...And Then There Were A Billion.

Wading through the over-infested waters that is weblogging is not a leisurely activity by any stretch of the imagination. Peace lovers, warmongers, the self-righteous, left-wing tree huggers, right-wing rednecks, no-wing, gays, lesbians, the lactose intolerant, ant-eaters- the list is annoyingly endless. However, more often than not, we find it is the lonely, pimply faced, nerdy geek who sits behind his computer screen into the wee hours of the morning tap tapping away believing that someone out there would actually waste the kilojoules in his index finger to click onto their blog. Believing the possibility that deep in southern Africa some spear-throwing Zulu would take the time out of his buffalo-chasing afternoon to find out what kind of ‘goodie’ his favourite nerd found at the bottom of his cereal box, or which Superman movie he thought “rocked” the most. (Some people might find the paradox in me writing this paragraph and if you do keep the comments to yourself- please.)

Maybe that is an exaggeration but you get my point. I was thinking about this internet epidemic when I received an invitation to join another blog called ‘idiotwatch’ (click here.) The aim that co-editors Dr. Willis Drummond (no, not from “what you talking about Willis?” fame) and Dr. Nick Riviera (alas, “Hi everybody,” he is not) detailed in their e-mail is to humourously critique the growing scourge of “idiocy in the community,” succinct, simple. I accepted.