It would be interesting if there were a way to see all the deleted blog entries that never see the light of day. There must be some pretty important stuff that gets axed upon further review or doesn't quite pass that "will people think I'm crazy" test before the publish button is pressed. Maybe it's just because of poor grammar or questionable subject matter, but really it has to be because the writer doesn't want people thinking they are depressed, perverse, lame, intoxicated, etc. Perhaps those unsavory adjectives don't make for good reading, or at least comfortable reading.

Blogs don't seem to have gotten to the level of best-selling books or movies that tell extremely sad stories and recount incredible hardship. Are blogs only for humorous anecdotes and minute-by-minute accounts of daily life? Someday will there be a Squid and the Whale blog? Maybe the blog equivalent of early Pedro the Lion? Can the world handle this?

An interesting technology would be the high-wire blog. When any letter, word or sentence is typed in, it becomes part of record. No backspace, no delete, no cancel. Strike-through would be allowed for typos and changes of heart. Most blog entries would end up looking like chain letters, but that's ok. The truth would be there, right? Is a first thought always the truth? Can't we decide what we want the truth to be? Once we decide, we can start believing it and it becomes the truth, so no big deal, right?

So, here's the the hope that the future will bring no-holds-barred blogs without safety nets. Only the strong will survive this new world of blogging. The lightweights will be weeded out. Good.