March 19, 2006

Have you noticed that bloggers are now starting to be referred to with middle names? Something that was once reserved some more unsavory characters. For instance, the other day I was reading Robert "The Scobleizer" Scoble. Up in Canada there is Joey "The Accordian Guy" DeVilla. Of course everyone counts David "Joho the Blog" Weinberger as one of the godfathers along with Doc "Doc Searls Weblog" Searls (well some of them work better than others). If we travel to Europe we might meet niek "Shutterclog" hockx in a dark canal. Dean "Deanland" Landsman and Jeff "BuzzMachine" Jarvis rule the East Coast.

But probably most feared would be the women of the blogoshere. Who would not defer to the likes of Shelley "Burningbird" Powers and Jeneane "Allied" Sessum. And don't forget Liz "mamamusing" Lawley who rules over two states.

I still haven't figured Frank "Sandhill Trek" Paynter out but I image this scene a few years in the future.

Year 2012, the Court of Samuel Alito Archbishop of Washington under the reign of King George the W^th (year 4).

Mr. Paynter, we understand you have been have had contact with several of these so called bloggers including the subversive know as Rageboy. According to our records you have been charged with voting democratic on several elections and once declared your self as a post-modern independent. You will now tell us what the code name Sandhill Trek means or we will add years to your sentence.