More nobodies coming out of the woodwork
I suspected we were legion, we nobodies. Oh, you don't turn to your partner at a dinner party and ask "So, are you a nobody, too?", but you suspect it.
Nobodies are getting thick on the ground at the "I'm a Nobody" blog, so let's welcome them:
Lee Hopkins, Australia (such a nobody, I gave him a futon)
Shel Holtz, USA (yes, he is known as a somebody, but I personally vouch for his nobody-ness)
Henriette Weber Andersen, Denmark (suspiciously long proto-somebody name there, you might want to shorten it)
Jeffrey Treem, USA (never heard of him, approved)
Are you a nobody? You know you are. Admit it by sending me a mail at allanjenkins (then the little sign that I won't put here, to spoil the spammers) gmail.com.
I'll sign newcomers up about once a day, though more often if I feel special.
Very funny! Are newly retired educators automatically eligible?
Since I'm a real newbie to blogging, I'm still trying to be a CyberSomeone, but no doubt I may be a candidate soon....
My "silly" learn-to-blog spot is above, for those surfing around; do drop in if you like...good luck with this angle! ~KWW
Posted by: Kathi | April 09, 2006 at 08:56 PM
I really am a nobody. A little worried that this might exclude me from joining.
Posted by: Alex Bellinger | April 09, 2006 at 01:37 AM
Alan,
How did you know? Actually, I decided to come out and add a nobody button to my site and then link back to this site. I have the nobody blog listed under "Organizations".
And if you need anything from this nobody, just ask!
Posted by: Michael Sommermeyer | April 08, 2006 at 01:56 AM
No, Michael, there's no 12-step program. We are happy to be nobody.
Your next question was going to be: How can I contribute?
Right?
Posted by: Allan Jenkins | April 08, 2006 at 01:01 AM
Since I'm a joiner I decided I needed to figure out how to 'join' the nobodies and then it hit me; you either know you're a nobody or you don't. I think I'm a nobody. Is there a 12-step program?
Posted by: Michael Sommermeyer | April 08, 2006 at 12:54 AM
Allan, if somebody had to vouch for my nobodiness, I'm glad it was you.
Posted by: Shel Holtz | April 08, 2006 at 12:29 AM
"We stay lurking. It's not our visibility that counts. It's the fact that there are so many of us."
Which goes to my point - where do nobodies really meet? Should be nowhere.
;-p
Posted by: makethelogobigger | April 07, 2006 at 08:31 PM
I'm still chuckling that David Murray called Allan a nobody while admitting to reading DRC every day
:-)
Sign me up.
Posted by: Susan Getgood | April 07, 2006 at 08:12 PM
We even have an anthem:
http://paradiselost.co.uk/releaselyrics.php?trackid=113
Posted by: Phil Gomes | April 07, 2006 at 06:53 PM
Shhh ... I wasn't here ...
Posted by: daen | April 07, 2006 at 03:32 PM
well I could call myself henriette WEB ? or isn't that to cheesy ?
Posted by: henriette WEB | April 07, 2006 at 02:37 PM
Until this post, I thought you'd got it right. However clearly nobodies don't come out of the woodwork. We stay lurking. It's not our visibility that counts. It's the fact that there are so many of us.
The great feature of the blogosphere is that our shady presence is now ever more, well not visible, but more .. do I see something there. So the somebodies are going to have to take a lot more notice of us if they want to ensure we don't become visible and give them a really hard time.
These are indeed exciting times.
Posted by: Barry Welford | April 07, 2006 at 02:27 PM