept of this segment amusing. It’s a little like watching golf on TV. If you play golf, watching golf on TV is fun; for others, it’s like watching paint dry. I imagine a similar concept is at work with the “Inside the Blogs” segment. To me, it’s kind of interesting — especially if my blog is on it. But I feel a little sorry for the average viewer, watching two women sitting in front of computer screens and reading from Internet sites. At least from political Internet sites . . .

Then again, the women are attractive, so maybe that makes the experience worthwhile for half the audience. Ace of Spades (who was featured on the same segment for his wrongheaded criticism of my “conventional warfare option”) thinks that one of the women (“Jacki”) was hitting on him. I hate to encourage the guy, but “Jacki” didn’t ask me for any personal information. Obviously, she already knows I’m married . . .

10 Responses to “Watching Paint Dry Inside the Blogs”

  1. Yeah yeah yeah, whatever Mr. Celebrity. First it’s “surprise” speaking engagements and now it’s CNN coverage.

    Will you still love us when you’re in your “hanging out with Ravi Shankar” phase?

    Christopher Cross (361351)

  2. Will you still love us when you’re in your “hanging out with Ravi Shankar” phase?

    I’m sorry . . . do I know you?

    Patterico (756436)

  3. You Gotta Link It, Before You Sink It
    A roundup of posts far better than mine.

    Legal XXX (59ce3a)

  4. I think that your idea is brilliant. Would you give me some imput on my site, republicanandproud.blogspot.com?

    Christian (0d6dac)

  5. Sure ya do. I got you into all sorts of trouble for making 4 crappy guest-posts.

    Christopher Cross (25d72d)

  6. Hey, hey! Awesome, Patrick! I’m curious to know if you got a bump in website hits as a result.

    Also wanted to let you know I still frequent the website — just haven’t posted in a while. Not since you got all rich and famous…

    Laudio (06d15b)

  7. Sure ya do. I got you into all sorts of trouble for making 4 crappy guest-posts.

    Dude, I was kidding! See, the joke is that I’m such a big celebrity that I forget all my Internet friends — even the ones I have met personally and who have guest-blogged for me.

    Just goes to show you, deadpan humor hardly ever works online . . .

    Patterico (2aa5f3)

  8. No, no… Didn’t take anything the wrong way. Just enjoyed seeing your site mentioned on CNN and was apologizing in my own particular… (“Idiom, sir?”) idiom… for not posting here more often.

    It was definitely a new experience seeing “action” shots of a monitor with a bunch of text.

    Laudio (06d15b)

  9. Laudio,

    I was talking to Chris Cross, not you.

    Patterico (333f1f)


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