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I Don't Blog

Ann Summers · November 13, 2008

Publisher's Note: Although we hear that blogging is going to be (or is) the wave of the future when it comes to media, not all of us are keen on transitioning ourselves to write them. With Food & Spirits Magazine adapting our website to accommodate blogs, I’ve also had to make adjustments in how I think about writing. After I asked Ann Summers, one of our best writers, to blog, I found out I’m not the only one. Here’s her response to my query asking her to write a blog - little did she know, she had just written her first blog;

"Hi, yes, okaaaaay. I will blog. I can't believe I said that. I know it's the future and all, and we should be podcasting our blogs while we tinker our ringers or whatever. But it's been a rule of mine: never blog, never chat. Kinda like: never mix tequila with beer (in the glass), never put cheese on seafood, never wear white pants (before or after Labor Day), never read Tom Wolfe on a full stomach, or shoot a 30 ought 6 from the shoulder, or talk to people with silk pocket squares. Well, I could go on.

However, against my rules and better judgment, for you Erik, I will blog.
Tell me what to do and use non-technical words. But if I catch you with a pocket square, all bets are off."

Does anybody else have similar feelings?

About the Author

Ann Summers is a writer, amateur naturalist, mother, and cook. She is the author of two children... More About Ann Summers >

2 Comments

Erik Totten - Publisher November 13, 2008 12:00

My response to Ann;

Ha! That, all by itself, is a blog - and, with your permission, I'll post it with an introduction from me. You're better at this than you know. Nice! I understand though, it's been a learning curve for me to get to the point of even just managing the blogs.

The way I look at blogs are that they are short (100-300 words) musings, rants, thoughts, ideas, etc. It can also be a recipe that you tried along with the results and other various ideas like that. These are less structured than articles and can really be about anything related to food and/or spirits.

And you shouldn't ever catch me with a pocket square. I only use them when I'm chatting and blogging while drinking tequila mixed with beer over a nice grilled cheese seafood sandwich. Those times can get messy, especially when you take into account that at the same time I'm doing all that, I'm wearing white pants, shooting big guns and discussing Thomas Wolfe with all my other friends that have silk pocket squares.

That was fun!
Bill November 13, 2008 19:40

While I find it infinitely more fun to eat food than to talk about it, chow chat has its place, and it would be a welcome addition to this web site. How badly will the economic douwnturn impact Omaha area restaurants? I suspect we will see results, in a negative way, shortly after the dawn of the New Year. But on the upside, will the dawning of the age of Obama introduce America to new culinary trends? Hawaiian? African? Chicagoan? I suspect the nation will be doing something of a Camelot redux, and just as that era forever changed our fashion landscape, so to may the new administration introduce some fresh ideas to our cultural and culinary landscape. Stay tuned.