Whiffing precedes the creation of Whiffing-blog
Wow, this was a funny turn of events.
In the only-reality-can-be-less-believable vein of stories, I managed to whiff right off the bat with this blog. First, I'd like to tip my hat to Bryan, as he created the whiff-blog that we had discussed making jointly a while ago, which you can peruse over at whiff.blogspot.com, which managed to slip my mind.
This falls under a particular pattern for a whiff, the rediscovering-your-own-earlier-thought-as-clever manuever. Not as clumsy as the take-the-extra-step-up-a-staircase style, nor likely to cause as much damage to an outsider as the continue-pushing-something-until-it-gives-and-jumps-much-farther-than-expected style. No, this mode generally takes the following form:
In and of itself, this isn't really an observable whiff, as from your point of view, you're the same clever bloke that hit on the thing in the first place. Where it tends to get less pretty is when you happen to espouse the "new" idea around someone that was party to the "old" idea, and chooses to inform you of it. But then, what are friends for ;)
Well, in the ongoing, we're going to keep them both (and some of their obtuse permutations) alive and going, and do a hefty bit of cross-contributing. I suppose I couldn't really have asked for more than the first article in the whiffing blog to be a self-fulfilling whiff.
-G
In the only-reality-can-be-less-believable vein of stories, I managed to whiff right off the bat with this blog. First, I'd like to tip my hat to Bryan, as he created the whiff-blog that we had discussed making jointly a while ago, which you can peruse over at whiff.blogspot.com, which managed to slip my mind.
This falls under a particular pattern for a whiff, the rediscovering-your-own-earlier-thought-as-clever manuever. Not as clumsy as the take-the-extra-step-up-a-staircase style, nor likely to cause as much damage to an outsider as the continue-pushing-something-until-it-gives-and-jumps-much-farther-than-expected style. No, this mode generally takes the following form:
1. Hit on something (that some may consider) clever.
2. Forget about said hitting on.
3. Under similar circumstances that caused you to discover it in the first place, "hit on" the idea again, and take some other action.
In and of itself, this isn't really an observable whiff, as from your point of view, you're the same clever bloke that hit on the thing in the first place. Where it tends to get less pretty is when you happen to espouse the "new" idea around someone that was party to the "old" idea, and chooses to inform you of it. But then, what are friends for ;)
Well, in the ongoing, we're going to keep them both (and some of their obtuse permutations) alive and going, and do a hefty bit of cross-contributing. I suppose I couldn't really have asked for more than the first article in the whiffing blog to be a self-fulfilling whiff.
-G
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