Inside the Brown line

The beginning

I’m a fairly tolerant sort, but arrogance (in others at least) and taking yourself too seriously are a couple character flaws I really can’t stand. I have always thought there was something arrogant and self-important about blogging. Does anyone really think that thousands of people on the Internet who have never met you care what you did today, or how your trip to The Wild Center went, or what you think about how difficult it is to find feta cheese in the Adirondacks? Well, my opinion on that hasn’t changed. But there are no blogs on the Web site right now and Cathy doesn’t like that, so I’m going to start one.

One of the most important rules of writing, whether a newspaper article, a poem, a short story, or a 19th-century Russian novel, is that you have to be writing about something. You need a theme, a point, a plot, etc. At least you had to before the Internet. “Inside the Brown Line,” however, can be about pretty much anything I want it to be, at long as it’s something not too crazy that the newspaper won’t mind being affiliated with. Oh, this is going to be great stress relief. I might even quit smoking now.

Well, I’ll try to keep it centered on two broad themes. The first will be world news. I’m not supposed to have an opinion on the more local stuff I write about, so I’ll stay away from that, but I don’t think expressing an opinion on the European Union’s banana export policies will compromise the impartiality of my coverage of the town and village of Tupper Lake too much. The other will be about my general experiences as a flatlander living up here.

Here’s what I was typing in my photo. It's a work in progress, but the finished article will run in tomorrow's Enterprise:

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I think it's a pretty good story.

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Isadoreknob
09-01-08 1:23 PM »Report Abuse	Uh... about the new name... ***********urbandictionary****/define.php?term=brown+line
Robert
08-27-08 5:32 PM »Report Abuse	Ah, a more civilized "talk of the town". How noble a thought! Best wishes Nathan, let's hope the idea has wings.........
Isadoreknob
08-27-08 12:54 PM »Report Abuse	"One of the most important rules of writing, whether a newspaper article, a poem, a short story, or a 19th-century Russian novel, is that you have to be writing about something..." To quote the Good Book: "Physician, heal thyself..."

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