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Blogs Alliteration Aside Several paragraphs that could be replaced with "Hello"
Several paragraphs that could be replaced with "Hello"
Written by Anika Henrikson
Welcome to the new and improved Bakersfield Magazine website. I'd like to electronically welcome you to this blog. Hello!
You might be wondering why I'd title my blog “Alliteration Aside,” when, clearly, I'm a huge literary nerd. Seeing as I generally condone the use of alliteration in any form (assonance or consonance), why would I want to excuse it?
I have no real answer for you. Suffice it to say I like the phrase. It is, in an of itself, alliterative. That, and you may have to wade through astronomical amounts of alliteration to get to any point I might be making.
Plus, the previous working blog title of “The Red Pen” seemed too ominous...and too communist.
Where to begin...
After almost two years of reading for and writing for (thankfully, doing no arithmetic for) the magazine, it's time for me to give rabid readers insight into our editorial process. It's my hope that it will provide you with a better connection to us and further enable us to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
This blog will, in no way, be a personal diatribe of goings-on in the Bakersfield/greater Kern County area—though that might come up! Rather, I hope it to be a service for those folks who want to read behind-the-scenes chatter from Bakersfield Magazine or maybe find out about a great place to eat, a nice book to read (believe me, there will be many), have a laugh, and maybe get a little learnin'.
Which brings me to the aforementioned “folks.” While academia (more specifically any folklore professor) views it as a term for a group, gathering, or clan of people who share the same values, ideas, and location, it has also taken on a stigma of its own pertaining to its use by the over-55 crowd...the main reason for contention between our editor, Mike, and myself. You see, I enjoy using the term. He, on the other hand, does not enjoy reading it. There's the rub.
Still, this blog will serve as a place for things I know to be true about our city and county; Kernels of truth, if you will. I hope you picked up on the obvious pun. Otherwise, 90 percent of the information relayed via these posts will be moot. Primarily because I love wordplay. And the word “moot.”
Smeared across this screen you'll find an abundance of parenthetical statements, commas, puns, and hopefully, a deeper understanding of your own community. I say this only because many of the insights and/or revelations that yours truly will have are primarily about you. No, not you specifically, but the greater “you” out there. OK, I lied. You specifically.
But seeing as we are in the process of putting together our Sizzlin' Singles issue (hold your screams of delight), I thought it pertinent to share with you a few tidbits of information before this blog comes to an end.
Alright...that about wraps it up for the inaugural post. Check back soon...I'll be sure to post frequently. And I'll make sure to include a little bit of gossip in each post. Of course, if there is none to be found around the office, I'll just make some up.
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