THE PRETEXT: Why my fellow Gophers are an alright bunch.

So there I was, cruising the PhlogoSphere on the good
ship Bongusta [1] when I burrowed into one persons latest
phlog post where I discovered that we seem to hail from
the same neck of the woods (and it IS all woods up here,
believe me).  So I decided to [*del*] stalk them [*del*]
check out a bit more of their gopher hole. It was here
that I first discovered the concept of Now Pages.

I really enjoyed their personal Now page (really part
of their landing page). There were the expected little
workaday tidbits that help add depth and color to a fellow
Gopher Wrangler. But there was also three lines that packed
a powerful personal discovery for them. Its beautiful and
Im glad for being witness to anothers personal development.

THE TEXT: Vanity of Vanities! (So very much) is Vanity!

Following their advice about Now pages, I fired up a
graphical web browser (I havent had the guts to delete
mine yet) and sought out nownownow ...or was that four
nows? [2].  If youre on a slow connection, this page will
make you notice it for sure.  I certainly did find some
interesting folks in this Now page agregator [3] but the
place was downright lousy with sobriquets the likes of
Inner Searching Coach. There were countless Strategists,
Consultants, Entrepreneurs, etc.  The highly pixelated
Engagement and Retention Specialist was quite funny. Sorry,
what the hell is a User Experience Designer or an Online
Presence Manager  any-who? Oh and before I forget, a BIG
shout out to Matt Grant, "Beginner" for keepin it real!
Matt also has designed a clean and beautiful website for
himself. You would feel right at home in GopherSpace Matt!

I found the majority of nownownows to be just another
outlet for narcissism in the vein of FreindFace [4] and
its more ubiquitous clones.  Back in my day we would just
finger each other at our terminals and we felt much more
satisfaction. I can tell you THAT!

...where was I?  Oh! Right, so Now pages.  Great notion.
Maybe a little re-inventing the wheel there but certainly
something Ill be taking for a test-drive in my hole soon.
Nownownow? Not so much.  I found it all too much about
putting on airs.  Your mileage may vary.

[1] gopher://i-logout.cz/1/bongusta/
[2] https://nownownow.com/
[3] including
    Petra Elster http://petraartstudio.com/home/
    Ari Koinuma  http://arikoinuma.com/
    Matt Grant https://mattgrant.org/
[4] https://youtu.be/6rNgCnY1lPg