In my ongoing effort to overcome the limits of my shyness disorder, and to put myself squarely in a position where failure and humiliation are inevitable, I’ve accepted an invitation (through the good offices of Hunter Baker, who’s written a book called The End of Secularism, in case you hadn’t heard) to become a blogger at Touchstone Magazine’s Mere Comments blog.
That does not mean I’ll be leaving Brandywine Books (which may be good or bad news for Phil). I expect my blogging at Mere Comments to be fairly occasional, proportionate to the frequency with which I have anything to say worth writing. (This qualification doesn’t bother me here, as you’ve already noticed.)
No point looking for anything from me over there just yet. I haven’t even signed up as of now. I’ll do that later this evening, barring a coronary or a home invasion. My plan is to start with a cross-post of my piece on the Great Minneapolis Tornado. This will doubtless provoke numerous angry comments, which will hurt my feelings; I will then retire to my room and refuse to ever post again, and it will be the last anyone hears of me.
But I feel I need to raise my profile a bit, because as far as I can tell the buzz that greeted the release of West Oversea has dissipated like the waves churned up by a very small stone thrown into very deep water, and is gone as if it never were.
Oh, did you know I wrote a book? You can buy it here.
Oh, I see it in the distance. You will leave BwB in the dust as your star rises on Mere Comments and perhaps other blogs. When people talk about the good guys across the blogscape, they will say, “And that Lars Walker guy,” along with other luminaries like Glenn Reynolds, James Lileks, and Andrew Breitbart. You will attend a convention where a woman will excitedly recognize you and ask you to sign her chest. You will be too shocked not to comply, which becomes the worst mistake of your blogging career. A photo of the signing will circulate, forcing you to pose as another blogger, A. Socrates, who will condemn the “Lars Walker” blogger and call for his resignation. You will resign, do the TV show circuit, and return to blogging under the new name, which will achieve even greater notoriety than your real name.
I see it all clearly. Oh, and your bull will have five kittens.
That’s about what I figure.
That was just my favorite thing that Phil ever wrote!