Blogging should not be burping

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Hello all, it's been more than a week since I posted anything about Orthodox Romance. I did want to let you know that I have not forgotten about this blog. But, alas, ideas are not flowing as freely. I am going to finish writing what I have to say about the plight of the single person in the next few months, before the newlywed euphoria wears off and I don't really remember what it's like to be you.

These past few days I've been trying to write an essay about the way that modern people process information and how it challenges us to tell the truth about the Church on their terms. I've been re-reading Marshall McLuhan, a sociologist who wrote "Understanding Media," a brilliant essay that is anything but understandable.

I've decided to go for quality instead of quantity in what I write, so I don't feel the need to make an event out of whatever emotion I'm having on a particular day. My goodness, do I dislike those blogs. But, I did read an excellent article this week in The New York Times by a famous blogger, Emily Gould, whose life, both personal and professional, became a spectacle beyond her control. Here's my favorite quote from it:

I think most people who maintain blogs are doing it for some of the same reasons I do: they like the idea that there’s a place where a record of their existence is kept — a house with an always-open door where people who are looking for you can check on you, compare notes with you and tell you what they think of you. Sometimes that house is messy, sometimes horrifyingly so. In real life, we wouldn’t invite any passing stranger into these situations, but the remove of the Internet makes it seem O.K.

The full text of the article is available here.

My goals in writing are to be entertaining and informative. As for an attempt to share a life -- well, marriage is a much better way to do that, and I'm glad I did.

I'll publish something relevant in a little while.