The Beginning

Apparently the journalism school at NYU has already taken the name "This Is Not a Blog," but theirs appears actually to not be a blog.

But about the pipe, I thought it would be appropriate to start off the blog with a pseudo-semi-pretentious reference that tips its hat (a top hat, probably, given the look of the pipe; or perhaps it's a beret given the "ceci n'est pas") to the idea of questioning representation. What is a blog? What does it mean to blog? How does one become a blogger? These are the questions we will ask as we problematize the notion of blogging as a modern day medium for informing the general public how fascinating you are by posting your unique and insightful thoughts, revealing your innermost feelings to complete strangers, and commenting on whether or not your roommates take a vacuum to the dog-hair-covered couch regularly enough for your liking.