Thoughts on Blogs as Clubhouses

Reading this selection made me excited for our first project. I like the fact that it was pointed out that what distinguished one blog from another is the passion of the author, and I am up for the challenge of creating my own well-recieved enthusiast blog. I look forward to designing a blog that is focused and engaging. However, I am afraid that my blog will lack one of the main components pointed out in this article, which is personality. I have to hope that my personality and enthusiasm lend themselves to blogging. On a different note, I looked up one of Mr Jalopy's recommended blogs- Mother Tongue Annoyances, only to find out that it no longer exists. This was disappointing, as it sounded like a blog that I would particularly enjoy- I have my very own set of "linguistic pet peeves" which stem from reading and editing many pieces written not only by my peers, but by a wide variety of people. I suppose I will have to find another blogger to sympathize with.