Yesterday’s whirlwind of meetings has begun to take its toll. It’s either that or the travails of a five-a-side match (4 goals) and a loaded kosksu (2 gbejnas and one egg). In any case it’s been a hectic 36 hours. This time round it has also been a series of meetings with blog related contacts and exchanging of a series of new ideas. I am thrilled to see all the vibrant possibilites that do not always transpire through the fabric of the virtual. There was also time to conduct my first ThinkAbout It interview and begin to delve in the world of “poverty” in Malta but more about that in a dedicated blog.
One thing impresses me. It might be my blogging connections, my role as an opinion columnist or just a repetition of what is happening to everyone else but the black hole vortex that is the subject of The Runs vs the Dispensers of Familiar Medicine seems to suck away at any reasonable conversation and people seem to be interested on exchanging “takes” on the matter. We had been warning for what seem like aeons that the mingling of politics with the world of slander and mud can only result in the mediocre (but curiously sensational trouble). Predictably the TYOM site attracted the same (same same but different) number of adulators as the Runs had managed to once it embarked on the road of cheap marketing. If some battle for democratic rights and representation and cleansing for institutional malaise had existed beneath the mud slinging and colourful expositions it is now buried even deeper as the salvos continue to be exchanged. I wonder what Joe Borg and Lou Bondi would make of it now (yes, it’s a rhetorical question loaded with irony and sarcasm).
In any case, it has been “educational” to see that there is life beyond this vortex (if you really make an effort) and that not all is lost for the new media. It will take just a little effort from J’accuse and the right friends to set about getting the record straight. Look out for more news on these pages. Meanwhile I retire to rest my weary head before what threatens to be a night of voluminous consumption at Marleys.
check out:
- Cafe Cuba’s splendid Ceasar Salad (with chicken) and crunchy tuna ftira (@the point)
- the divine menu at La Mere in Valletta – india meets arabia meets malta
thankyous
ms anna abela writing in the insiter for the words of praise she had for this blog and its author. we are honoured and flattered (and it does not good to our already supersized ego). a letter to the insiter is due to answer the conundrum she poses – should I stay or should I go?
