Naughty Husky » wikipedia http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za A Web Designer's View - Port Elizabeth, St Francis Bay, South Africa Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:11:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What is Valentine’s Day anyway? http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za/rants-and-raves/what-is-valentines-day-anyway/ http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za/rants-and-raves/what-is-valentines-day-anyway/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:25:45 +0000 Björn http://www.naughtyhusky-press.dev/?p=37 I’m sorry to sound like a drip, but I just can’t get all hyped up about Valentine’s Day. Ok, so it’s the day that you celebrate your love for your loved one. Isn’t that supposed to be everyday, why need a specific day to do this?
The Wikipedia says: “Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In North America, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.”
You can read more here.

I’m sure it started off as an innocent thing, but it has now just become a commercialised way of making money.
Companies start advertising Valentine’s Day right after New Year’s. I bet you by tomorrow we’ll probably start seeing adverts for Easter.

I love my wife, she knows that, I don’t need a special day to prove it to her. Yes, I will go out and probably buy her a bunch of flowers and ten to one take her out for dinner, but I still think it’s just a clever ploy. One of those commercial brain washing things to get you to spend money.

]]> http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za/rants-and-raves/what-is-valentines-day-anyway/feed/ 2 To Blog or not to Blog http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za/day-to-day/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ http://www.naughtyhusky.co.za/day-to-day/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:03:24 +0000 Björn http://www.naughtyhusky-press.dev/?p=7 If you are from South Africa, I’m sure you’ve seen the advert on TV where the woman talks about blogging. She looks thoughtful then says, ‘Mm, blogging. Mikey set it up for me.’
It’s the most irritating thing I’ve ever seen! But anyway the point I’m trying to get to is, since everyone nowadays has a blog, even the ‘Stork’ lady on TV, I started thinking about creating my own.What’s the point though. There are literally millions and gazillions of websites out there, of which half are probably blogs. So you have to think to yourself, what are the chances of someone actually landing on my blog and then, actually reading the rubbish I’ve got to say!

I suppose it is a lot to do with our human nature. I think we all have a need to feel accepted and recognised. In a way, having a blog sort of makes you feel important. You tell yourself that you life is important enough that people would want to read about it!
Well that and the fact that, I can go off here and rant and rave and no-one actually cares.

So let’s see, the definition of blog, Google brings up 61, 800, 000 results for the search term, ‘definition of blog’. The first result is Wikipedia. In the first paragraph it says, ‘A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.‘ Well there you have it.

But typical mankind have taken it a step further.Huge corporate companies have started catching on and have turned it into a marketing tool. In fact, I know some of them encourage their staff to blog. (I think this might just be a scam to keep tabs on everyone)

Whatever your reason, at the end of the day it’s about having fun. And that is entirely what I plan to have with this blog. Have a browse around, come back, don’t come back. But just have fun!
Happy blogging!

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