DILBLOG: Dilly's Weblog

A friend and reader (!) noted the absence of new content in this space: I must admit to being "ttly lame". Part has been the usual stuff: busy w/work, just put the house on the market, etc. Part has been a determination not to post just for the sake of posting: novel ideas have - in the words of Scott McNeally - the shelf-life of a(n already-ripe) banana, so I've decided if I don't get them out right away, best not to.

But I must admit part was embarrassment at having used the condescending term "got their attention" when referring to the Hawks vs. Celtics in my last post, only to see Atlanta win another and force a game 7.

But that's silly: if everyone stopped blogging every time they were wrong, the average blog lifespan wouldn't even be the 3 months quoted some time ago in GMSV. And it has it has never stopped me before, if it's even slowed me down. Still, I can't help but cringe as I wonder how I ever let some of these utterances into the blogosphere:

• "(Doug) Mirabelli...is certainly no slouch at the plate" (Oct. 2005)
• "Once the Dolts always the Dolts" (Jan. 2006)
• Carl Pavano wasn't a complete mistake by the Yankees) (not actual wording, but implied. Mar. 2007)
• "I think we can conclude that the Patriots are not interested in Randy Moss" (Bonus! From the same entry!!)
• "the seeds for this sorry (Giants') season were sown ... when they inexplicably renewed Coughlin's contract" (Sept. 2007)

I can think of others, such as singling out Ron Artest for animal cruelty, of which he was subsequently acquitted, and even his alleged crime dwarfed by those of you-know-who. But that was more the classic blogger mistake of not having all the facts.

The moral here seems to be to better apply the golden rule: "write what you know"...or face the consequences.