This Is Evergreen Stuff

I've been doing some serious reflecting on blogging. And what makes an "evergreen" post.

Of course it wouldn't be a post on the latest news headlines, such as Michael Steele doing something wrong. That's evergreen in the sense that he's always doing something wrong, but one of these days he'll be gone and then the post would be dated.

There's even more obvious examples, such as "Congress voted on health care legislation today." When "today" is past and Congress has moved on, no one wants to read that five years from now.

But an "evergreen" post could very well be me saying that "I tore a couch apart today with a butcher knife and ax," as I did yesterday. Because who knows? Five years from now, still no one's going to know me. So it's just a story about a guy who at some point tore a couch apart with a knife and ax. It'll still be just as interesting and full of delights for anyone reading it in five years as it was yesterday!

So thank you for your attention. Whether you're reading this today or five years from now. It doesn't make any difference!