What I like about blogs
One of the things that I love about blogging is the interactive nature of this medium. For example, I logged on this morning ready to post an entry about the Monroe Blues Series. However, before doing this I decided to read the new comments to my last post on “A Beginners Guide to Going Local” Here is an excerpt of one of the comments that was posted:
…I don’t think that it would necessarily help anyone if the source of a very consumptive lifestyle simply switches from a far away source to a nearby one.
And I guess that’s why I don’t like some of the downtown redevelopments that I’ve seen. In some places you end up with trendy shops that are cool, but don’t provide basic services or quality for price. It’s just localized consumerism.
I thought that this was an excellent point and I’m glad it was added to the mix. It would bother me if the only message people felt I was conveying was buy buy buy!
I thought of this comment as an important addition to this discussion and I wanted to share it with you in case you don’t read the comments after posts.
Thanks to all of you commenters out there. Time Magazine was right, you really are the people of the year!