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I've always hated the term blog but embraced the concept of the blog. Not a diary keeper, I've often liked the idea of putting my thoughts on paper but being essentially a pragmatic person I've never figured out why I'd keep a diary. The blog format, an online diary of sorts, solve that usefulness question. Because the thoughts are captured in a logical structure, digitally encoded English, they are easily searched, sorted, and archived for later use. It's one of those oddities of life that the delivery medium impacts the usefulness of the thing. Although, I guess in this case it's really the access to information that I was searching for, more than the mechanism to explore thoughts on paper. I've heard it said that the quality of writing was negatively impacted by the typewriter, that writers were more thoughtful before that time. I wonder if the same applied here.

Regardless. Now I'm trying to maintain two blogs, in addition to my professional writing for work, and I'll admit to being stressed and confused. It's a bit challenging to try to figure out the most appropriate venue for my writing and often I find that the posts overlap between the sites. Some people solve this by posting the same material on different sites, others by linking between sites, and others by posting different versions of the same work on each site. I'm not sure of my solution yet.

I caught an episode of Californication this evening. I'd forgotten what a brilliant show that can be. Some of the concepts explored are really fascinating and different from normal media fare. I am particularly impressed with the relationship between Hank, the fascinatingly depressed star, and his daughter, who's name escapes me.