Never knew I was a risk-taking devil-may-care adventurer, did you, flirting with death with each and every post I throw up here on my blog?
In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times
They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.
Basically, the article is about full-time professional bloggers and the high-tech stress (coupled with long hours and a sedentary lifestyle) they go through. Which I suppose is true (despite all the caveats and admitted ignorance the article keeps throwing up before moving onto the next breathless anecdote), but given that I am hardly working myself to death doing blogging, I guess I'm okay.
I'm just an amateur, not a professional, and I won't try this every waking hour at home ...
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Well, y'know, every now and then a guy has to cut loose, throw caution to the winds, lead the dangerous life, laugh at death in the face ...
As on the edge as...this?
(probably the 47th time today someone sent you this link)
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