I appear to be suffering from a further illness to GOWDS (Grumpy Old Web Designer Syndrome), this disease is called OCBD (Obsessive Compulsive Blogging Disorder). I also appear to not be the only one with a full blown case of bloggingitis. Every day I am introduced now to new blogs and as usual some good and some bad. The quality as a general rule is getting much better and my rss feeds now take rather a long amount of time to read through. With OCBD there are definite signs as to the disorder. For instance, blogging into the late hours fine tuning to achive that mythical perfect blog, blogging just because you can and also a serious addiction to other blogs. All in all it is a rather time consuming disorder and I am finding that my jam packed life is seeping a bit out of the seems. Despite this I hope to never be cured of this disorder.

I have now been posting every day for over a month and despite some near misses have yet to miss a day. Today, I have had my flu jab and now am blogging with a rather dead arm, woozey head and a warm itchy feeling under my skin. Now, if that is not devotion I don’t know what is. It wasn’t like I ever set any rule in my head that I should post every day. I guess subconsciously I might have. I myself like the feeling when I in log in my rss aggregator and get the latest blog posts fresh off the press. I maybe have taken this onboard and thought that I should post at least something every day. I also like the challenge of having something to post about daily. It is like some kind of personal feat though to not be on the perpetual repeat thread theme.

Whatever, the reason or though behind it I am enjoying this disorder. This enthusiasm I am not very alone in as you can see by a quick visit to google or any of the networks out there. OCBD seems well and truly here to stay. I think it is a good thing and glad I am part of the posting mania. I enjoy myself blogs and hope that somewhere out there someone is reading this and might just feel the same way. Thing is, the longer this goes on I don’t even feel this as strongly - it is becoming about the doing rather than about the hit rate or pats on the backs. I will admit that having people posting comments has always been a bit of a person wooo hooo to me. In past blogs I would hover over the comments and enthuse about replying. However, in DOW it is becoming such a part of me that I have faith in even uncommented posts. Comments are great, but they are a bonus.

For me, blogging is about the doing, the saying and the posting. It is about reaching out and about saying my 5 pence about the price of a range of fish. As long as I feel this (it shows no sign of fading for a long time) I will continue. For as long as I find new blogs of interest I will add them to my rss and enjoy what those on the web have to say. In the past, blogging has never been as important to me as it is now. I strongly feel a sense of movement towards it as a firm part of the world. I might be seen as a bit behind on this. Thing is as this isn’t my first blog I was never not part of it. Lately, though with my thirst for all things web back, I have revelled in the new fountain of plenty with regards to blogging. You know what, I am just loving it aren’t you?