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 …
Except during blogathon?
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)