Cliff Arroyo is the kind of reader that every blogger is dying to have. Every comment he leaves is brilliant, insightful, meaningful, and funny. He is literally incapable of saying anything boring or trivial.
Cliff Arroyo is also very considerate. Whenever he goes traveling and knows he won’t be able to comment for a while, he leaves a warning on the blog. This is a very kind thing to do because what do you think a blogger feels when people just disappear? Of course, one worries. It is obviously not an obligation to inform a blogger that you will be away, but it is very much appreciated when people do it.
Cliff Arroyo is a very well-read, multi-lingual, profoundly intellectual person with a rich inner life that he shares with us on this blog. Many people tell me in apologetic voices that they come to the blog for the comments more than for my posts. I don’t feel offended by that at all because the commenters are people I attracted to the blog and I dare you to find a more brilliant group of people commenting regularly on any blog anywhere.
My regular commenters are all complex, profound human beings. Intellectual light-weights soon get bored and slough off the blog because they can’t keep up with everybody else. And yes, I’m noticing that this reader-appreciation post has somehow turned into me-appreciation, but that makes sense because as a blogger I don’t exist without my readers.
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Thanks for the kind words (blush).
Maybe this is a good time to announce the MOOC courses I’m organizing to promote homeschooling, the evils of psychoanalysis and a sympathetic reanalysis of the strengths of the Soviet system. I’m sure I can count on your support!
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Do you remember my post on “My People”? You can’t avoid my support no matter what you do. Sorry, there’s no escape. 🙂
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