To follow up on yesterday’s David Weinberger post, I went to the ultimate of online reference sources, Webopedia and asked the oh-so-wise search box what blog is (even though I actually knew the answer, I wanted to to feel somewhat justified in knowing that my knowledge was supported – how’s that for circular thinking? Heh).

So, what Webopedia says is this:

blog

Jargon. (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly-accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

(v.) To author a Web log.

There we have it, a blog is a web log, an online journal, a diary, a source of consternation on some days and plain silliness on others.

I have to admit that I like the word “blog.” To me, it is something fun, something different, a little bit more “cutting edge” than simply saying “I journal.” Ok, ok…I’ve journaled ever since I could write, I think. I have a million and one half-finished journals around my house. If anyone ever finds them all, they’ll wonder what kind of a disjointed person I am (or was). By blogging, however, I think I’m kept more on track. You actually get to see a timely entry that is kept up in an organized manner (calendar-wise), and is truly spontaneous. I write what I’m feeling at that moment…and don’t have to sit down to really think about what is going to come up.

Yep…I blog.