Introducing TheWordWire.com
It's official. I own a domain name for my blog and have made critical decisions about color scheme and font. Like every good brand, I have a catchy tag-line displayed prominently under my equally clever title: The Word Wire dot com. To say it aloud requires two lip puckers, like the pantomime of adoring air kisses. I know this, of course, because I've practiced. It's really only a matter of time before I'm introducing myself as its author on the late night talk show circuit. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, just as soon as I figure out what to write, I'll be a contributing member of the blogosphere.
"Now we need something here..."
That's Jerry Seinfeld's punchline, of course. It's what he said in the premiere episode of his sitcom after he and George Costanza had exhausted their scriptwriting efforts with, "you enter, you go 'Hi', and I go, 'Hello.'"
[editor's note: A decades-old pop culture reference does date the author, but she still insists it's hilarious and timeless.]
I cannot promise to be as sharp as that parody of life, but it is the phrase that mocks me when I see a blinking cursor. In the case of this blog, It's not that I don't have stories to tell. But I admit I suffer long pauses when I contemplate how to introduce them. I owe some explanation for why I feel compelled to make my smarty-pants prose public. More importantly, dear reader, you deserve a reason it's worth your time. I wouldn't hit you with some tone-deaf sales pitch — I know that you're the judge of what's witty or wise. The only truth I can come to is this:
A handful of people think I'm funny, and I like that kind of attention.
If a biographic summary is needed, I am a thirty-something year-old woman who's lived within walking distance of the Pacific Ocean, the New Orleans French Quarter, and the Las Vegas strip. I've filled friend's inboxes with stories and observations from these experiences for years, and consider this blog experiment to be an extension of that practice: open letters to friends. Welcome to The Word Wire and thanks for stopping by.
Posted by TheWordWire at 4/9/2009 8:31 PM 
Categories: About TheWordWire
Tags: New Orleans Las Vegas San Diego
Categories: About TheWordWire
Tags: New Orleans Las Vegas San Diego
I like the lyrics, your music sucks. I give it 8 (subject to change after I read all the reviews).
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This blog is amusing. I'm sure it'll find an audience. I'll be back.
What time is that drawing for the Xbox 360?
Just saw a tumbleweed roll by.
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Seinfeld is still hilarious. I was afraid, maybe, that it would go the way of Cheers and only be funny in it's time, but honest to everything, I saw a Seinfeld repeat recently and laughed just as hard as I did in, um, 1993.
All that to say: if you quote Seinfeld, they will come. Or something.
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I personally enjoy your smarty-pants prose public, thanks for sharing.
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I'll try to keep my smarty pants hemmed at a good length so I don't lose your attention. Thanks for reading - I appreciate your comment!
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