a clear message - albeit w/ backpeddaling ~tffb ------------------------------------------------------------------ Backpedalling first: (spelling on that?) Blogging. It ain't that bad. Writing for the sake of it is better - both can be done, prioritizing *just* writing helped me immensely. But, (start: clear message) Writing online, blogging, is immensely beneficial to anyone/everyone online in 2024 (and before, and beyond) because it offers one a "full spectrum" page, entry to elaborate on ALL things they want to discuss, and ALL viewpoints they agree/disagree with. All manner of mental flow and ephemera can be exhaled there (I love using that word, always). Instead of small updates, instead of expected-then-not-welcome responses on social media (big and small), or no responses at all, instead of self-conscious statements: a blog. Untethered, unfiltered, unafraid and un-ending (seemingly, at times). Thoughts mean words, words/thoughts have nuance and ebb and flow and mental-to-text fermentation - a process like that of thinking *deeply* about a subject, but just making the thoughts/words *mean* more by making them real (into text). (and yes that sounds bizarre, of course thoughts are real, in terms of what they are; thoughts - but putting them into writing has it's own depth of meaning). Point here, a true canvas for one's views and perceptions - about any subject. Nothing to hamper or tamper with what gets written. ~bartender, coffee. thank you