Deciding What to Blog About, and My Inhibitions.

I’ve been inspired by a bloggerseeds’ question about how do I decide what to blog about, and what my inhibitions are.  After careful consideration, I must say that I take Mr. Asimov’s suggestion to heart, and I blog about those things that I find fascinating.  In that respect, I have a few essays I’m working on to add to my blog.  By the same token, however, I try not to take myself too seriously, and I try to include spontaneous observations as well.  I also add fluffly fillers like memes and quizzes— there’s no point to blogging if you can’t have fun. 

I do have some inhibitions about blogging since it is a public process.  As a result, I try to write my posts as if my mom is going to read them.  In contrast, I have found there are some bloggers who feel that blogging is a completely uninhibited process and as a result they feel you shouldn’t tell anyone that you are blogging, and write as crassly and crudely as you want. 

On a personal level, that kind of blogging isn’t for me.  What is the value of being anonymously obnoxious other than obtaining cheap laughs?  I much rather make a positive contribution to the blogosphere by articulating my thoughts about what I find intriguing in the world— both real and imagined. 

R E L A T E D   P O S T S :
Isaac Asimov, Writing and I, Posting: More of a Chore than I Thought, Speak My Voice

Older and Wiser

Today I am another year older, and hopefully another year wiser. ;)

Here are some interesting quizzes and links I found to help me celebrate my day:

 Birthday Calculator  Happy Birthday!  16 November 1969

Your date of conception was on or about 23 February 1969 which was a Sunday.You were born on a Sunday under the astrological sign Scorpio.

Your Life path number is 7. Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7. You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22. You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2440541.5. The golden number for 1969 is 13. The epact number for 1969 is 11. The year 1969 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/17/1969 and ending 2/5/1970. You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster. Your Native American Zodiac sign is Snake; your plant is Thistle. You were born in the Egyptian month of Tyby, the first month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil). Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 6 Kislev 5730. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 7 Kislev 5730. The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.16.4.17 which is 12 baktun 17 katun 16 tun 4 uinal 17 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 6 Ramadan 1389 (1389-9-6).The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1969. The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 13 April 1969. The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 19 February 1969. The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1969. The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 1 June 1969. The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 13 September 1969. The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 3 April 1969. The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 18 February 1969.

As of 11/16/2006 1:05:15 AM EST You are 37 years old. You are 444 months old. You are 1,930 weeks old. You are 13,514 days old. You are 324,337 hours old. You are 19,460,225 minutes old. You are 1,167,613,515 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday: Trevor Penick (1979) Oksana Baiul (1977) Lisa Bonet (1967) Dwight Gooden (1964) Shigeru Miyamoto (1952) Daws Butler (1916) Burgess Meredith (1908)

Top songs of 1969 Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In by Fifth Dimension In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans Get Back by Beatles (with Billy Preston) Sugar, Sugar by Archies Honky Tonk Women by Rolling Stones Everyday People by Sly & the Family Stone Dizzy by Tommy Roe Wedding Bell Blues by Fifth Dimension I Can't Get Next to You by Temptations Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.28923679060665 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) There are 365 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 38 candles. Those 38 candles produce 38 BTUs, or 9,576 calories of heat (that's only 9.5760 food Calories!) . You can boil 4.34 US ounces of water with that many candles.   In 1969 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US. In 1969 the US population was approximately 179,323,175 people, 50.6 persons per square mile. In 1969 in the US there were approximately 1,800,000 marriages (9.3%) and 479,000 divorces (2.5%) In 1969 in the US there were approximately 1,712,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds. In 1969 the population of Australia was approximately 12,407,217. In 1969 there were approximately 250,175 births in Australia. In 1969 in Australia there were approximately 112,470 marriages and 10,930 divorces. In 1969 in Australia there were approximately 106,496 deaths.

Your birthstone is Citrine The Mystical properties of Citrine Citrine is said to help one connect with Spirit.Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Yellow Topaz, Pearl, Diamond

Your birth tree is Chestnut Tree, the Honesty Of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritable and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self-confidence, acts sometimes superior, feels not understood, loves only once, has difficulties in finding a partner.

There are 39 days till Christmas 2006! There are 52 days till Orthodox Christmas! The moon's phase on the day you were born was waxing crescent.

__ 411 courtesy www.palsadowski.org

R E L A T E D   P O S T S :
My Birthdate, Number One, Your Birthday

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