Blogging is like masturbation because…
- it often gives the greatest pleasure to one person alone,
- it can feel weird doing it with someone looking over your shoulder,
- your spouse/partner/husband/girlfriend probably can’t understand why you’re doing this thing that doesn’t involve them (and you might be sneaking off to do it more often than they would like),
- sometimes you do it because it makes you feel good, and other times you just do it because you have to,
- it can be a real relief,
- it is easier to get away with when you live alone,
- if you do it the wrong way or too often it can hurt,
- the pleasure it brings can be hard to explain to someone who doesn’t do it themselves, and
- ultimately you have the right to do it regardless of what anyone else thinks, even if they do find it somewhat distasteful sometimes. Why? Because they don’t have to watch.
What do you think?
Haha. I love it.
Hi Adam,
thanks
It is actually an ironic commentary on the censorship sometimes imposed by otherwise caring loved ones who don’t get why we blog. I think we should be allowed to blog (and the other thing!) if we want.
Cheers, Andrew
PS: A big thanks to whoever it was that Stumbled this post - over 1600 pageviews within 12 hours of posting it is a personal best for any post I’ve ever written
I’d like to write a witty comment, buy I’m too busy masturbating.
ha ha ha!
this is hilarious man! stumbled it! never thought one could compare the two! wicked!
vinni
blog.vinni.co.in
Hi Bob,
thanks
I am sure that some people manage to do both - you never heard of “the sound of one hand typing”? 
Cheers, Andrew
Hi Vinni,
thank you for your comment. I am embarrassed to say that in years of casual and more than six months of serious blogging, this is my most popular post ever
Best regards, Andrew
You are brilliant, my friend, brilliant.
Now excuse me I need to go, um, blog…..
Hi Kelley,
thanks
That is high praise indeed coming from you - you are a brilliant writer yourself 
…and good luck with that, um, blogging - give me a yell if you need a hand
Best regards, Andrew
Excellent Andrew. What was the motivation for the post?
Thanks Colin,
you picked up on the serious undertone to this one. You may have noticed the lack of smileys - it was a deadly serious attempt at working through some issues I’d been having with my (now former) fiance - try as she might, she never really got my need to blog, or that it needn’t have been perceived as a threat to our relationship. Pity.
Best regards, Andrew