Housecleaning: February 2008 Archives

The 148th edition of Blawg Review is out, at Brad Trout's BlawgIT blog. It always seems to work out that the weeks Blawg Review is hosted by cyberlawyers, I end up talking about something else... In this case I sent in my Kosovo post, as I'm interested in getting feedback on it from a wider audience. It is a little sad, however, that my "I need a husband" post did not get picked up yet again. After all, I still don't have one, and how will I ever if the blogosphere isn't constantly reminded that I'm looking?

I noticed the other day that my blog was ranked higher on Google blog search for "Stephen Fry" than Stephen Fry's own blog was.

It seems weird to be considered more of an authority on Stephen Fry than Stephen Fry himself, but I'm sure Google knows best...

At the moment my blog is back down to a more respectable level of authority, but I suppose that may soon change again. My blogging does seem to lately be veering into an "All-Stephen-Fry-All-The-Time" motif (notice this post?), and there's reason to suspect it may not be letting up in that respect any time soon. Not only do I have bunches of his books, movies, and tv shows to still work my way through, but some of his work (e.g., Kingdom) happens to directly correspond to the kinds of topics that already generally interest me.

For instance I've lately been nurturing a particular interest in international law, and more specifically English law. (Remember those English law books I bought on a whim in London in December? I've been working my way through them...) Not that this interest should be too surprising; I've always tried to develop expertise in international matters whenever possible (see, e.g., my previous job in France, semester of study in Germany, summer internship researching international IP treaties, etc.), but if Stephen Fry wants to help make my further study more engaging, then so much the better...

And then of course there are the numerous other subjects of mutual interest, in areas like technology, language, society, and even the philosophy of learning itself. Already I've stumbled upon several more interviews with him that have raised plenty of food for thought. So what if he's a celebrity? Such status hardly disqualifies him from providing fodder for intelligent discussion. Indeed, as someone more informed and thoughtful than most, to say nothing of more articulate and prolific, it's quite the opposite, as he is able to publicly call attention to certain worthy ideas that might otherwise have gone uncontemplated.

But never fear, loyal readers, that I will allow myself to be so starstruck as to abandon my own, native blogging sensibilities. After all, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before my blogging goes back to being the usual All-Huey-Lewis-All-The-Time you've all come to expect from me...