Bunker Mulligan "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." ~Mark Twain

May 19, 2004

I

Filed under: General Rants — Bunker @ 6:25 pm

I ran across What Not to Do When You Blog while searching for information on WordPress:

Pick a real subject or series of subjects and stick to it–if you have to use the word “I” more than once a week, you are doing something very, very wrong.

I just can’t help it. When I write, I tend to write about things in the first person. I also try to be clear that something I write about is my opinion rather than simple fact. I tend to say that I believe something when I cannot, absolutely, be sure that what I‘ve said is an indisputable fact.

I will work on not using I too often.

4 Comments

  1. I agree with you. I’ve always found blogs that are clearly run by a singular person but use “we” when referring to him or herself.

    Such as:

    “We’ve blogged this story before.”

    Just a pet peeve I guess.

    Comment by Rob A. — May 19, 2004 @ 7:30 pm

  2. Uh, I find them weird and pretentious, that is.

    Comment by Rob A. — May 19, 2004 @ 7:31 pm

  3. -I- don’t know why -I- keep reading this blog. -I- wonder if -I- should stop using -I- on my own blog.

    Naw, -I- think -I- will do whatever the hell -I- want to.

    Comment by John — May 19, 2004 @ 10:41 pm

  4. I agree, we all use I to much. He, She, or it should curtail this practice.

    Comment by wallace — May 19, 2004 @ 10:56 pm

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