Step 1: Find something amazing on the Internets.
Step 2: Find some other vaguely interesting things online. These may be dubious cultural milestones, jokes that are hilarious even though you’re not quite in on them, fascinating graphics, or a wonderful blog that regularly pokes a big sharp stick in your eye and turns it in a cruel but hilarious fashion.
Step 3: Reference a recent post on your own blog.
Step 4: Tie these things to a poorly established social trend or recent anniversary.
Step 5: Explain how all of this helps us better understand a current event.
Step 6: Say something profound.
Step 7. Panic because you have nothing to write about tomorrow.
Many thanks for the Dr. McNinja link. I have officially wasted about 30 minutes of my life so far, and think I will have to curl up with the laptop on the couch tonight and finish the whole thing.
It’s amazing. Stephen turned me on to the good Dr., and I love it.
Jesus. I come back from a whole week away from blogging and am fired up to dive in on Monday morning and I find that you’ve outed the entire formula. Nice job. I’m obviously a huge fraud.
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