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Due to my increasingly irregular posting schedule here at Fool's Gold Coast (at present I have somehow fallen more than a week behind), I figure you could use the following guidelines for writing a standard Fool's Gold Coast entry so that you can come up with your own material on the days when I can't bring myself, for whatever reason, to perform my particular brand of shtick. Frankly, it's about time you people started pulling your own weight around here.

How to Write a Fool's Gold Coast Entry
--Take something small and unimportant from your day, the smaller and unimportanter, the better: mild embarrassments (such as those occasioned by back-handed compliments) and peculiar anxieties (particularly having to do with the body) tend to work best.
--Make two or three observations on the topic, preferably churlish, self-deprecating, or indicative of your delightfully idiosyncratic worldview; if you must, you may make a reference to a book (the Bible or Shakespeare if possible), a Broadway musical, or a mediocre television sitcom.
--Link your present engagement with the issue at hand to a quirky memory from your Arkansan childhood (please note: this element is very nearly indispensable).
--Close with a one-sentence paragraph, slap on a punning title, and . . .

Voila! You've got yourself an entry that both of your readers will love.

Comments

[atari_age]

Damn good idea! It sure takes a lot of the pressure off blog authors. Admittedly, it may yield rather scathing results depending on who is guest writing for you.