The word of the day is onus (noun): A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity. Also, a stigma or blame.
Poetic Jabberwocky is my personal onus. I don't mean it is a disagreeable necessity, but it is an obligation I have made to myself, to write daily. And it is somewhat of a burden. It is like having a baby who you have to feed every day except without diapers, waking up in the middle of the night, or little clothing. And I can do a weeks worth of blog work in a few hours. So actually scratch that baby thing, blogging is nothing like having a baby. Not at all.
The intent of writing every day is to improve my writing. This idea came from a professor I had. He is a pretty big deal. I am not going to print his name here because he no doubt has a google alert on himself but suffice it to say he as Garnered much respect as the editor of the most important legal dictionary published. I would err* to not cite him as the proper source of this suggestion, from whence was born my blog. So thanks for that, Bryan.
Bryan has excelled at helping legal writing advance
He has plentiful knowledge and connections, with a sprinkle of arrogance
His suggestion of daily writing has become my personal onus
I should have gotten the world's biggest extra credit bonus.
* Bryan explained that we all mispronounce err, it actually rhymes with her. If you say it as rhyming with air then you err. (Ba dum, ching.)
About The Plogger
- Alisa R.
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- I try to live every week like it's shark week. Here are some things I believe: hands are interesting but feet are a little sketchy, law school is the mental version of breaking a jaw so it will reset into another shape, it is OK for men to wear pink if they call it salmon, watching television is getting a jump start on next century's anthropology classes, if no dogs like you then you need to take a careful look at yourself. In summary, um, I'm just a gal trying to improve her writing.
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