Friday, January 14, 2005
- omphaloskepsis
- ðe art of talking about oneself
"Omphaloskepsis" has always struck me as an Algonquin Round Table sort of word; I'm not sure of its true provenance, but it's quite cromulent.
Can a blog be constructed around itself? Ðe idea has occurred to me. It's likely ðe sort of þing ðat would wear quickly.
So, too, perhaps — sotooperhaps — are ðe 'ð's and 'þ's. Runic characters which I've restored to ðe language. 'Th' is ðe most common letter pair in ðe English language, but ðe better part of a millenium ago, it wasn't a letter pair.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Ðis is hopefully different, but probably more personal; I look forward to seeing what I do wiþ it.
It appears ðat ðe ability to write in complete sentences pretty much puts your blog in ðe top 20% of blogs in quality; I can't promise ðis will be any better ðan ðat, but I hope I'll manage at least ðat.