Last week, I posted my initial take on the Missionary Bloggers and their valiant quest for truth. Later in the day, I was IM-ing with my work colleague Keith, one of the few co-workers (I hope) who reads my blog, and he laughed and called them “carpet-bloggers”. (As far as I know, Keith doesn’t have a blog and has never been to New Orleans, but he instantly grokked the situation. He’s shmart that way.)
Later I emailed the joke to Maitri, she blogged it, and since everybody who’s everybody reads Maitri it’s since become Meme of the Week.
Credit where credit is due: thanks Keith!
Carpet-blogger origins
Posted in blogging, katrina, new orleans
Where are those damm Missionaries, somewhere assuming the Position?
I used the term in my own comments section – apparently, people read my comments, too. I’m touched (pronounced too-shayed).
Actually I think I found it here, although I do ready Ms M’s posts and comments!
Tell Keith thanks for the meme and let him know he has created my favorite new word. Now see what sort of twist he has on Scalawags….
The good ones catch on fast, and that’s a good one.
Ray, did you end up going to the Spike Lee film last night?
No, I gave the tickets away. We’ll catch it on HBO.
*sigh*
God — that’s hilarious. Fantastic!
Unrelated, here’s a tag I started using in response to the Bush administration suggestion that New Orleans might become a breeding ground for terrorists: Katrina dissidents. The thing the Bush administration fears the most is peaceful, intelligent, visible protest.
Damn clever Keith.
I thought it was Maitri, but I’m glad it was you and not her… I already thought Maitri was eloquent and clever… but that was bringing me close to starting up a worshipping Maitri blog.