May 30, 2004

I refuse to spend time trying to comprehend all the silliness regarding various kinds of Wonkettes. In fact I am frankly tired of reading the name "Nick Denton." But, because I'm a charitable guy, I will share a piece of financial advice I came up with while working at various mental health programs.

First you should know that mental health programs, like blogs, strive to balance their sense of purpose with a desire to find new "modalities" -- ones that might enhance whatever it is that one is trying to do in the first place, but that might also bring in a thousand percent more revenue while providing less actual value. "Beer and cigarettes," I'd suggest at staff meetings where thinking outside the box was on the agenda. "Let's start selling beer and cigarettes." It would have made us all rich, but nobody ever took me seriously enough to implement such a modality.

Mental health professionals are lousy capitalists.

But some budding Dentonite among you might have the vision to bring my dream across in the blogosphere. And the beauty is in the simplicity. Say it with me: "Beer and Cigarettes." Liberating, isn't it? Now make it happen! Don't wait for Denton -- be a pilgrim samurai and make it happen yourself! The blogosphere is counting on you, brothers and sisters!

NOTE TO SELF: I am convinced that there is an enduring reality, beyond anything the blogosphere has yet attained, in the selling of V1@GRa and V+a+lium on the internet. Simplify, simplify!

-Jeremy

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