I've been wanting to write a hockey blog for about a year now, but after reading a comment by Lowetide that somebody should have something to offer the reader before writing it. The blog has to be interesting to the fans rather than the blogger himself, otherwise it's purely a vanity project and, due to lack of readership, will be an unsatisfying vanity project at that.
I then asked myself what I have to offer any potential audience. This took some time and eventually I came down to two conclusions:
1. I am a former member of the media. Not the mainstream media, or sports media, but a form of media just as incestuous and just as dependent on its host for scraps as the sports media.
2. I am somewhat of a contrarian. Whenever opinion swings wildly to one side or another, I suspect it is because of emotional reasoning rather than any deep mental process, and I start picking apart arguments. I think this is useful to a community, because it forces that community to re-examine its logic. Sometimes I can make good points, other times I only pick away at the weak edges of the consensus.
I hope that this blog has the value and energy necessary to contribute for years to come, rather than merely becoming a vehicle for vainglory.
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