Blogging...

I am my own biggest fan. I feel it's important to establish that straightaway. To me, my thoughts and opinions move mountains and stem tides. Kings are silenced, and the cries of the repressed echo for miles when my musings hit the page.

I was unaware, until this phenomenon of blogging began sweeping the world, that so many others of my ilk were out there, crouching in the dark and dusty corners of cyberspace. A little crazy to think that we are all so scary important that we must document our every fleeting thought, but hell, Jesus did it. and look how good it worked out for him.

Anyway, as I was mulling the thought of treading water in the infinite abyss of cyberspace, my thoughts drifted to the sage wisdom of the late Phil Hartman, when he was playing Bill McNeil on Newsradio back in the late 90's. (Aaahh, the late 90's... sigh...)

There is an episode of Newsradio where a review categorizes Bill as "adequate," and he spends much of the episode bragging to anyone who will listen how proud he is to have achieved this designation of adequacy. Reminds me of you. Yes, you.

Anyway, he ultimately admits that he knows adequate sucks, but was hoping that if he presented it as exceptional, other people would hop on the bandwagon. Bill McNeil is one of my favorite all time characters, and I leave you with some quotes from the show that I wish I was clever enough to write...

Dave: "Bill McNeil is ...adequate... I'm sorry Bill."

Bill: "Sorry? Sorry, you weren't singled out and deemed adequate?"

"...After all adequacy is the hallmark of great journalism."

"What is adequate journalism if not great journalism?"

"We'll finish this later, after I fulfill my duties with my customary adequaucivity."

"It's one thing, of course, to know you're adequate, but, to have a fellow member of the press stand up and say 'Yes, you sir are adequate,' Let me tell you it is a very special feeling."

"Well, I'm off to astonish the world with more feats of adequataqaticism."

Dave: "Everything going adequately?"
Bill: "Very adequately sir, I'm virtually bursting with adequatulence."