I’ll start off by saying that I was expecting this evening to be a bit more tech than politics. It still turned out to be a fun night with these other Texas Bloggers. There were more people than just bloggers, but I’ll just stick to those whom I can link. Present at tonight’s gathering were Scott Henson of Grits for Breakfast, Vince Leibowitz of Capitol Annex, K. T. Musselman and Matt Glazer of Burnt Orange Report, and McBlogger himself (EXPLICIT), whose name I’m withholding.
Conversations ran from different political races, to some of the issues that have faced the legislature, and even a bit about our blogging. I guess we all have different reasons for entering the blogging arena. We also have different reasons why we stay in it. There is a bit of consensus in that some of us didn’t expect that our blogs would get as far as they have. In my case, my blog is new; but there is prior work that is readily available if you Google it. We even touched a bit on making money from our blogs. Yes, we can earn money from blogging. We won’t quit our day jobs, however.
Because of my job, I can’t write anything political that is the least bit controversial. This is why I dumped Session 80. So, it’s a bit refreshing to talk to bloggers who don’t have such constraints, or at least to a lesser degree. It becomes obvious to me that I am a bit out of place amongst these bloggers. They are well connected and have been involved with politics for years. I don’t have that background. It’s still fascinating to watch them discuss issues.
If there is one thing that we universally agreed upon, it will be that the live entertainment had to go. The guy sang well enough, but it was too loud. We had a hard time hearing each other in conversation. The artist kept singing Ring of Fire, which gave McBlogger an idea of what to do with fire. It was a fun evening.
