"SpogBlot? HashTastic!"

OR:  THIS IS A WORDY RAPPINGHOOD.

Tom Tom Club: Wordy Rappinghood

I am #hashfogged.

There is a real function for the lowly pound symbol [#] on the internet.  It relates to categorizing and quantifying words. Then those words can be further quantified in regard to their ability to make a buck. The hashtag has taken on a life and power that has far-reaching implication for the hashfogged.  I know I need to stay on top of this.  I just don't really know why.  Not yet.

One of the nicer things about engagement on the internet is that it favors people like me, who have a facility with words.

Those algorithm-spouting coders have their place in the food chain.  I have mine.  We need each other.

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Words are what separate humankind from the beasts of the field.  The hostile and insensitive among us are urged to "Use your words," instead of using your fists.  

Followers of Christ believe He is the Living Word.

 Google AdWords support entire careers. Semantic search is the next next thing.  Social Psychology is the new Pop Psyhcology. So what does it all mean?  Personally, I think that having every word weighed and weighted and assigned a monetary value is a terrifying concept.  What if you cain't spell?  What if you are given to expressing yourself in the vernacular of your life experience, just to spice things up?  Is cain't  destined to become a more valuable commodity than can't, just because I always use it to personalize my posts and my persona on this here internet?  If all sorts of people engage with my posts, is the way I turn a phrase a valuable commodity?  You betcha!  +John Kellden 's conversations convinced me of that.

I am destined to become an Information Entrepreneur.

Selfie shows are sprouting on The Plus like mushrooms after rain.  Followings are being built.  Credibility is being established and maintained.  Partnerships are forming.  Collaboration is happening.  Where do I fit in?  

How do I get in where I fit in?  

I must engage, like Jean-Luc Picard firing up the Enterprise--to go boldly where no Hamptons' house-sitter's child has gone before!  In order for my son to get where he needs to go, I have to blaze a trail out of my own limitations.  I have to look beyond what I have and what I know, and look forward to what I want and what I have yet to discover.

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You may be wondering why this blog has so little to do with Malachi, People To People, or Italy, Sicily, and Greece.  Well, 

BLOGGING IS ORGANIC!

Originally, a web log was something a techie updated at intervals to keep track of the health of the mainframe.  Now a blog is something that causes feckless twenty-somethings to make a boatload of money saying and doing things I cannot fathom, and capturing the output on devices I can only scroll past on The Plus.  I'm old-school.  A blog is an electronic diary.  As such, my humble musings will accumulate, and these, that have the least to do with my stated goal, will be at the bottom of the stack.  At present, my desire is to stay true to this facet of blogging.  This is a diary of the journey from hapless to helpless to happening!

There are innumerable distractions on the internet. There are distracting people.  There are distracting pictures of people and animals and landscapes and tourist attractions.  There are distracting issues, causes, videos, memes, jokes, podcasts and blogs.  

How does one speak above the cacophony?  One does not.  One cannot.  I know that I must patiently build relationships with people.  I need to be genuine.  I must conduct myself with integrity and always be authentic.  This is what is known in many circles as "keeping it real."  'Keeping it real' has quickly and irretrievably become a trite turn of phrase.  But like every other hackneyed expression, it expresses a complex concept succinctly.  I keep it real.  I know you need to get to know me.  You need to know that I am who and what I say I am.  If I'm here consistently, then you can begin to know what to expect from me.  It is always more beneficial to be worthy of trust than to be trustworthy.  Trustworthiness can be subject to shifting ethical perspectives--such as upon which side of the bread the butter resides.  Being worthy of trust is a constant that does not fluctuate over time.  If I am worthy of trust, raising the funds for Malachi's trip to Europe can be accomplished in short order.  What requires painstaking patience is establishing the online me that is a clear and transparent reflection of the flesh-and-blood me.

"A man's word is his bond."  This is one of the two concepts I believe that a woman can teach a boy about manhood.  the other is "Real men keep their commitments."  The only way to teach this is to be this.  Welcome to my world.  It's okay to be hashfogged.  At least you'll be in the right place when the sun breaks through.

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog.

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