Some eons back (during my early teen years, as I recall) I skimmed a Reader's Digest article entitled, "Are you a Bore?" And to this day, I can quote the opening lines: "Are you a bore? If you think you are, relax--you're not. But if the thought never occurred to you, then there's a terrible chance that you are..."
So now, all these years later and almost 10 months into this blog, I raise the question to myself, if only in hopes of avoiding the dread possibility. There is only so much that can be said about weekly visits to the grocery store, odd parental quirks, or even general observations on aging. And for the time, I may have said enough.
Complaining constantly about a single subject quickly becomes tiresome even when doing so offers readers some amusement or a sense of therapeutic release to the writer. Andy Rooney, who never ran out of things to complain about, finally reached the decision (at age 92) to give it a rest, after over 1000 episodes.
It may also be that focusing so much on the negative, or turning other people's problems and shortcomings into a subject of amusement, could be less than therapeutic. It certainly doesn't bode well for me in the karma department.
For now I stand by all the horrible things I've said thus far, and at the same time have decided to strive for brevity and enlightenment more than cruel mockery in the future.... but please note that there may be times I miss that goal, if I even aim for it. Sometimes, a story will be just too good, or a remark too foolish to let languish. No apologies for those eventualities. The only apology I'll offer is if I've been boring anyone...
