Saturday, December 02, 2006

"he's a blogger, you know..."

I just got some feedback from a friend about some attitudinal things making the rounds lately. My friend, in a discussion with a mutual acquaintance about me, had the other fellow wrap up his commentary on me with the tagline, "he's a blogger, you know." I think I know how to interpret this, and it's probably something cautionary and perhaps even marginally pejorative.

But, let's just for the heck of it try out a few other things as conversational taglines, and see how they play:

"he's a father of two, you know"...
"he's a husband of one, a real saint of a woman, you know"...
"he's an Army veteran, used to be an officer, you know"...
"he's a Roman Catholic, you know"...
"he's an advisor, a financial guy, you know"...
"he's a preservationist, you know"...
"he's a college graduate, from someplace up in Massachusetts, you know"...
"he's raised by Jesuits, you know"...
"he's a boomer, you know"...
"he's a Republican, you know"...
"he's a Tourette's survivor, you know, you %!!!^^#ing%%%hole"...
"he's a closet prince, just waiting for that kiss, you know"...
and, finally, with out the comma, "he's a blogger you know"... [and love, I hope]

Has anybody else out there run into a similar phenomenon, and, if so, what do you think about it, and how did it make you feel?

3 comments:

  1. Yes, I have seen this.

    "Oh, you blog" said with eyes rolling.

    Interestingly enough, my reaction is almost invariably that the person reacting in such a fashion is ignorant and/or misinformed, and accordingly I feel sorry for them. ;-)

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  2. Yes, but sometimes I have to stifle the urge to volunteer that I'm really a nice guy and relatively clean and disease-free.

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