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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 2 hours ago
In response to "Carry You Home"

I hadn't even stopped to listen or watch the video. Now, after reading this, I'm going to have to take a few minutes. Thanks.

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Beholden

about 22 hours ago
In response to "Landscapes"

Thank you, TJ. Kind of you to say.

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 23 hours ago
In response to "Landscapes"

Very well written, I could visualize this inhospitable planet as i read your words.

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Ned

a day ago
In response to "Of Whirlpools"

I was going to blog today, but I never had much luck with Whirlpool. Besides, I always wanted to meet the Maytag Repairman.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 4, 2025 at 3:35pm
In response to "Of Whirlpools"

Not only dragging us deeper into it, but I see many more people caught in the whirlpools current; both blogging and commenting.

For me, it's a great motivation since I want to blog daily and be more active in commenting.

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Beholden

Mar 3, 2025 at 2:08pm
In response to "The End of the World"

Also true, TJ.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 3, 2025 at 2:04pm
In response to "The End of the World"

I agree in part. Yes, if we didn't buy their hype, they'd stop publishing it. But also, I believe there are other factors involved in fear-mongering; it makes it easier to control people.

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Nixie 🦊

Mar 3, 2025 at 12:04pm
In response to "The End of the World"

I agree. When we click on a 'candy link' we may believe what we read without researching further to determine accuracy. I've eschewed reading the news, one reason being, just like Chicken Little, 'the sky is always falling.'

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Beholden

Mar 3, 2025 at 9:36am
In response to "The End of the World"

All true, Dave. But the press wouldn't be printing their hysteria if we all stopped buying it. And that, I believe, is what is happening at the moment.

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Dave Ryan

Mar 3, 2025 at 9:16am
In response to "The End of the World"

In most cases it seems like it's the headline-hungry media who turn the hysteria dial up to 11. When you trace it back to the original quotes, they're generally fairly measured.

We have a "newspaper" in the UK called The Daily Mail which is notorious for this kind of nonsense. Scientist says there's, say, a 1% chance of a collision with such-and-such a comet/asteroid/whatever (estimates to be revised pending further measurements) and the DM fills their pages with cartoons of big rocks landing in London, with comparisons to nuclear strikes, blast radii and body counts. Then when it doesn't happen, the scientists get the undeserved ridicule.

But then, measured reporting doesn't get the page clicks.

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March 4, 2025 at 10:21am

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Of Whirlpools

Of Whirlpools

Not having any ideas for today’s post, I reread the heading to this blog. That made me realise another effect of the blogging 7-day badge - it drags one deeper into the blogging whirlpool!

Not saying that it’s a bad thing but just that it’s a way of looking at it.

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