From 1999 to 2004-ish, I was one of the contributing writers for Garrison Keillor's renowned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." I learned a lot of things there, mostly how to spell 'prairie." It was a solid gig and I'm proud of my work there. But, like any other job, there were...things...
Man, I thought doing TV parodies was too modern for PHC, I don't know why I would submit a bit about blogging. Blogging was turning into a thing, giving everyone a voice, each those who had nothing to say. It was ridiculous. Telling people you had a blog back then was like telling someone today you have a podcast. And that's why I still blog.
Blogging Institute
GK: This portion of the show is brought to you by The Blogging Institute.
ANNOUNCER: Have something to say, but don't know what? You have hobbies and interests that you find fascinating but can't figure out a way to bore others with your minutia? They you need to blog! And we at the Blogging Institute of America are here to help.
ANNOUNCER: At the Blogging Institute you'll be taught by blogging professionals who can teach you the tricks of blogging...by doing it!
Yes, at the Blogging Institute, you'll learn how to turn an opinion into a rant, a rant into a screech and a screech into a tirade. The Blogging Institute will teach you hyperbole, exaggeration, and overstatement and then get you to treat it as fact. You'll learn how to link to people who think exactly like you do and learn how to quote their opinions so they'll bolster your own.
So sign up now, classes are beginning soon. At the Blogging Institute you'll learn how to wring all the fun out of the Internet.
ANNOUNCER: Have something to say, but don't know what? You have hobbies and interests that you find fascinating but can't figure out a way to bore others with your minutia? They you need to blog! And we at the Blogging Institute of America are here to help.
ANNOUNCER: At the Blogging Institute you'll be taught by blogging professionals who can teach you the tricks of blogging...by doing it!
Yes, at the Blogging Institute, you'll learn how to turn an opinion into a rant, a rant into a screech and a screech into a tirade. The Blogging Institute will teach you hyperbole, exaggeration, and overstatement and then get you to treat it as fact. You'll learn how to link to people who think exactly like you do and learn how to quote their opinions so they'll bolster your own.
So sign up now, classes are beginning soon. At the Blogging Institute you'll learn how to wring all the fun out of the Internet.
