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"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." -John F. Kennedy
"If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it." -S. I. Hayakawa
So, I was commenting on my buddy Jason's blog the other day that my blog roll is pretty diverse, and that with a few exceptions, many of the blogs I frequent, based upon the number of comments received, are not exactly burning up the site hit counters. The thing is, I actually like that. Not that I don't want people to read their blogs, I just like feeling like I've stumbled upon something really special that hasn't been ruined by a bunch of lemmings following each other over a cliff. (I don't even know if that comment made sense, but I'm going with it.)
One of my favorite blogs is The Wide World of Timbo. Like most of the blogs I frequent, I found this one via Stuff Christians Like. Unlike most of the commenters on SCL, he uses the Name/URL function when leaving a comment. I actually had to track him down. On my first attempt, I googled "The Wide World of Jimbo", which is something completely different...
Anyhoo, one of my all-time favorite SCL posts is WOTAM, baby, straight up WOTAM. (Christian Text Abbreviations). The post was great. Here's a sample of one of Jon's updated text abbreviations:
9. OTTOMH
Original Meaning = Off The Top Of My Head
Christian Meaning = One Time This Orangutan Mauled Hank
Usage: OK, this one is kind of a niche phrase. I admit, you won't get to use it often. But if you ever go on a mission trip or a retreat or simply have an orangutan outreach program during church service and one of those orangutans mauls someone and that someone happens to be named Hank, you are going to be so happy that you read this post and can immediately text all your friends, "OTTOMH! OTTOMH!"
While the post itself was hilarious, the comments were some of the funniest I've ever read. Most of them were simply adding more ridiculously funny text abbreviations. Until you get to Comment No. 52 from Tim M. which says: "Hi. I’m new to this blog. I got here by googling “orangutan mauled Hank” to see if there's any update on my cousin Hank after his horrible accident."
Can I prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this is the same Tim on my blog roll? No. But I'm assuming it is, because that is classic Timbo.
Tim wrote a post entitled "Star Trek" the other day. I immediately clicked over to his blog because I like to make fun of Star Trek and Star Trek fans. Here's the comment I left: "Where do you come up with this stuff? I want more bear/cat/bear/monkey visionary stuff! Who cares about Star Trek?" (There's an entire back story to the bear/cat/monkey comment, but I'll let you figure that one out for yourselves.) So, here's what Tim posted in response to my comment: I listened, and heard. That guy cracks me up!
Will I be doing more blog roll shout outs? Probably - but don't hold me to it. You're not the boss of me!
