This is a milestone of sorts-- the 50th post of my first blog, Thinking Aloud.
I've often been asked why I blog. I might as well be also asked why I write, because my answers would be the same: because I enjoy it, and because I can. The first answer speaks for itself; the second is open to interpretation. "Because I can" may be interpreted as "because I know how to write," but that is subjective. By my own standards, I feel I write adequately, which is to say that I can at least get my point across without leaving readers befuddled.
But I digress.
I suppose the best way to interpret "because I can" is what millions of people have discovered-- that the internet has provided a means by which everyone can be heard. It doesn't matter if you can't put two phrases together to form a coherent thought (well, it does matter, but that's another story...), what matters is that if you have something to say, and you want people to hear it-- whether in carabao English or flawless insert language here, publishing a blog is just the way to do it.
That being said, thank God for the internet and free blog-hosting services.
I've often been asked why I blog. I might as well be also asked why I write, because my answers would be the same: because I enjoy it, and because I can. The first answer speaks for itself; the second is open to interpretation. "Because I can" may be interpreted as "because I know how to write," but that is subjective. By my own standards, I feel I write adequately, which is to say that I can at least get my point across without leaving readers befuddled.
But I digress.
I suppose the best way to interpret "because I can" is what millions of people have discovered-- that the internet has provided a means by which everyone can be heard. It doesn't matter if you can't put two phrases together to form a coherent thought (well, it does matter, but that's another story...), what matters is that if you have something to say, and you want people to hear it-- whether in carabao English or flawless insert language here, publishing a blog is just the way to do it.
That being said, thank God for the internet and free blog-hosting services.
