Hey, look at that, this blog got a little press. A very little press. But hey, I’ll take it. Kemplog and Big Eastern also got mentions.

One passage caught my eye:

While some local blogs spark political conversations, most blogs — including Gardner’s — get little formal response. So, this area’s blog scene may have a ways to go before it can be considered a forum for democratic debate like the historic town hall meeting.

“Blogs make a lot of sense when you have hundreds, if not thousands or tens of thousands, of people visiting the site or when there’s a lot of news,” said Ed Cohen, associate editor of Notre Dame Magazine, who is considering running for the Democratic nomination for Congress from Indiana’s Second Congressional District. “I just don’t think there’s that much interest in the day-to-day opinions of the mayor of South Bend or even our local congressmen.”

I don’t know in what context Mr. Cohen was asked whether blogs make sense, but if he was commenting about blogs in a general sense, I disagree with him. For my own part, I do this primarily because I like writing, and I like creating a database where I can search for news and the like that I found interesting in the past. For example, if I want to take a look at how the Daylight Saving Time issue progressed through the session, I just go here. In addition, even though relatively few comments are left by readers, even relatively obscure blogs like my own seem to cultivate a readership. I’ve been averaging about 250-300 unique visitors per day; 8,000 – 9,000 visits per month; and 20,000 pages served per month. — I’m not sure how well my statistical software screens out spam and robots, but I think that number is after the software makes the effort. I’d say there are about 20 people I know of who have made me aware of the fact that they read. Certainly this would not be sufficient for commercial success. And it’s likely to have only the tiniest bit of political influence. If those are the metrics being used by Mr. Cohen, then I suppose this doesn’t make sense. But, from the perspective of simply enjoying the process of creation and adding somewhat to a sense of community, it makes sense for me to do as a hobby.

On the other hand, more sleep would likely “make sense” as well.