Public Meanderings

Last night I was perusing the blogosphere for some Oscar commentary and ran across Apt. 11d on Dan Drezner's blog. Beyond the Oscar comments, I became mesmerized by Apt 11d. A large number of posts were devoted to childcare issues, one of the last things that normally concerns me. I was talking with my roommate about it and we basically concluded that part of the appeal of blogging is the ability to wander into people's lives - even if just for a moment - and become connected to their story. It's more or less the same relationship you develop with a novelist, I think. I was affected so much, I needed to add an additional sidebar category to include this blog as a link.

On a totally weird note: perhaps part of the appeal is that we basically have the same blog template and my mesmerization had to do with a subconscience, narcissistic love of my own blog...see Crumb, in which Crumb was known to masterbate to his own work (as was Picasso). I said a weird note...