No broccoli ... yet!

I confess.

Long after posting, I may tweak one phrase or another before republishing. That makes me wonder: Is there a rule in blogdom that stipulates commitment to a post once published? If so, I plead the low-readership defence. Turns out, I have an audience of ten. One of those readers is me. And I'm not complaining.

I'm also the push-button publisher of this blog called Exploro. That's kinda like saying I can do what I want. Kinda like what George H.W. Bush, the father of W., did with broccoli. Remember the foot-in-the-mouth comments from Bush Senior? I liked this one the best:

"I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. Now look, this is the last statement I’m going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that’s coming in."

--George Herbert Walker Bush (March 22, 1990)

For bloggers who respect the rules of traditional publishing, who never change what they've posted after the fact, well! I take my hat off. But I can't commit myself to pushing that button just once. At least, not without the option of editing - after the fact.

My position could change. Forcibly.

I suspect if I ever join Facebook for viral marketing and hordes of unknown friends, this blog might become better known.

"Hey, whatcha doin', changing things on us?" might be the feedback from my new FF (Facebook Friend) in Mumbai, followed by a Greek chorus in related time zones. All the while, I would be fast asleep as other FFs around the world agreed, ganging up on me.

Shamed by the market, I'd have to tow a more traditional line. I'd have to commit to a post once published. I might even have to start eating broccoli for breakfast. Let's hope that day doesn't come anytime soon.